with that said, irs special agent joseph ziegler joins us now. thank you so much for being here, we appreciate it. let me start with the big picture, what is the many allegation that you are making against hunter biden. >> i want to thank you so much for letting me be on the show. i think it's important that your audience hear the presented facts of testimony. it's the equitible treatment of taxpayers. we have to treat every taxpayer the same in investigating our cases with the justice department. and i think that's important that everyone understands that to have a fair justice system, we need to treat people the same. it doesn't matter what your political beliefs are. it doesn't matter how much money you have, everyone should be treated the same. >> right and the suggestion is that hunter biden was given special treatment and the u.s. attorney didn't proceed as aggressively as he would have if hunter biden had been someone else. in a letter to the judicial it committee, "i've been granted ultimate authority over this matter including the respon

that's not what joseph ziegler said.ons with congressional committees led by republicans on the house side about having some communication with elm. this obviously we are closely tracking. you are always welcome to come here first if you would like to give us an interview as well. let's talk about president trump. we get a date today for his trial related to the mar-a-lago documents. that's going to be may 20th. i think all of us who have practiced feel like it was all the pre-trial motions and shenanigans that's not going to happen. there is also this from the guardian talking about we are waiting to see what the georgia special grand jury has. they say in the trump investigation the fulton county district attorney fanny willis has evidence racketeering indictment influencing wins and computer trespass people said. the new details about the direction and scope of the case come as prosecutors are expected to seek indictments starting in the first two weeks of august so, susan, we now wait for those. but this stuff is pil

pete: joseph ziegler defending his position after speaking out on the hunter biden investigation afterthe inside doing the investigation does it have an impact? >> it is devastating. it is credibility, the credibility that makes it so powerful. in the case of ziegler, the hunter biden probe, he's a democrat, has nothing to gain professionally, as he himself said and it's a crime to lie on a federal whistleblower complaint. i take him seriously. pete: does it lead to anything? does it change? does it impact? >> it is just allegations. merrick garland and david wise are denying this, the american people, tough to know who to believe. the way to get out of this, they alluded to a 99 page charging document. where's the document? david wise tried to be elevated, what paperwork was generated in that effort? we have to see. april will bear this out. pete: bank accounts, it should set us free. pete: what impact your post, we are learning, the fbi told twitter the hunter biden laptop was real on the same day the new york post scooped that story but they censored it anyway. there was a call that

just listen to whistle-blower democrat joseph ziegler in his own words.e a look. >> people are saying that i must be more credible because i'm a democrat who happens to be married to a man. i am no more credible than this man sitting next to me due to my sexual orientation or my political beliefs. the truth is, my credibility comes today from my job experience with the irs and my intimate knowledge of the agency standard and procedures. >> i thought democrats loved whistle-blowers. they like the hearsay whistle-blower if they can impeach donald trump. it isn't a the vast right-wing conspiracy, according to irs agents joseph ziegler. there's a mountain of evidence that hunter biden committed serious felonies. take a look. >> with respect to the 2014 tax year, hunter biden did not report any of the money earned from a respect for the 2014 tax year, which would have been attacks lost in the government of $124,000. thus, as i read the public documents as he department of justice action against biden, there's nothing that indicates hunter biden will be require

listen to what joseph ziegler said. >> our really first big disagreement would have been related to the the search warrant related to the storage unit. when i found out that she told defense counsel that we knew about the storage unit and that the records request included that, i just knew that we weren't -- it just -- it was kind of like a shot to the gut. we didn't have a seat at the table. that was really a defining moment for me. >> well, meranda, it certainly sounds like a prosecutor giving a heads up making sure the defendant has ha heads up. >> i think joseph ziegler and his gary shapley are real heroes. they are not republicans. zeigler is a democrat. they came forward because they knew what was happening was wrong. and when joe biden goes out and he tells people that you will have to pay your fair share of tax, that that is what it should mean. it shouldn't mean that hunter biden doesn't do that and that's what offended them. and the sort of elite tax investigators in the country. and this was just a litany. one after the other of obstruction and slow walking. and just very pec

