IRS whistleblowers ask judge to dismiss Hunter Biden's lawsuit against the tax agency
CBSN
Two IRS employees who were granted whistleblower protections to share their concerns about the government's alleged mishandling of the investigation into Hunter Biden are asking a federal judge to toss out a civil lawsuit brought by the president's son against the federal tax agency.
Those whistleblowers, Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, also have asked to intervene in the matter, arguing that the IRS has a conflict of interest in trying to defend their decision to speak out publicly and to Congress about their experience investigating the president's son.
"The Whistleblower Protection Act gave them a right to discuss with the media the information they believed constituted gross mismanagement and an abuse of authority, like the mishandling of the Hunter Biden case," lawyers for the two agents claim in arguments filed with a federal judge Friday.