Whistleblower: CIA Blocked IRS Interview of Hunter Associate

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A whistleblower recently told House investigators the CIA intervened to stop the IRS from interviewing a key associate of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden.

The revelation was disclosed in a letter Thursday from Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chair of the Judiciary Committee, to CIA Director William Burns. Comer and Jordan are spearheading the impeachment inquiry into allegations of influence peddling and other corruption by the president and members of his family.

The whistleblower said that in August 2021, IRS investigators were preparing to interview Kevin Morris, a Hollywood lawyer and associate of Hunter Biden, as part of the investigation that began in 2018 into alleged tax crimes committed by the president’s son.

But the CIA intervened to stop the interview, Comer and Jordan wrote. Two Department of Justice (DOJ) officials were allegedly summoned to CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, for a briefing regarding Morris; and at that meeting, they were told Morris could not be a witness during the investigation.

“It is unknown why or on what basis the CIA allegedly intervened to prevent investigators from interviewing Mr. Morris,” the lawmakers wrote. “However, these allegations track with other evidence showing how the DOJ deviated from its standard investigative practices during the investigation of Hunter Biden.”

The lawmakers requested Burns provide by 5 p.m. April 4 all documents and communications from the DOJ/IRS investigation of Hunter Biden and all documents and communications regarding Morris, including efforts to interview Morris as part of that investigation.

This is not the first instance of a federal agency trying to stonewall the tax investigation into Hunter Biden. Two IRS whistleblowers, Gary Shapley and John Ziegler, told House investigators last year that the DOJ ran interference for Hunter Biden by preventing other witnesses from testifying and barring tax investigators from asking questions that could lead to him.

Morris testified Jan. 18 as part of the impeachment inquiry, describing Hunter Biden as a client and “one of my closest friends.” He said he made loans totaling $5 million to Hunter Biden, some of which to help with his tax debt.

An attorney for Morris clarified in a letter to the Oversight Committee’s general counsel the total amount Morris lent to Hunter Biden was $6.5 million from Oct. 13, 2021, to Dec. 29, 2023.

Hunter Biden faces a June 20 trial date on nine federal tax-related charges in California regarding an alleged conspiracy to avoid paying more than $1 million in taxes. He has pleaded not guilty in that case. He also has pleaded not guilty to charges of unlawfully purchasing a revolver while using illicit drugs and lying on federal forms about his drug use when he bought the weapon. His trial in that case is set to start June 3.

Newsmax reached out to the CIA for comment.