joseph ziegler previously unknown to the public, known only as whistleblower x said more serious chargesrranted because this was quote, willfulness which distinguishing it from a civil case. >> i've presented evidence, there's a process that we're given in becoming a whistleblower. i think that's the most important thing and look it at everything that we've presented to congress, to the house ways and means committee. none of it has been refuted. none of what we've presented has been refuted so far that i've seen. >> late this week, iowa senator chuck grassley released an unclassified fbi document alleging joe biden and son hunt hunter getting top prosecutor fired and where hunter was a board member, and republicans say they now want to return the favor. >> i don't think there's any secret where i would vote on impeachment. >> you could move to an impeachment inquiry and gives congress more teeth to actually get more investigators more subpoena power. >> hunter biden makes his first court appearance wednesday over the misdemeanor tax charges and that felony gun charge and a judge says do

pete: jet you heard from joseph ziegler and the irs whistle blower that came forward and his boss hade forward publicly previously and he testified, joseph ziegler, before congress and talking about his attempts to investigate hunter biden and his tax malfeasance were blocked, slow walked, time and time again. he's a career irs agent as is -- was his boss and he just said, hey, we didn't get a fair shake to investigate someone committing willful tax fraud and it was shannon bream in for brett on special report and asked him about the authority chain of p who was making decisions inside this investigation. here's what he had to say. >> the fbi investigators we were working with and us within the irs, we were frying to phygoyuri colins out how do we get an -- figure out how to get an independent attorney assigned with authority to the investigation and no one knew what to do to bring that issue up. that's frustrating at the end of the day and like we said in our testimony, that was probably one of the first times where we knew there was some sort of influence that was coming into the in

the united states, the identity of joseph ziegler, was not revealed for a long time in the interestsn jr. investigation, they are actually suspected of trade in influence, and here is a dubious deal and evasion siegler taxes. he recommended appointing a special prosecutor for further investigation. the rally point is the center of the sea of ​​japan. the task is to find a submarine to repel air strikes to hit drifting targets. joint russian-chinese exercises. north interaction 20-23 launched today large anti -submarine ships corvettes and more than 30 aircraft and helicopters of naval aviation report by gennady kartsev a joint headquarters has been deployed on board the chinese destroyer tsykart and this in itself is a significant event for the last 4 years naval sailors of russia and china during such maneuvers kept communication at a distance due to pandemic restrictions this year. china removed them and now the traditional teachings of both countries have returned to face-to-face format. and this torment of the crew of the ships of both sides will work out a joint action to search

joseph ziegler.d irs whistleblower to come forward. >> i kind of equate this to the experience and ephesian i encountered when coming out. it was honestly one of the hardest things i ever had to go through. i implore you to consider if you were in my position with the facts as i have stated them, ask yourself if you would be doing the exact same thing. >> gary shapley, the irs supervisor who first spoke out says he was blocked from pursuing the hunter biden case further. he wanted felony charges and access to hunter's laptop. >> investigators are not allowed to follow up on whatsapp messages from hunter's apple cloud backup where he suggested he was sitting next to his father. investigators not to ask about the big guy or dad when conducting interviews. >> democrats claim the six hour hearing yesterday was all an effort to obstruct former president donald trump and no smoking gun was discovered. >> we can conclude that this inspector clues so he style quest for something that doesn't exist has turned

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look, i think joseph ziegler and his gary shapley are realey heroes, and they're not zepublicans. egler is a democrat, and they came forward dem. they knew what was happening was wrong, and that when joe bideen joe bt ann goes out s people that you will have to pay your fair share tax, n't do that that is what it should mean. and it shouldn't mean that huntert and biden doesn't do t. and that's what offended them. and they're the sort of elite ct tax investigators inry the country. e and this was just a litany, one after the other of obstruction and slow walking and just very peculiar practices, all designed to shielield hund hunter biden to protect joe biden. because remember , they were not allowed to pull on the string that naturally would take bie to the big guy. >> all right, miranda, great to see you tonight hi thank you. now, biden malfunctions during his big speech and i grant raymond another three wishes. >> raymond is here with friday follies and that's next. dea? t we plan to offer retirement, but i wish we had more cashah. you think those two have any idea that they can

