Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) highlighted during a recent episode of his podcast how the identity of one of the IRS whistleblowers who has come forward to allege misconduct during the criminal investigation of President Joe Biden’s son undermines any claims that the whistleblower is coming forward for political reasons.

Cruz noted that one of the IRS whistleblowers told Congress that he is a gay man married to a man and that he is a Democrat.

The senator said that the deal Hunter Biden got was a “sweetheart deal” that the Biden administration “desperately, desperately, desperately wants to close the door” on.

“At this point, the statements between Merrick Garland and David Weiss on one side, and the two IRS whistleblowers on the other side are entirely in conflict,” he said. “The whistleblowers, as I’ve noted, we have no reason to think they’re lying. One of them is a gay Democrat who’s married to a man.”

“Both of them are career IRS employees, neither of them have any indication that they’re in any way, shape, or form Republican,” he continued. “And they’ve come over and risked their entire careers by calling out what appears to be a pattern of felonies.”

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Context here: What @tedcruz said is we have statements of Garland/Weiss vs two whistleblowers. There's no reason to think the whistleblowers are lying. They "are career IRS employees, neither of them have any indication that they're in any way, shape, or form Republican"… https://t.co/hTTElETTAG pic.twitter.com/HnbMLZOh85

— Darin Miller (@DarinBMiller) July 5, 2023

Hunter Biden reportedly reached a deal with Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss last month that will see him plead guilty to failing to pay about $100,000 in taxes for 2017 and for failing to pay a similar amount for 2018. The tax charges Hunter faces are misdemeanors.

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He is expected to not face any jail time and to be given two years of probation.

The 53-year-old will also reportedly enter a diversion program upon admitting the illegal purchase of a firearm in 2018. The gun charge could be revoked from his record upon completion of the diversion program.

Related: Prosecutor In Hunter Biden Criminal Case Releases Letter ‘On Two Issues’

CoCo Lee, a Hong Kong-born singer and actress, died on Wednesday, according to a statement from her family. She was 48.

Lee’s sisters, Carol and Nancy, said in an Instagram post that CoCo had been suffering from depression for a few years, “but her condition deteriorated drastically over the last few months.”

The sisters said that Lee decided to take her life on Sunday and was later rushed to the hospital where doctors tried to save her. She died after being in a coma for three days.

“2023 marks the 30th anniversary of CoCo’s singing career, in the past 29 years, she’s won countless international acclaims with top selling songs and has left audience w[ith] an astounding impression of her excellent live performances,” the sisters said. “CoCo is also known to have worked tirelessly to open up a new world for Chinese singers in the international music scene, and she went all out to shine for the Chinese.”

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“We are proud of her! As a family of CoCo, we are very grateful and honored to have such an excellent and outstanding sister,” they said. “We are thankful to God for giving us such a kind angel. We know now she has gone to a happier place and no longer suffers from depression; we trust God has her best interest looked after!”

Lee was an international music star best known for her Oscar-nominated song “A Love Before Time” from the movie “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” according to The Washington Post. “She also voiced the lead character in Disney’s “Mulan” when it was released in China.

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