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Timeline: What Did The Feds Not Do About Alleged Biden Family
Corruption & When Did They Not Do It?

Authored by Ben Weingarten via RealClear Investigations

https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2023/09/27/timeline_what_did_the_feds_not_do_about_alleged_biden_family_corruption_and_when_did_they_not_do_it_981141.html

    Nov. 2018-June 2020: Hunter Biden Probe Begins; President Trump
Impeached While Pursuing Biden-Ukraine Information; Alleged Justice
Department Undermining of Probe Begins

    June 2020-Dec. 2021: Evidence of Influence-Peddling With Nexus to
Joe Biden Grows; Alleged Sabotage of Hunter Biden Probe Intensifies

    Jan. 2022-Jan. 2023: Prosecution Sought and Denied; IRS
Whistleblowers Blindsided by What They Characterize as U.S. Attorney
David Weiss’ Apparent Lack of Authority

    Feb. 2023-May 2023: Hunter’s Counsel Pleads Case Over Weiss’ Head;
IRS Whistleblowers Emerge – and Face a Chill; Plea Deal Develops

    June 2023: FBI Stonewalls Congress Over Alleged Burisma-Biden
Bribes; Trump Indictments Grow; Plea Deal Emerges; Weiss Strains To
Harmonize His Story With Attorney General Merrick Garland About His
Claimed Ultimate Authority

    July 2023: Burisma-Biden Bribes Document Released; Whistleblowers
Testify About Obstructed Case Publicly; Hunter Biden’s Plea Deal
Collapses in Court

    Aug. 2023-Present: Another Trump Indictment; Weiss Gets Special
Counsel Authority He Wasn’t Supposed To Need; Biden Impeachment
Inquiry Opens; Hunter Hit With Gun Indictment

Timeline in Detail
The IRS whistleblowers prepare to testify under penalty of perjury. (AP)
Nov. 2018-June 2020:
Hunter Biden Probe Begins; President Trump Impeached While Pursuing
Biden-Ukraine Information; Alleged Justice Department Undermining of
Probe Begins

Nov. 2018: The Internal Revenue Service’s Washington D.C. office opens
investigation into Hunter Biden, code name “Sportsman,” as an offshoot
of a probe into a foreign-based amateur online pornography platform.

According to IRS Special Agent Joseph Ziegler, the case agent who will
later turn whistleblower, evidence will emerge Biden paid prostitutes
to cross state lines – potential Mann Act violations. It is not clear
whether the Justice Department pursues.

Jan. 2019: According to Special Agent Ziegler, the Delaware U.S.
Attorney’s Office and FBI open a separate Hunter Biden investigation.

March/April 2019: Ziegler develops criminal charging material approved
by IRS superiors and sent to Justice Department’s tax division for
review. The two entities will work jointly on the case, as is
customary. The Washington, D.C. and Delaware investigations will be
merged.

April 25, 2019: Joe Biden announces his candidacy for president.
Viktor Shokin: The Ukrainian prosecutor who was fired, Joe Biden
boasted, after the Vice President threatened to withhold U.S. aid.

Aug. 15, 2019: Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) commences what will
become a multi-year investigation into Hunter Biden and Joe Biden’s
brother James and their “financial connections to foreign governments
and questionable foreign nationals.”

Sept. 24, 2019: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) opens
impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump alleging Trump
withheld Ukrainian aid to pressure officials to investigate the
activities of Hunter and Joe Biden vis-à-vis the firing of Ukrainian
Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin. In 2016, Biden leveraged $1 billion
in U.S. aid to force Shokin’s firing. Shokin had been investigating
Burisma, the Ukrainian energy company on whose board Hunter Biden had
sat. Prosecutors will scrutinize Hunter over alleged tax crimes
stemming from the hundreds of thousands of dollars Burisma paid him
annually.

Oct. 2019: FBI learns that a Delaware computer repair shop obtained
Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop, and the following month verifies its
authenticity.

Dec. 2019: FBI takes possession of the laptop and notifies IRS it
“likely contained evidence of tax crimes,” according to IRS
Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley. Shapley, Ziegler’s colleague,
will lead his investigatory team and also turn whistleblower.

Dec. 8, 2019: In an interview, Joe Biden says “I don’t know what he
was doing” regarding Hunter Biden’s Burisma work.

Dec. 18, 2019: House votes to impeach Donald Trump for abuse of power
and obstruction of Congress.

Jan. 27, 2020: Email evidence indicates that Hunter Biden has meeting
with impeachment lawyers in Trump-Ukraine proceedings.

Feb. 5, 2020: Senate acquits Trump on a party-line vote, concluding
first impeachment.

March 6-April 1, 2020: Shapley’s team prepares physical search
warrants in Hunter Biden case. Having established probable cause for
the warrants, IRS plans to conduct about 15 contemporaneous
interviews. Shapley claims career DOJ officials halt IRS’ actions.

April 8, 2020: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) drops out of Democrat
presidential primary, making Joe Biden the presumptive nominee.