investigator joseph ziegler felt doubly a stranger among his own, an open, gay man whom liberals are r's name first appeared on a sign next to his boss's name. harry whisper. previously, he was known only as an informant ikspyr. many people think that i should have a lot of authority because i'm a democrat married to a man, but in my opinion i should be treated the same as everyone else . in this room, regardless of my orientation, there is a strong , pr hood of republicans whose goal, the investigation is to appoint a special prosecutor, which will raise all the antics of the biden family. and who knows, maybe it will bring the matter prior to the impeachment, a direct question from oversight committee chairman james idol about how much hunter received from ziegler business partners revealed the exact amount of $17 million the biden family used business partner companies to obtain millions of dollars from foreigners. they are complex financial transactions in china, romania and ukraine. they seem to hide the source of funds and reduce the visibility of the total amounts transferred t

investigator joseph ziegler, an open, gay man whom liberals are supposed to patronize, felt doubly a among his own. the name ziegler first appeared on a sign next to the name of his boss. harry whisper. previously, he was known only as an informant ikspyr. many people think that i should have more authority because i am a democrat who is married to a man, but in my opinion i should be treated the same as everyone else in this room, regardless of my orientation, strong, pr hood republicans, the purpose of the investigation is the appointment of a special prosecutor that will raise all the antics of the biden family. and who knows, maybe he will bring the case to impeachment, to a direct question from the head of the oversight committee, james idol, about how much hunter received from ziegler business partners, said the exact amount of $ 17 million, the biden family used business partner companies to receive millions of dollars from foreign ones. companies in china, romania and ukraine, complex financial transactions similarly hide the source of funds and reduce the visibility of the t

just liste.n to whistleblower democrat joseph ziegler in his ow n. >> peo >> take a look. people are saying that i muspltt be more credible because i'm a t democrat who happens to be married to a mano . i'm no more credible than this man sitting next to me to me due to my excuse due to my sexual orientation or my political beliefs. the truth is my credibilityb comes today from my job experience with the ir witswlede and intimate knowledge of the agency's standard and procedures oency . democra >> i thought democrats loved whistleblowers. they like the hearsay whistleblower if they cany impeach donald trump. now, this isn't some kind of, vast right-wing conspiracy. according to irs agent joseph ziegler, there is a mountain of evidence that hunterf eviden biden committed s felonies. >> take a look. >> with respect to the 2014 tax year. hunter4 tax biden did not repors of the money he earned fromx burisma for the 2014 tax year,ye which would have which wouldar, atta been a tax loss to the government of $124,000.d th thus, as i read the public documents, as the department of j

officials who were never allowed to send hunter biden to nara, the main star of special agent joseph zieglerusly classified under the pseudonym of an informant. x is an open gay ziegler. he went against his own, that is, against the party. i decided to talk about it. even though i know i'm risking my own career and reputation and job, but no one should be above the law. i was the lead investigator on the hunter biden case, and so was my colleague. i don't understand what happened to this investigation. in short, nothing good bosses all the time beat on the hands of the prosecutor's office, which, in theory, was supposed to help put sticks in the wheels. and this despite the fact that it was a huge even by american standards. sumac over 5 years, biden and his family received about $ 17 million from foreigners, most of it through complex shell banking schemes with the hunter biden investigation. completely different from all the other cases that i dealt with in my 14 years of service in the naugovaya at every level , decisions were made that helped the object of our investigation, the elder, t

my 14 years at the iris, the other iris was of lower is joseph ziegler, also known as was the lower ex, me during the hearing. he is an iris agent who served as a lead on 100 by the investigation. ziegler said that despite being smeared in the mainstream media for being a democrats who called out members of his own party, he believes that coming forward was the right thing to do. today. as i said here before, you not as a here or, or victim, but as a whistleblower, compelled to disclose the truth that said in coming forward or my reputation and my case work outside of the investigation, we're here to discuss. i ultimately made the decision to come forward after what i believe were multiple times a blowing the whistle in the internal revenue service. the 2 agents who were involved in the 5 year old son testified before the house oversight committee on wednesday, where they were deal that before 100 biting was offered that likely deal for his alleged crimes. he was facing multiple felony charges. the iris recommended multiple felony charges against hunter biden for tax years, 2014 throug

