IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley, whose congressional testimony changed the course of the Biden family corruption case and resulted in Hunter Biden’s felony conviction, received an ultimatum from his agency : accept a forced transfer, demotion or leave the agency, depending on correspondence reviewed by Just the news.

In a letter dated October 15, Shapley was offered three options for his future at the IRS: leave his position as a supervisory special agent in Chicago and accept a senior analyst position in Washington, accept a reduction of salary and a demotion to the position of criminal investigator. or resign/retire. The letter was delivered to Shapley this week, according to his lawyer.

“You must indicate your intention by selecting one of the three options below. Please sign, date and return this document to your manager and me no later than fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of this notice,” the letter to Shapley read.

The IRS presented the ultimatum as part of a diversity program for “the development of future leaders” and “the continued growth, success and sustainability of our organization.”

“The mobility of our leaders will showcase the diversity of thought, breadth of experience, and technical and interpersonal expertise for a successful future,” the letter said.

You can read the full letter here.

One of the Shapleys whistleblower lawyers were charged on Wednesday the personnel transfer was actually a form of ongoing “retaliation” that began more than a year ago when the agent was not promoted and he urged the federal whistleblower protection agency to take immediate measures to protect their client.

The Office of Special Counsel “should issue an immediate suspension while it conducts its investigation into the 4 promotions for which SSA Shapley has been passed over since he blew the whistle, and provide a briefing to Congress on what they have done so far.” “Now”, Tristan Leavitt, the president of the whistleblowing center Empower Oversight, written the.

“It was 17 months since we filed with the OSC the first promotion for which the IRS ignored SSA Shapley, and the OSC has not yet released findings,” Leavitt added.

THE The IRS strongly denied retaliating against Shapley, a claim that Congress questioned.

Leavitt’s group represented and supported Shapley and fellow IRS agent Joseph Ziegler as they informed the House Ways and Means and Oversight committees that they had witnessed irregularities and political interference in their efforts to investigate and prosecute their first son, Hunter Biden, for tax and other violations.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, who led the Biden family investigation in Congress and played a major role in securing whistleblower evidence, said: Just the news On Wednesday evening, he expressed deep concern about the new developments.

“Two courageous IRS whistleblowers, Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, put their careers on the line to blow the whistle and now the IRS wants revenge,” Comer said. “These whistleblowers made lawful and protected disclosures and exposed America’s two-tiered system of justice that allows politically connected people to operate above the law.

“Any retaliation against these two will not be tolerated and the House Oversight Committee will hold the IRS and the Office of the United States Special Counsel accountable,” he added.

Congress the committees ultimately corroborated the claims of the two agents with evidence and testimony and the controversy resulted in the termination of a sweetheart plea deal that would have spared Hunter Biden prison time for various offenses.

Hunter Biden later went to trial and was convicted of firearms offense in Delaware and pleaded guilty to tax crimes in California. He risk a prison sentence in a foreign business scandal that was originally presented as Russian disinformation but ultimately proved to be a serious problem for a Biden family that enriched itself with millions of dollars from Ukraine, China and other foreign countries while Joe Biden was vice president.

Congress also confirmed that Hunter Biden received millions of dollars in support. from a Hollywood lawyer and Biden donor while Joe Biden was president.

The flow of foreign funds and criminal charges all began from an investigation launched by Shapley and Ziegler in 2019 under the code name Sportsman.

THE agents told Congress their efforts to investigate allegations against President Joe Biden, interview members of the Biden family or bring serious charges against the first son were thwarted in what appeared to be an organized effort at political interference in a criminal case.

Shapley, a decorated agent and supervisor, and Ziegler, a Democrat, said they came forward not for political reasons but because they believed Hunter Biden should be treated the same as other suspected defendants of tax fraud.

“I am pro-IRS. I am pro-mission. I’m pro the agency,” Shapley said Just the news in an exclusive interview in June 2023. “I’ve been a senior executive at this agency, I have a lot of good friends in senior management. And I believe in what we do. But I believe in what we do, when we treat people fairly. And you know, that just didn’t happen in this particular case.

You can listen to this interview here.

Their urgency transformed the narrative around the Biden family’s foreign business scandal, convincing mainstream media sites like CBS News and the New York Times to give it serious coverage and put to rest suggestions that the allegations against the first family were just Russian propaganda or conservative disinformation.