June 16, 2020: Shapley tells IRS superiors “DOJ Tax has made a
concerted effort to drag their feet concerning conducting search
warrants and interviewing key witnesses in an effort to push those
actions to a timeframe where they can invoke the Department of Justice
rule of thumb concerning [ceasing activities] affecting elections.”
Shapley alleges superiors took no action.
Hesitant prosecutor Lesley Wolf: She fretted over the "optics" of a
Biden search warrant, according to testimony. Home News/YouTube
June 2020-Dec. 2021:
Evidence of Influence-Peddling with Nexus to Joe Biden Grows; Alleged
Sabotage of Hunter Biden Probe Intensifies

June 30, 2020: FBI informant tells handler that Burisma founder Mykola
Zlochevsky told him he had been coerced into paying Joe and Hunter
Biden $5 million apiece in exchange for help getting Shokin fired.
This is memorialized in an FBI FD-1023 form. Shapley’s team will not
see the document until years later, after being thrown off the case.
Mykola Zlochevsky: Burisma boss and alleged briber of Bidens.
Wikipedia

Aug.-Sept. 2020: IRS agents obtain WhatsApp messages between an
executive from Chinese energy company CEFC and Hunter Biden from
summer 2017, in which Biden says, “I am sitting here with my father
and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been
fulfilled,” regarding a deal with the company. Biden threatens that
should the deal not be resolved with the Chinese government-connected
company’s executives – “I will make certain that between the man
sitting next to me and every person he knows … you will regret not
following my direction.”

Investigators believe Biden was staying at the family’s Delaware beach
guest house at this time. They seek location data for messages to
corroborate in part whether Joe was with Hunter.
The now-infamous WhatsApp message obtained by IRS agents.
Miranda Devine (NY Post)/X

Sept. 3, 2020: Delaware Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf shoots
down plan to nail down the Bidens’ location during the China call.
According to Shapley, Wolf says while “a lot of evidence in our
investigation would be found in the guest house … there is no way we
will get that approved.” Wolf cites “optics” as a “driving factor in
the decision.”

Shapley also recalls prosecutors did not want investigators reviewing
CEFC communications, irrespective of any potential national security
implications.

Wolf also indicates that a search warrant for emails from Blue Star
Strategies, a Democrat-tied firm that lobbied for Burisma, in
Shapley’s words, “would likely not get approved.” The agent adds,
“This was a significant blow to the Foreign Agents Registration Act
piece of the investigation” – that is, whether Hunter Biden lobbied
for foreign individuals and entities as an unregistered foreign agent,
a felony.

Sept. 4, 2020: Justice Department issues “cease and desist” of
investigative activities in Hunter Biden case in run-up to the
presidential election.

Sept. 7, 2021: Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), then ranking member of the
House Oversight Committee, begins probe into sales of Hunter Biden’s
paintings after he turns to art as a career. The sales raise ethical
and national security concerns, in the view of House Republicans,
given the lack of clarity about who the buyers are. The parties
pursued will largely ignore requests while Republicans are in
minority. The White House waves off ethics concerns.
Sen. Charles Grassley: Flagged “millions of dollars in questionable
financial transactions." AP

Sept. 23, 2020: Sen. Grassley and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) release
report revealing “millions of dollars in questionable financial
transactions between Hunter Biden and his associates and foreign
individuals, including the wife of the former mayor of Moscow and
individuals with ties to the Chinese Communist Party.”

Oct. 14, 2020: New York Post breaks the story of the abandoned Hunter
Biden laptop. Among the paper’s revelations: Hunter introduced
then-Vice President Biden to a top Burisma executive in April 2015,
months before the vice president would help get Shokin fired. This is
at odds with the Democrat presidential nominee’s claim he had “never
spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings.” Twitter and
Facebook suppress the story.

Oct. 19, 2020: Politico publishes letter signed by 51 prominent
intelligence community officials indicating the New York Post’s story
“has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”

Oct. 20, 2020: Investigators seek to do a “walk by” to confirm the
location of and security around Hunter Biden’s California residence in
preparation for an interview. DOJ Tax objects.

Oct. 22, 2020: Shapley raises concern to prosecutors that his team has
not been granted access to Hunter Biden’s laptop. Assistant U.S.
Attorney Wolf confirms prosecutors kept it from investigators, which
Shapley calls “unprecedented.”

Wolf also indicates prosecutors would not permit a physical search
warrant on Hunter Biden.
Sen. Ron Johnson: Pushed GOP Senate inquiries along with Grassley.
Rumble

During the final presidential debate that evening, Biden rebuts claims
about his family’s business dealings, citing the intelligence
community letter. Biden also says, “My son has not made money, in
terms of this thing about … China … The only guy that made money from
China is this guy [Trump] … nobody else has made money from China.”
Biden also states unequivocally, “I have not taken a penny from any
foreign source ever in my life.”

Oct. 23, 2020: Justice Department and FBI Special Agents from the
Pittsburgh field office brief Wolf, among others, on contents of
FD-1023 alleged Burisma-Biden bribes. It’s later learned that the
Pittsburgh office believed that the allegations seemed credible, was
partially corroborated, and merited investigation.

Nov. 3-Nov. 7, 2020: The 2020 presidential election. Joe Biden wins
and elected as the 46th U.S. president.

Nov. 9, 2020: Sen. Grassley sends letter to then-Attorney General
William Barr calling on Justice Department to review evidence that
Hunter Biden and James Biden may have violated the Foreign Agent
Registrations Act based on their dealings with CEFC.

Nov. 18, 2020: Sens. Grassley and Johnson release a supplement to
their report on potential conflicts of interest stemming from the
Biden family’s foreign business, including additional CEFC findings.
Kevin Morris, Hollywood lawyer: He loaned Hunter a bundle to pay off
delinquent taxes.New York Post/YouTube

Dec. 3, 2020: Investigators prepare for a Dec. 8 “day of action,” to
consist of document requests and some 12 interviews, including of
Hunter Biden. As investigators meet with prosecution team at Delaware
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Lesley Wolf allegedly indicates she does not
want them asking questions of subjects pertaining to Joe Biden.