despite the roadblocks and obstruction, their investigation. phase one of those whistle blowers is joseph ziegler, an iris agent who served as the lead on the hunter by the investigation. he said the despite being smeared in the mainstream media for being in democrats, who called out members of his own party. he believes that coming forward was the right thing to do. tickle is that today, as i said here before, you not as a here or, or victim, but as a whistleblower. compelled to disclose the truth that said in coming forward, i believe i'm risking my career, my reputation and my case work outside of the investigation. we're here to discuss . i ultimately made the decision to come forward after what i believe or multiple times a blowing the whistle in the internal revenue service. the other iris was of lower is gary shapley, who said agents were severely limited in their investigation and told that they weren't allowed to look into anything involved in quote the big guy or joe. by that, he told congress that he has never seen anything like it before and his career. here's what else he had to say

investigator joseph ziegler, open, gay, whom liberals are supposed to patronize ziegler's name, whiched on a sign next to his boss's name. harry whisper. he used to be known only as x's informant. many people think that i should have more authority because i am a democrat married to a man, but in my opinion i should be treated the same as everyone else in this room regardless of my targeting strong, pr-hood republicans, whose goal is to appoint a special prosecutor that will raise all the antics of the biden family. and who knows, maybe he will bring the case to impeachment , to a direct question from the head of the oversight committee , james comer, about how much hunter received from ziegler's business partners, he said the exact amount of $ 17 million, the biden family used business companies. norov to receive millions of dollars from foreign companies in china, romania and ukraine, complex financial transactions similarly hide the source of funds and reduce the visibility of the total amounts transferred to biden's bank accounts, but delve into biden's secret enrichment the famil

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. >> in coming forward, i believe i'm risking my career, my reputation >> reporter: joseph ziegler who came forward for the first time, and gary shapley point to the evidence they view as damning and the skeptical response they received from prosecutors involved >> the delaware attorney general's office handling the investigat investigation was very different than any other investigation in my 14 years at the irs >> reporter: but democrats on the panel were quick to push back, pointing out it is the call of prosecutors to make the decision on whether to hand down indictments. >> so the prosecutors are the ones that make the decisions >> reporter: shapley also testified that david weiss, the federal prosecutor in delaware who handled the investigation said he didn't have the authority to decide whether the charges were filed >> the story has been changing from department of justice and u.s. attorney weiss. >> reporter: weiss, a trump appointee has sent multiple letters to congress disputing that the white house reiterated the president was not involved in his son's business dealings and

my 14 years at the r s, the other iris was of lower is joseph ziegler, also known as was the lower x, me his identity public for the 1st time during the hearing. he is an iris agent to serve as the lead on the 100 by the investigation. ziegler said that despite being smeared in the mainstream media for being a democrat who called out members of his own party, he believes that coming forward was the right thing to do. today. as i said here before, you not as a here or, or victim, but as a whistleblower compelled to disclose the truth. that said in coming forward, i believe i'm risking my career, my reputation, and my case work outside of the investigation. we're here to discuss. i ultimately made the decision to come forward after what i believe or multiple times a blowing the whistle in the internal revenue service that you agents who were involved in the 5 year long investigation into the president's son, testified before the house oversight committee on wednesday, where they reveal that before 100 biting was offered that likely deal for his alleged crimes. he was basic multiple felo

. >> do you solemnly swear -- >> reporter: special agent joseph ziegler is a 13-year veteran of the irs, a registered democrat, and until now, a confidential whistle-blower. today he publiced testified about his role investigating the president's son hunter for tax crimes. >> i'm the main case agent. i worked 95% of this tax investigation. >> so nice to meet you. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with cbs news, ziegler told us he believed the evidence he gathered during the five-year probe supported multiple felony and misdemeanor counts, including allegations hunter biden wrote off personal expenses as business payments. >> hotels he was blacklisted from, payments that were made to escorts, payments that are made to no-show employees. >> reporter: ziegler said he drafted this memo recommending justice department prosecutors charge hunter biden accordingly. but he said the trump-appointed u.s. attorney david weiss told him there was resistance to pursuing some of these charges by other officials at the justice department. >> it's a matter of are we treating all taxpayers the same.

