An Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent claims the federal government’s criminal investigation into Hunter Biden is being corrupted by lies and politics.

The allegations appeared Wednesday in a letter that the agent’s lawyer, Mark Lytle, sent to leaders of both parties in Congress. Though the letter only says the agent is overseeing the “ongoing and sensitive investigation of a high-profile, controversial subject,” sources confirmed to The Wall Street Journal the investigation into Hunter Biden is the focus of the matter.

The letter identifies the client as an “IRS criminal supervisory special agent” who has already made “legally protected disclosures internally at the IRS, through counsel to the U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, and to the Department of Justice, Office of Inspector General.” Now this IRS agent wants to make protected whistleblower disclosures to Congress despite “serious risks of retaliation,” the letter says.

Disclosures made to the government watchdogs “contradict sworn testimony to Congress by a senior political appointee,” “involve failure to mitigate clear conflicts of interest in the ultimate disposition of the case,” and “detail examples of preferential treatment and politics improperly infecting decisions and protocols that would normally be followed by career law enforcement professionals in similar circumstances if the subject were not politically connected,” according to the letter.

The letter adds: “Some of the protected disclosures contain information that is restricted by statute from unauthorized disclosure to protect taxpayer and tax return information.”

The criminal investigation into Hunter Biden, the adult son of President Joe Biden, is being led by Delaware’s U.S. Attorney David Weiss. FBI and IRS investigators have been looking into his foreign business dealings, tax affairs, and more. The Washington Post reported in October that federal agents believed they had sufficient evidence to charge the younger Biden with tax crimes and a false statement related to a gun purchase, but a decision to file charges would be left up to Weiss.

Hunter Biden, who revealed the existence of that years-long inquiry only after the 2020 election, has said he expects to be cleared of wrongdoing.

Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke briefly about the inquiry during congressional testimony early last month. “I pledged not to interfere with that investigation and I have carried through on my pledge,” Garland testified under oath to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Republicans in Congress are conducting their own investigations into the Biden family, raising concerns about corruption extending beyond Hunter, while Democrats have generally dismissed their efforts as politically motivated. On the House side, the Oversight Committee has gained access to suspicious activity reports (SARs), which financial institutions can use to flag possible criminal behavior, for members of the Biden family and their associates’ business transactions.

In a statement reported by CBS News in response to the IRS whistleblower letter, House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said the Biden administration “may be obstructing justice by blocking efforts to charge Hunter Biden for tax violations.”

Just when you think the Biden administration can’t possibly have any more awful ideas, his team rolls out a plan to punish Americans with high credit scores to subsidize high-risk homebuyers.

On Wednesday, The Washington Times reported that starting May 1, Americans purchasing a new home or refinancing their existing mortgage can expect to pay higher mortgage rates and monthly fees if they have a higher credit score. Americans with lower credit scores and smaller down payments will be given better rates. In other words, Biden is essentially stealing from the rich to give to the needy by adjusting the fees on loan-level price adjustments.

“The changes do not make sense,” senior loan officer at Bay Equity Home Loans Ian Wright told the Times. “Penalizing borrowers with larger down payments and credit scores will not go over well. It overcomplicates things for consumers during a process that can already feel overwhelming with the amount of paperwork, jargon, etc. Confusing the borrower is never a good thing.”

It makes sense if you are a member of the Biden administration. In the name of equity, the Biden administration seeks to close the racial gap in homeownership. To do this, they are enacting numerous changes to the housing market that will benefit those at the lower end of the spectrum — which tend to be minorities for a variety of reasons.

So, according to The New York Post, industry experts say that its going to wind up backfiring.

“It’s going to be a challenge trying to explain to somebody that says, ‘I worked my whole life for high credit and I’ve put a lot of money down and you’re telling me that’s a negative now?’ That’s a hard conversation to have,” one expert told the Post.

Even former Obama officials are sounding the alarm.

“It’s unprecedented,” David Stevens, Federal Housing Administration commissioner under President Barack Obama, told the Post. “My email is full from mortgage companies and CEOs [telling] me how unbelievably shocked they are by this move.”

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The push to put “riskier mortgages” in the hands of those who couldn’t otherwise afford homes also could cause disruption should a recession hit — which the Federal Reserve is predicting.

None of this matters to President Joe Biden and his ilk. They never let a bad idea get in the way of equity.

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