Dec. 7, 2020: Investigators plan to notify Hunter Biden and his Secret
Service protection on the morning of Dec. 8 that he will be approached
that day for an interview as part of an official investigation.

Deviating from the plan, FBI headquarters notifies Secret Service
headquarters and President-elect Biden’s transition team of coming
interview, in Shapley’s words “essentially tipp[ing] off a group of
people very close to President Biden and Hunter Biden,” and giving
“this group an opportunity to obstruct the approach on the witnesses.”

Dec. 8, 2020: Hunter Biden’s attorneys call Shapley and his FBI
counterpart, indicating Hunter will not participate in an interview.
Investigators secure only “one substantive interview” on day of
action, from Hunter Biden business associate Rob Walker. During that
interview, skirting Wolf’s instructions, investigators briefly pursue
a line of questioning wherein Walker discusses Joe’s involvement in
Hunter’s business.

Dec. 9, 2020: News of Hunter probe becomes public, with reporting
suggesting investigation extends beyond Hunter’s taxes to potential
money laundering and financial ties to foreign figures and businesses.
Hunter releases a statement: “I take this matter very seriously but I
am confident that a professional and objective review of these matters
will demonstrate that I handled my affairs legally and appropriately.”

Dec. 10-14, 2020: From the “day of action,” investigators find that
documents concerning one of Hunter’s business entities, Owasco, were
archived in a northern Virginia storage unit. Investigators prepare to
search it. Wolf, according to Shapley, tips off Hunter’s defense
counsel to the planned search, possibly thwarting a potential
investigative coup.

March 2, 2021: In a Shapley-convened briefing, investigators mention
possibility of blowing whistle on the Justice Department’s handling of
the case.

May 3, 2021: In memo to superiors, Shapley indicates probe “has been
hampered and slowed by claims of potential election meddling. Through
interviews and review of evidence obtained, it appears there may be
campaign finance criminal violations ... Wolf stated on the last
prosecution team meeting that she did not want any of the agents to
look into the allegation.”

Aug. 18, 2021-Oct. 21, 2021: Wolf suggests DOJ Tax will not approve
another set of desired interviews. According to Shapley, Wolf
indicates that the investigative team would get “into hot water”
specifically if it pursued planned interviews of the president’s
grandchildren over charges made with Hunter Biden’s credit card
possibly by his kids.

Oct. 13, 2021: Hunter Biden’s friend Kevin Morris loans him $1.4
million to settle outstanding taxes. Subsequent reporting suggests
that all told, Morris will pay off well over $2 million in delinquent
taxes on behalf of the president’s son.
Delaware U.S. Attorney (and now special counsel) David C. Weiss: Was
he the one "in charge"? Department of Justice
Jan. 2022-Jan. 2023:
Prosecution Sought and Denied; IRS Whistleblowers Blindsided by Weiss’
Apparent Lack of Authority

Jan. 27, 2022: IRS recommends charging Hunter Biden for felony tax
evasion and filing of false tax returns in 2014, 2018, and 2019, and
misdemeanor failure to file or pay taxes for 2015-2019. Such charges
each have a six-year statute of limitations.

Feb. 25, 2022: IRS sends report outlining charges to Delaware U.S.
Attorney’s Office. Wolf and, according to Shapley, her DOJ Tax
counterpart support the IRS’ recommendations. DOJ Tax prepares memo
recommending prosecution, the IRS whistleblowers learn. They will not
see the memo.
Matthew M. Graves: Declined to  prosecute in the District of Columbia,
according to IRS whistleblower testimony. Department of Justice

March 2022: DOJ Tax presents prosecution memo to U.S. Attorney’s
Office for the District of Columbia laying out alleged offenses
chargeable in that venue. Prosecutors aim to charge Hunter Biden
criminally over foreign income from Burisma “and a scheme to evade his
income taxes through a partnership with a convicted felon,” Devon
Archer, as well as “potential FARA issues.” Shapley learns the
Biden-appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Matthew
Graves, reviews the memo but refuses to partner with his Delaware
counterpart. “We in the IRS didn’t realize at the time that meant
there was no ability to charge there” – that is, that without Graves’
buy-in, Weiss as Delaware U.S. Attorney could not bring his case in
Washington, D.C. – Shapley testifies.

During this period, DOJ requests of IRS and FBI all “management-level
emails and documents on this case.” Whistleblowers indicate that
typically such materials are collected at sub-management level in
advance of discovery in connection with an impending case. Shapley
provides “sensitive case reports and memorandums” documenting “DOJ’s
continued unethical conduct,” which he had been providing superiors
for several years.

Facing impending charges, and with statutes of limitation set to lapse
on 2014 and 2015 tax offenses, Hunter’s defense counsel reportedly
calls for prosecutors not to charge, indicating willingness to sign
statute of limitation extensions. Prosecutors and Biden’s counsel will
agree to multiple extensions.

March 14, 2022: Prosecutors have first taxpayer conference with
defense counsel, allowing target to dispute charges.

March 28-29, 2022: Sens. Grassley and Johnson release financial
records corroborating prior reports on Hunter and James Biden’s
business with Chinese nationals connected to the Chinese Communist
Party.
Merrick Garland: Attorney General on the defensive. AP

April 26, 2022: Attorney General Merrick Garland defends Hunter Biden
investigation before Senate Appropriations Committee, indicating
“There will not be interference of any political or improper kind” in
the probe, that it will be free of “any influence from the White
House,” and that Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss, the “Trump
appointee” overseeing the case “is in charge.”