. >> reporter: special agent joseph ziegler is a 13-year veteran of the irs, a registered democrat, andlower. today, he publicly testified about his role investigating the president's son, hunter, for tax crimes. >> i am the main case agent. i worked 95% of this tax investigation. so nice to meet you. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with cbs news, ziegler told us he believed the evidence he gathered during the five-year probe supported multiple felony and misdemeanor counts, including allegations hunter biden wrote off personal expenses as business payments. >> hotels he was blacklisted from, payments that were made to escorts, payments that were made to no-show employees. >> reporter: ziegler said he drafted this memo recommending justice department prosecutors charge hunter biden accordingly but he said the trump-appointed u.s. attorney david weiss told him there was resistance to pursuing some of these charges by other officials at the justice department. >> it is a matter of, are we treating all taxpayers the same? >> reporter: and in this case? >> and in this case, no, i don

. >> reporter: joseph ziegler, who came forward publicly for the first time, and gary shapley pointedence they say they collected which they viewed as damning and the skeptical response they said they received from the prosecutors involved. >> i'm here to tell you that the delaware u.s. attorney's office and department of justice handling the hunter biden tax investigation was very different from any other case in my 14 years at the irs. at every stage decisions were made that benefited the subject of this investigation. >> reporter: but democrats on the panel were quick to push back, pointing out it is the job of prosecutors to make the call to hand down indictments, not investigators. >> well, that's standard. investigators and prosecutors do this all the time, right? i mean, so the prosecutors are the ones that make the decision. >> reporter: shapley also testified that david weiss, the federal prosecutor in delaware who handled the investigation, said he didn't have the authority to decide whether the charges were filed. >> the story has been changing from department of justice an

investigator joseph ziegler felt doubly a stranger among his own , open, gay, whom the liberals, in theoryhould patronize the name of ziegler, for the first time appeared on a sign next to the name of his boss. harry shepley. he used to be known only as x's informant. many people think that i should have more authority because i am a democrat married to a man, but in my opinion i should be treated the same as everyone else in this room regardless of my targeting a strong pr hood of the republicans, the purpose of which investigation is the appointment of a special prosecutor. what will remove all the tricks of the biden family, and who knows, maybe it will bring the case to impeachment to a direct question from the head of the oversight committee james comer on how much hunter received from ziegler's business partners, gave the exact amount of $17 million the biden family used the business partners' companies to obtain millions of dollars from foreign companies in china, romania and ukraine, complex financial transactions. similar hide the source of funds and reduce the visibility of the t

we will start with joseph ziegler, a veteran, gay and a democrat.e says hunter biden's tax misdemeanors were a felony the hunter underrepresented his income by $267,000 through false deductions, his drug dealer and columbia university tuition for his adult daughter. ziegler said d.o.j. repeatedly put up roadblocks to the investigation and the first whistleblower gary shapley agreed. >> use u.s. attorney was hamstrung, limited and marginalized by d.o.j. officials as well as other u.s. attorneys. i still think a special counsel is necessary for this investigation. >> investigators are not allowed to follow on messages from hunter biden's backup where he suggested who is sitting next to his father. lesley wolf cited objects of executing a search warrant and president biden's residence as a deciding factor for not allowing it even though she agreed probable cause existed. >> in this case we needed to talk to witnesses related to things deducted on the tax return and in this case, it was the adult children we needed to talk to. >> unbelievable and they s

. >> joseph ziegler whistleblower x testifying about two men under scrutiny, president biden and hunter counsel is necessary for this investigation. >> i'm not running to be somebody. i'm running to do something. >> ron desantis and wife casey vowing to protect parental rights in school in "fox & friends" exclusive interview. >> we are going to fight for your family and our family and america going forward. >> illinois planned to end cash bail. the new law gets rid o

