The walls are tumblin down.
The attorney for an unnamed IRS criminal supervisory special agent says his client has asked Congress for protections to speak out about allegations that a years-long, high-profile and politically sensitive investigation has been hindered by "preferential treatment and politics," according to a letter obtained by CBS News. That investigation is the one probing potential tax crimes by Hunter Biden, CBS News has learned.
"My client wants to come forward to Congress," said attorney Mark Lytle, who is representing the agent. He discussed his client's allegations with CBS News chief investigative correspondent Jim Axelrod in an exclusive television interview set to air on tonight's CBS Evening News and streamacross all CBS platforms. "He's ready to be questioned about what he knows and what he experienced under the proper legal protections."
That someone from inside the long-running federal investigation is coming forward to voice concerns about the way it's being conducted adds to the already strange journey of the matter related to the son of President Biden.
The Justice Department and its office of the inspector general did not immediately respond to CBS News' request for comment. The U.S. attorney's office in Delaware declined to comment. And the White House referred a request for comment to the Justice Department or IRS. Big surprise there, eh?
It's looking ugly for "that feckless dementia-ridden piece of crap."