The same day, according to Special Agent Ziegler’s deposition,
prosecutors have second taxpayer conference with Hunter Biden’s
defense counsel. During that conference, Politico later reports,
Biden’s lawyers present a 100-page presentation to dissuade DOJ from
charging him. Lawyers focus on casting the prosecution as political –
driven from start by Trump – and suggest that to carry it out would
damage DOJ’s reputation.

May 9, 2022: Sens. Grassley and Johnson send letter to Weiss asking
whether he possesses financial records to the Bidens’ China dealings,
including those the senators had publicized. Weiss does not answer,
with the Justice Department interceding.

July 25, 2022: Sen. Grassley writes to AG Garland and FBI Director
Christopher Wray alleging whistleblowers disclosed to his office that
in fall 2020, the FBI obtained information about Hunter Biden’s
alleged criminal financial and related activity, only to bury and halt
investigation of it by claiming it was disinformation.

Aug. 12, 2022: IRS whistleblowers learn that Chris Clark, Hunter
Biden’s counsel, warns prosecutors that if they charge Hunter, they
will be committing “career suicide.”

Late Aug.-Early Sept. 2022: In meeting with investigators, Weiss
indicates he agrees with IRS team regarding charging 2014-15 tax
years, but says DOJ Tax has doubts about case. When asked when Weiss
will charge, he says, according to Special Agent Ziegler, “hopefully
end of September. It was kind of up in the air.”
E. Martin Estrada: Declined to  prosecute in California, according to
IRS whistleblower testimony. U.S. Attorney, Central District of
California

Mid-Sept. 2022: E. Martin Estrada is appointed U.S. Attorney for the
Central District of California, the proper venue for charging tax
offenses from 2016-19 based on Hunter’s residence there. Prosecutors
present charges to Estrada’s office the week he is confirmed.

Sept. 22, 2022: Wolf tells investigators that prosecutors will not
take action until after midterm elections, despite DOJ’s Public
Integrity Section never issuing such an order.

Oct. 6, 2022: The Washington Post publishes article indicating there
is sufficient evidence to charge Hunter with tax crimes and a false
statement related to a gun purchase. Chris Clark accuses investigators
of leaking information and calls on Justice Department to pursue
leakers.

Oct. 7, 2022: In a meeting, Weiss tells colleagues at IRS and FBI
that, according to a direct quote recounted by Shapley, “I’m not the
deciding official on whether charges are filed.” Weiss also states
that D.C. U.S. Attorney Graves will not allow him to bring charges
there. The FBI special agent in charge of the FBI’s Baltimore office,
overseeing the investigation and present at the meeting, will later
reportedly challenge these claims. Weiss also indicates he had asked
for special counsel authority from DOJ after Graves declined the
charges and was denied. Weiss says he will not be bringing charges
against Hunter for the 2014-15 tax years, the statute of limitations
for which are to expire in Nov. 2022. “Everyone in that meeting seemed
shellshocked … I felt misled” regarding Weiss’ apparent lack of
authority, Shapley testified.

Oct. 12, 2022: IRS criminal investigation team conducts final interview.

Oct. 13, 2022: Sen. Grassley delivers letter to AG Garland, FBI
Director Wray, and Weiss indicating that based on protected
whistleblower disclosures to his office, “the FBI has within its
possession significant, impactful and voluminous evidence with respect
to potential criminal conduct by Hunter Biden and James Biden.” Letter
calls into question whether authorities have pursued the leads
whistleblowers detailed to Grassley concerning an alleged pay-to-play
scheme involving CEFC and potential criminal conduct involving
Hunter’s business with   and its owner Zlochevsky.

Oct. 17, 2022: Last meeting in which prosecutors include Shapley’s IRS
criminal investigations team.

Oct. 24, 2022: Prosecutors ask IRS for Shapley’s records, in which he
had documented alleged prosecutorial misconduct during pendency of
case. Shapley and Ziegler will both testify that requesting management
communications is highly unusual. The agents indicate that
subsequently, the IRS team will be phased out of case.

Oct. 26, 2022: Sens. Grassley and Johnson send letter to Weiss stating
that in light of DOJ’s failure to respond to oversight requests
concerning their congressional investigation, they are delivering more
than 200 pages of records “relating to the Biden family’s connections
to the Chinese regime and persons connected to its military and
intelligence elements.”

Oct. 31, 2022: In a letter to Weiss, Clark threatens to put President
Biden on the stand should the DOJ charge Hunter criminally.

Nov. 2022: After previously agreeing to multiple statute of limitation
extensions regarding the 2014 and 2015 tax offenses with Hunter’s
counsel concerning Burisma, prosecutors let the statutes of limitation
expire – despite willingness of Biden team to continue extending,
according to Shapley.

Nov. 15, 2022: Donald Trump announces his candidacy for president.

Late 2022: The New York Times reports that by this time, Weiss “had
found some evidence but determined that he did not have sufficient
grounds to indict [Hunter] Biden for major felonies.” It adds that one
source indicated Weiss preferred not to bring any charges, even
misdemeanors, though another denied it.

Jan. 2023: Shapley learns U.S. Attorney Estrada declines to bring
charges in the Central District of California.

During this month, Clark will reportedly travel to Delaware and plead
his case to Weiss to end the investigation into Hunter, indicating
that how he handles the decision could have reputational consequences.
Christopher J. Clark, Hunter Biden’s counsel, warned prosecutors that
charging Hunter would be “career suicide.” Clark Smith Villazor
Feb. 2023-May 2023:
Hunter’s Counsel Pleads Case Over Weiss’ Head; IRS Whistleblowers
Emerge – and Face a Chill; Plea Deal Develops

Feb. 1, 2023: Clark contacts multiple officials at Main Justice
seeking contacts to whom he can appeal should Weiss charge Hunter.