joseph ziegler is calling on the attorney general to appoint a special counsel to oversee this hunter biden probe because sweetheart deals should not be handed out like candy. that is likely not going to happen. merrick garland believes his job is to shield joe biden and his family, not uphold the constitution. this is more evidence of corruption. it continues to emerge across the entire family. this isn't the big hunter biden story anymore. this is about the president, joe biden. hunter's business partner is set to testify before congress. miranda devine, she is telling us archer witnessed dozens of phone calls between hunter biden's foreign business partners, foreign nationals, where joe biden was looped into the meeting on a speakerphone. to impress hunter's clients and seal the deal. he swore he never once spoke to his son about his foreign business dealings. biden actively participated and lied about it to the american people over and over again as a candidate and a president. this is not a story about private citizen hunter biden. joe and hunter are tied at the hip on all of thi

on the right, joseph ziegler, he said he is existing his career, but compelled to tell the truth.e said, no one is above the law. he said, i was told i must be credible because i'm married to a man and i'm a democrat, my credibility comes from my experience at the irs. he's assigned to an elite team of 12, international crime, tax evasion and fraud. he said, what was happening with the biden family, i couldn't get behind and this investigation was blocked. >> brian: as much as you should keep your eye on david weiss, they won't appear together. keep your eyes and ears open for leslie wolf. she said, i tipped off the biden family and i told you don't ask to go into the laptop, it will take too many approvals. she told shapley, informed the laptop would not be provided and not to do anything about the family, only focus on hunter and when it came to hunter's international business dealing, it was stopped. the foundation, james galar, rob walker, devin archer and hunter biden. we watched that. then we got the irs pushing pressure, saying why does this guy not file taxes? what about c

joseph ziegler is a special agent with the internal revenue service.minal investigation division specifically assigned to an theinternational tax and financl crimes division. this is a group of 12 elite especial agents were subject matter experts in complex international tax and other related crimes. he started his birth the irs in 2010 is a special agent and has developed successfully completed multitude of complex financial investigations. the types of investigations include money laundering, bank fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, healthcare fraud, violations of the bank secrecy act, income tax evasion income tax related charges such as identity theft and filing false claims for tax refund. multiple performance awards start his career recognition for his work. mr. gary shatley is a supervisory special agent of international tax crimes group. shatley started his career at the irs in july of 2009 the department of justice tax division from 2013 to 2018 investigating foreign institutions, foreign financial institutions he was also assigned to the joint ter

you'll talk to joseph ziegler tonight on special report and tell his story to you and also on "fox news sunday" vivek ramaswamy one of your many guests. we'll check it out then. >> brand-new polls we'll reveal from iowa and south carolina sunday morning. >> dana: i'll be there. thanks. >> the real competitors are the thousands of news organizations that have sprouted up like mushrooms on the internet eroding public trust. we need to choke them off. the way we do that is deplatform any of these organizations that doesn't follow our story. >> that was with martha yesterday afternoon after rfk junior was calling out media organizations claiming censorship after that hearing that took place a few hours earlier that was wow, a bit of a show, huh? all while taking on house democrats who tried to remove him from that hearing. hillary vaughn is live with the fallout from today. >> good morning. democrats admit they didn't want to hear what rfk junior had to say and they didn't want him talking here on capitol hill. but they tell me that's not censorship. >> that's not censorship. that would not

. >>> the first enter view with a whistleblower in the hunter biden investigation, joseph ziegler appearedhapley both allege that the justice department did not follow normal procedures during it's criminal investigation into joe biden's son, hunter. >> it appeared to me based on what i experienced that the u.s. attorney in delaware in our investigation was constantly hamstrung, limited, and marginalized by u.s. attorneys. i still thing that a special counsel is necessary for this investigation. >>> ziegler, and shapely also claim justice department officials stopped them from examining the finances of president joe biden where they wanted to look for a possible connection to hunter's troubled finances, allegations to the justice department repeatedly denied and democrats on the committee question. >> one thing you will not hear today is any evidence of wrongdoing by president joe biden or his administration. like every other try by our colleagues to concoct a scandal about president biden this one is a complete and total bust. >>> the trump appointed u.s. attorney for delaware, davidwise

. >> joseph ziegler, who came forward publicly for the first time. and gary shapleigh pointing to the evidence they say they collected which they viewed as damning. a skeptical response they said they received from the prosecutors involved. >> i'm here to tell you that the u.s. attorney's office and department of justice handling the hunter biden tax investigation was very different from any other case in my 14 years at the irs. at every stage, decisions were made that benefited the subject of this investigation. >> but democrats on the panel were pushed back. >> lou, can you quickly just walk us through what this is all about? >> sure. republicans really believe that this is the best evidence they have against the biden family to date. which is these two irs whistleblowers who've come forward. saying that they had recommended felony charges against hunter biden in their tax investigation. pointing to evidence of taxes that he should've paid but did not. with many of his foreign business dealings. and in fact he then cut a plea deal on this mister ma

joseph ziegler is an irs agent who said in his opening statement is he a democrat. he also said the president's son received special treatment and that the plea deal he ultimately got was not what federal investigators recommended. he and a fellow agent spoke out against the justice department in irs. committee democrats though fought them every step of the way today. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram starts us off tonight. hi, chad. >> gillian, good evening. these are senior irs agents with years of experience. they believe that hunter biden may have gotten special treatment. they think he deserved a felony and not a misdemeanor. >> two whistleblowers. >> do you solemnly swear or affirm. >> testifying about two men under scrutiny. president biden and hunter biden. >> you have to follow the money trail. >> joseph ziggler, known only as whistleblower x until today think were recommending for approval will for the 2017, 2018, and 2019 tax years that did not happen here and i don't know why. >> they didn't have the ultimate call about who is prosecuted. >

joseph ziegler is an irs agent who said in his opening statement is he a democrat.not what federal investigators recommended. he and a fellow agent spoke out against the justice department in irs. committee democrats though fought them every step of the way today.

into "special report" right after "the five" for an exclusive interview with irs interviewer joseph zieglerponding to democratic attacks. >> several democrats on the committee said these are just the kind of dustup's that investigators and prosecutors have. you are not always going to be on the same page, is that accurate? >> criminal investigations, when you work a criminal investigation, there is a thing called will know my willfulness, whether someone with no mike evr income taxes are filed a false return. that is one thing that sets us apart from a civil case, and in this case we provided a ton of evidence that showed willf willfulness. >> katie: the democrats are also not going to like this. fbi document released yesterday by senator grassley exposes the alleged bribery scheme involving both joe and hunter. a memo that claims that then-vice president biden and his son coerced the ceo of burisma to pay them $10 million in exchange for help in getting the ukrainian prosecutor investigating the company fired. "the new york post" publishing this op-ed, calling for a special counsel to inve

joseph ziegler was whistleblower x as of two days ago. he will talk on special report. check it out at 6:00 here on the fox news channel tonight. dana. >> he has a time share in a place in vegas where he would visit without his wife and children. when asked in a 2017 deposition you go there for business or pleasure, sir? he says i guess you could call it pleasure. man, i would be all over that like a cheap suit. >> dana: the prob into the suspected gilgo serial killer is going beyond new york. is he tied to murders in other states? one person may have been killed inside his family home. nate foye is inmassapequa park new york with the latest. >> good morning. a source familiar with the investigation tells fox news investigators believe at least one of the three murders that wrecks heuermann is charged with happened inside the family's home behind me. police have the street blocked off today. look live at the fox news drone. prosecutors believe that multiple victims disappeared from massapequa park where we are. for an eighth day investigators with going through the fami

joseph ziegler's broke publicly for the person was on capitol hill now assign fox news he thanks hunterce tougher charges present federal agents did not follow normal procedures and some evidence might have been brushed aside. lucas tomlinson live in washington with more on all of that, lucas. >> some of the evidence ziegler's said he was not allowed to see if the unclassified document from a ukrainian american informant alleging the head of ukrainian energy giant burisma paid joe biden and his son hunter a total of $10 million. >> you should be able to follow the evidence. we should be able to interview witnesses appeared we should be able to do all the proper procedures. i understand this was a politically sensitive case. but at the end of the day it was a matter of at the end of the date we weren't following all the evidence that we should have. ask the informant says the head of burisma told him he was coerced to pay joe biden and his quote stupid son hunter in order to get ukraine's top prosecutor fired was investigating the ukraine energy company pretty 2018 biden bragged about ge

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