March 1, 2023: Under questioning from Sen. Grassley during a Judiciary
Committee hearing, the attorney general testifies that Weiss “has full
authority to make … referrals … or to bring cases in other districts
if he needs to do that. He has been advised that he should get
anything he needs. I have not heard anything from that office that
suggests they are not able to do anything that the U.S. Attorney wants
them to do.” Garland adds, “I promised to leave the matter of Hunter
Biden in the hands of [Weiss and] … I have pledged not to interfere
with that investigation … I have carried through on my pledge.”
James Biden: Money allegedly flowed to him, Hunter and other Bidens.

March 16, 2023: House Oversight Committee releases records showing
$1.3 million in payments from 2015-2017 flowing from Biden family
associate Rob Walker to Hunter and James Biden, Joe’s late son Beau’s
widow Hallie, and a fourth Biden. The bulk of the funds appear to come
from Chinese energy company State Energy HK Limited.

March 18, 2023: Donald Trump says he will be indicted in New York.

April 4, 2023: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicts Trump
on falsified business record charges pertaining to a $130,000
nondisclosure payment to adult film performer Stormy Daniels.

April 19, 2023: Attorney on behalf of Shapley sends letter to relevant
congressional committees indicating Shapley’s desire to make protected
whistleblower disclosures to Congress. Letter leaks to Wall Street
Journal.

April 24-25, 2023: Associate Deputy Attorney General Bradley
Weinsheimer contacts Shapley’s counsel asking him for a call in light
of Wall Street Journal reporting, and the two parties speak. The Daily
Mail will later report that Shapley’s counsel felt Weinsheimer “seemed
concerned and keen to investigate, and promised he would get Shapley’s
team legal permission to share all the details of his allegations.”

April 26, 2023: Chris Clark finally lands sought-after meeting with
Main DOJ, sitting down with Weinsheimer, alongside Weiss.
Danny Werfel, IRS commissioner: His "no retaliation" vow is called
into doubt. Department of Justice/Wikipedia

April 27, 2023: Under questioning in a House Ways and Means Committee
hearing, IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel testifies that “there will be
no retaliation for anyone making an allegation or called into a
whistleblower hotline.”

May 3, 2023: Ranking Senate Budget Committee Member Grassley and House
Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), submit letter to
Garland and Wray indicating whistleblowers have disclosed the FBI
possesses an FD-1023 alleging a criminal bribery scheme involving
then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national. The congressmen
indicate that it is “unclear what steps, if any, were taken to
investigate the matter,” and that therefore they will be reviewing the
matter. Comer issues subpoena calling on FBI to produce FD-1023 forms
aimed at capturing the alleged Burisma-Biden bribe document.

May 10, 2023: House Oversight Committee releases bank records memo
revealing Biden family business deals in Romania and China.

May 11, 2023: Weinsheimer thanks Clark for meeting, indicates Hunter
Biden investigation is reaching end, and prosecutors are prepared to
make a deal.

May 15, 2023: Shapley learns his team has been removed from the Hunter
Biden case at DOJ’s request, which his counsel reports to relevant
House committees.

That same day, Delaware Assistant U.S. Attorney Wolf calls Clark,
proposing a deal whereby Hunter will not have to plead guilty through
use of a deferred prosecution agreement – satisfying Clark’s reported
“core demand” of prosecutors. Clark indicates defense will draft a
proposed agreement accordingly.

May 16, 2023: House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith
(R-Mo.) requests briefing from IRS Commissioner regarding perceived
retaliation against IRS whistleblower.

That same day, Weinsheimer speaks with Shapley’s counsel. In an
apparent change in tone, Weinsheimer indicates that DOJ headquarters
will not be involved in the whistleblowers’ case. All issues are to
run through Weiss. Shapley lawyer Mark Lytle will later say that
Weinsheimer, after making “earlier promises and assurances … seemed no
longer interested.” His co-counsel, Tristan Leavitt, says he believes
that Weinsheimer “wanted intel from Gary [Shapley] before his Hill
testimony,” which would come weeks later.
Rep. Jim Jordan: Seeks the paper trail on IRS whistleblowers' removal
from the Hunter Biden case. RCP

May 18, 2023: IRS’ Ziegler sends letter to IRS leadership recounting
criticism over its lack of action in connection with concerns he and
colleagues raised during Hunter Biden case, and expressing
disappointment over Ziegler and his team having been removed from it.

That day, Hunter Biden’s lawyers send two Delaware prosecutors,
including Wolf, the first draft of a proposed deal under which Hunter
will not have to plead guilty. The deal would give Biden immunity from
other potential offenses authorities had investigated – which would
include Foreign Agent Registration Act charges – should he pay taxes
owed, among other conditions. Delaware U.S. Attorney’s office,
sympathetic to proposal, shares its own suggested terms that do not
require Biden to plead guilty.

May 19, 2023: Two superiors respond to Special Agent Ziegler’s email
with a reminder that “you need to follow your chain of command.” They
insinuate he may have made “unauthorized disclosures” by including
“potential grand jury” material, and including recipients unable to
receive such material.

That same day, Hunter Biden’s lawyers prepare a draft pretrial
diversion agreement covering tax and gun issues, guaranteeing immunity
from prosecution of offenses previously investigated, and stating that
DOJ will dismiss charges if Biden upholds his end of deal – no guilty
plea necessary.

May 22, 2023: Shapley’s counsel sends another letter to relevant House
committees indicating the IRS is taking additional retaliatory
measures aimed at intimidating whistleblowers into silence.

May 23, 2023: In a major reversal, Wolf tells Hunter Biden’s counsel
that Weiss now wants Biden to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts
of failing to pay taxes.

May 24, 2023: In a CBS News interview, Shapley goes public with
allegations DOJ “slow-walked” Hunter Biden probe.

May 25, 2023: IRS sends mass email to personnel instructing them as to
proper protocol for reporting wrongdoing like that alleged in the
Biden case. The email omits that such employees may bring their
concerns to Congress.

Also that day, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio)
sends oversight letter to AG Garland requesting documents in
connection with IRS whistleblowers’ removal from the Hunter Biden
case.

May 26, 2023: Shapley testifies behind closed doors before House Ways
and Means Committee to make protected whistleblower disclosures.
Rep. James Comer, Kentucky Republican and chairman of the House
Oversight Committee. AP
June 2023:
FBI Stonewalls Over Alleged Burisma-Biden Bribes; Trump Indictments
Grow; Plea Deal Emerges; Weiss Strains To Harmonize His Story With AG
Garland About His Claimed Ultimate Authority

June 1, 2023: Ziegler testifies behind closed doors before the House
Ways and Means Committee to make protected whistleblower disclosures.

June 2, 2023: After DOJ reportedly communicates to Hunter Biden’s
counsel that he would need to plead guilty to tax charges, and counsel
agrees he will do so for two misdemeanor counts of willfully failing
to pay taxes – but not gun charge – Biden’s counsel expresses in email
to Wolf that immunity is critical. Parties move forward on two-part
deal consisting of plea agreement for tax charges and pretrial
diversion agreement covering gun charge.

June 6, 2023: Sen. Grassley delivers speech linking July 25, 2022,
allegation FBI had sat on and buried evidence of Hunter Biden’s
alleged criminal financial activity in 2020 on grounds it was
“disinformation,” to FD-1023 alleging Burisma-Biden bribes. He asks
whether allegation was dismissed by being falsely labeled
“disinformation.”

June 7, 2023: Following a series of correspondences and meetings in
which the FBI refuses to turn over the FD-1023, or even acknowledge
its existence, FBI relents in permitting Chairman Comer, Ranking
Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) in camera reviews of redacted version of
document. Reviewers can neither retain nor take notes on document.
With FBI resisting calls to produce document to full committee,
Chairman Comer releases resolution and report recommending FBI
Director Wray be held in contempt of Congress.

The same day, Wolf proposes plea deal to Hunter Biden’s counsel
including global immunity provision. The deal also includes a
protective measure whereby Justice Department can only prosecute
Hunter Biden for gun charge if he breaks deal – as determined by
presiding judge, not DOJ, providing protection from a future
Republican administration.

Also that day, Weiss responds on behalf of DOJ to Chairman Jordan’s
May 25 letter to AG Garland. In response, Weiss says “I want to make
clear that, as the Attorney General has stated, I have been granted
ultimate authority over this matter [the Hunter Biden case], including
responsibility for deciding where, when, and whether to file charges
and for making decisions necessary to preserve the integrity of the
prosecution.”

June 8, 2023: Special Counsel Jack Smith indicts Donald Trump in
Mar-a-Lago classified documents case.

The same day, prosecutors send Hunter Biden plea agreement to
presiding Delaware Judge Maryellen Noreika.

June 9, 2023: Former Attorney General Bill Barr says FD-1023 alleging
Burisma-Biden bribes “was provided to the ongoing investigation in
Delaware to follow up on and to check out” via the Pittsburgh U.S.
Attorney’s Office, which served as a “clearinghouse” for evidence to
be received and vetted in connection with the case.

June 12, 2023: Shapley submits affidavit to Congress indicating
neither he, his team, nor the FBI agents working with it were ever
provided the information contained in the FD-1023. In a June 19
letter, Ziegler will indicate the same.

June 13, 2023: Donald Trump is arraigned in the classified documents
case, pleading not guilty.

Unbeknownst to the public, prosecutors had planned to file the Hunter
Biden plea deal documents in Delaware federal court that day. They
postpone.

June 20, 2023: Delaware U.S. Attorney’s Office announces it has
reached plea deal with Hunter Biden charging him with two misdemeanor
tax offenses covering tax years 2017 and 2018, and entered into a
pre-trial diversion agreement regarding a firearm charge. Absent from
the charges are those stemming from Hunter’s Burisma work, or any
charges relating to FARA.

Republicans pan the pact as a sweetheart plea deal illustrative of a
two-tier justice system, with some indicating it violates DOJ
standards. Hunter Biden’s attorney declares, “It is my understanding
that the five-year investigation into Hunter is resolved.” Weiss’
office claims the investigation remains “ongoing,” according to the
New York Times, at the time “taking Mr. Biden and officials at Justice
Department headquarters by surprise.”

Around this time, the Times reports, Wolf’s role shrinks. Leo Wise, a
senior prosecutor from the Baltimore U.S. attorney’s office, is
detailed to Delaware. He will ultimately sign off on and defend the
plea agreement in court.

June 22, 2023: House Ways and Means Committee releases transcripts of
Shapley and Ziegler interviews.

Chairman Jordan sends oversight letter to Weiss reiterating prior
request for material regarding DOJ’s alleged retaliation against
Shapley, and inquiring about the “unusual nature” of Weiss’ June 7
response on behalf of AG Garland to Jordan’s May 25 oversight request.

June 28, 2023: Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey
Graham (R-N.C.) sends letter to Weiss asking for information
regarding, among other allegations, that he had requested and was
denied special counsel authority.

June 29, 2023: Three House Committee chairmen send letter to Garland
requesting that he make 11 Justice Department officials pivotal to the
Hunter Biden case, including Weiss, Wolf, U.S. Attorney Graves, and
U.S. Attorney Estrada, available for transcribed interviews.

June 30, 2023: Weiss responds to Jordan’s June 22 letter indicating
DOJ did not retaliate against the IRS team, and that he stands by his
June 7 letter indicating he has been granted total authority of the
Hunter Biden case, including “where, when and whether to file
charges.” Weiss adds, however, that “my charging authority is
geographically limited to my home district [Delaware],” and that if
another U.S. Attorney’s Office with venue for a case declines to
partner on a case, he “may request Special Attorney Status from the
Attorney General.” Weiss claims he has been “assured that, if
necessary …” he “would be granted” such authority.
>From the FBI "FD-1023" form alleging foreign bribery of Joe and Hunter
Biden. grassley.senate.gov
July 2023:
Burisma-Biden Bribes Document Released;
Whistleblowers Testify About Obstructed Case Publicly;
Hunter Biden’s Plea Deal Collapses in Court

July 9, 2023: Sen. Grassley sends letter to Weiss inquiring as to
whether Wolf and others had investigated FD-1023 alleging Biden
bribes.

July 10, 2023: Weiss responds to letter from Sen. Lindsey Graham
indicating he had not requested special counsel authority with DOJ
officials, but rather “had discussions with Departmental officials
regarding … potential” special attorney authorities, which would have
permitted him to charge in venues other than Delaware. “I was assured
that I would be granted this authority if it proved necessary” prior
to the Oct. 7, 2022, meeting, Weiss writes.

July 19, 2023: Shapley and Ziegler testify publicly before House
Oversight Committee, recounting key claims expressed during their
closed-door depositions regarding allegations of slow-walking,
obfuscation, and obstruction in the Hunter Biden case.

The same day, Delaware U.S. Attorney’s Office emails final deal to
Judge Noreika.

July 20, 2023: Sen. Grassley releases FD-1023 alleging $5 million
bribes from Zlochevsky to Joe and Hunter Biden in exchange for firing
of Shokin, indicating Zlochevsky has text messages and recordings
suggesting he was coerced into making such payments.
Hunter's artwork: Biden-connected buyers paid big. Georges Bergès Gallery

July 24, 2023: The Federalist reports that the Pittsburgh FBI office
that had originally received the FD-1023 had corroborated multiple
facts included in the document, and briefed the Delaware U.S.
Attorney’s Office accordingly, per a source.

The same day, DOJ offers to make Weiss available for a public hearing
before the House Judiciary Committee as soon as Sept. 27.

July 24, 2023: Buyers of Hunter Biden’s art, totaling $1.4 million in
sales, are revealed to include Hunter financial backer Kevin Morris
and California Democrat donor Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali. In July 2022,
eight months after Hunter’s first art opening, President Biden
announced Naftali was appointed to the Commission for the Preservation
of America’s Heritage Abroad. It is not clear whether the sale
occurred before or after the appointment. Reports also indicate
Naftali visited the White House at least 13 times after December 2021.
Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali: She bought Hunter art and got a plum post.
U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad

July 26, 2023: Hunter Biden’s plea deal collapses under questioning
from federal Judge Noreika, with prosecutors and Hunter Biden’s
lawyers sparring over scope of immunity provision in pretrial
diversion agreement. When asked if government could bring charges
under FARA with plea agreement in place, prosecutors say “Yes.”
Biden’s counsel disagrees. This ultimately leads Biden to withdraw his
guilty plea. DOJ acknowledges aspects of the deal are unprecedented in
terms of structure and substance.

Shortly after hearing, prosecutors and defense counsel will confer,
with Biden’s lawyers suggesting changes to the deal.

July 27, 2023: Special Counsel Smith issues superseding indictment in
Trump Mar-a-Lago classified documents case.

July 29, 2023: Chairman Comer issues oversight request letters to
Naftali and the White House counsel in furtherance of probe of
Hunter’s art sales. There is no indication federal investigators
pursued the sales.
Devon Archer: Testifies to selling the Biden "brand." AP

July 31, 2023: Former Hunter Biden business associate Devon Archer
testifies before House Oversight Committee for transcribed interview.
He alleges Hunter Biden’s business was selling the Biden “brand,”
headlined by his father, and that he had witnessed Joe joining Hunter
Biden and his business associates in person or by phone upwards of 20
times.

The same day, prosecutors reject Hunter Biden counsel’s proposed deal
revisions and suggest their own.

Also that day, relevant House committee chairmen send letter to
Garland inquiring about the “unusual plea and pretrial diversion
agreements” offered Hunter Biden, in light of whistleblower
allegations “the Department has provided preferential treatment toward
Mr. Biden.”
Judge Maryellen Norieka: Hunter Biden’s plea deal collapses under her
questioning. United States District Court for the District of Delaware
(Eric Crossan)/Wikipedia
Aug. 2023-Present:
Another Trump Indictment; Weiss Gets Special Counsel Authority He
Wasn’t Supposed to Need; Biden Impeachment Inquiry Opens; Hunter Hit
With Gun Indictment

Aug. 1, 2023: Special Counsel Smith indicts Donald Trump on charges
pertaining to his contesting of the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 riot
at the U.S. Capitol.

Aug. 7, 2023: Hunter Biden’s defense counsel rejects prosecutors’
proposed changes to the plea bargain, which according to an email
Chris Clark sent to prosecutors, “without explanation, completely
delet[ed] the immunity provision.”

Aug. 8, 2023: Weiss requests special counsel authority.

Aug. 9, 2023: House Oversight Committee releases bank records memo
detailing millions in payments from foreign sources to Bidens and
their associates from Russian, Ukrainian, and Kazakhstani individuals
during Joe Biden’s vice presidency – individuals who Vice President
Biden met.

Aug. 11, 2023: Garland names Weiss special counsel, asserting “he will
continue to have the authority and responsibility that he has
exercised previously to oversee the investigation and decide where,
when, and whether to file charges.” Weiss retains his position as U.S.
Attorney for Delaware despite rules calling for special counselors to
come from “outside the United States government,” and for any special
counsel to be “independent.” The New York Times later reports that
Weiss was “motivated by a [special counsel] requirement to produce a
report that would allow him to answer critics, according to people
with knowledge of the situation – an accounting that could become
public before the 2024 election.”

The same day, the Justice Department files motions to dismiss the
Hunter Biden tax case so charges can be brought in proper venue –
either the Central District of California, or Washington, D.C. – an
authority Weiss will have as special counsel. Biden had waived any
venue challenge enabling the original deal to be cut in Delaware,
despite venue for the offenses lying elsewhere.

Aug. 14, 2023: Chairman Comer releases transcript of interview with
FBI official corroborating Shapley’s testimony that FBI headquarters
had tipped off Secret Service headquarters and President Biden’s
transition team about investigators’ planned Dec. 8, 2020, Hunter
Biden interview.

The same day, Fulton County (Georgia) District Attorney Fani Willis
indicts Donald Trump and 18 others in RICO case regarding Trump’s
contesting of the 2020 election.

Aug. 17, 2023: Hunter Biden tax case dismissed in Delaware.

Aug. 19, 2023: Politico and the New York Times publish detailed
accounts on collapse of Biden plea agreement based in part on leaked
correspondence between Weiss’ office and Hunter Biden’s lawyers.

Aug. 21, 2023: House committees subpoena IRS and FBI officials present
at Oct. 7, 2022, meeting in which Weiss allegedly claimed he did not
have final charging authority in Hunter Biden case.

Aug. 28, 2023: House Committee chairmen send oversight request letter
to AG Garland regarding his decision to appoint Weiss special counsel.

The same day, The Federalist reports on emails obtained via FOIA
indicating DOJ intervened on behalf of Weiss’ office on multiple
occasions to respond to congressional inquiries – seen as further
evidence of Weiss and DOJ officials in Washington seeking to align
their stories on who had what authority in Hunter Biden case.
Kevin McCarthy, Sept. 12: It's impeachment time. AP

Sept. 6, 2023: Weiss’ office indicates intent to indict Hunter Biden
on gun charges in Delaware before Sept. 29 in court filing.

That same day, House Committee chairmen send letter to Hunter Biden’s
counsel calling for it to produce documents and communications
previously leaked to Politico and the New York Times regarding
negotiations surrounding the failed Hunter Biden plea agreement.

Sept. 12, 2023: Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announces House will
open impeachment inquiry into President Biden concerning allegations
of abuse of power, obstruction, and corruption. “The American people
deserve to know that public offices are not for sale and that the
federal government is not being used to cover up the actions of a
politically-connected family,” he writes.

House committees open joint inquiry into alleged attempts by Hunter
Biden legal team to encourage DOJ to retaliate against IRS
whistleblowers Shapley and Ziegler.

Also that day, Washington Post publishes report based on leaked
transcript from House Judiciary Committee interview with Baltimore FBI
special agent in charge Thomas Sobocinski challenging IRS
whistleblowers’ claims about what Weiss said about his authority
during Oct. 7, 2022, meeting.

Sept. 13, 2023: Shapley’s lawyers respond with the IRS agents’
contemporaneous handwritten notes to rebut Sobocinski’s claims.

Sept. 14, 2023: Weiss indicts Hunter Biden on felony gun charges in
Delaware federal court.

Sept. 18, 2023: Hunter Biden sues the IRS over Shapley and Ziegler’s
whistleblower disclosures.

Sept. 20, 2023: AG Garland testifies before the House Judiciary
Committee. Under questioning from Chairman Jordan, he defends prior
comments about Weiss' authority, stating "no one had the authority to
turn him [Weiss] down" in terms of bringing charges, but that "they
could refuse to partner with him." Garland says the two are "not the
same under well-known Justice Department practices." He will also
testifies that a U.S. Attorney in one district "does not have the
authority to deny another U.S. attorney the ability to go forward"
with a case.

Sept. 26, 2023: Hunter Biden makes initial appearance in Delaware
federal court in gun charge case, and is arraigned.

On the same day. Hunter sues Rudy Giuliani and attorney Robert
Costello over sharing of Hunter’s laptop data in alleged violation of
the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

Also that day, House Oversight Committee reveals that Hunter Biden
received two wire payments totaling over $250,000 during 2019 from
Chinese sources, at least one of which was linked to the Chinese
investment concern BHR Partners, including its CEO. Hunter’s attorney
George Mesires would state that same year that the president’s son had
served as a board member at the company in an “unpaid position.” While
Hunter Biden was listed as the beneficiary for the funds, the Delaware
home of Joe Biden was listed as the beneficiary address.

Sept. 28, 2023: House Oversight Committee to hold first impeachment
inquiry hearing.

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    We've gone from 'There isn't an ounce of evidence' to 'hundreds of
thousands of dollars were wired from overseas, with President's
address as the documented address of the recipient' and Dems have not
changed their opinions one bit, even though evidence has dramatically
changed. pic.twitter.com/YhiTJXe6Bd
    — Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) September 27, 2023

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