Attorney General Merrick Garland is slated to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Sept. 20, but as calls for his impeachment ramp up following whistleblower testimony, the date could change.
A spokesperson for the Judiciary Committee confirmed Garland will come before the committee for his regularly scheduled hearing on Sept. 20 but added that “obviously new information that has broken may change that date” in reference to the testimony of two IRS whistleblowers alleging the Department of Justice interfered in the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden.
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While Hunter Biden plans to plead guilty to two federal misdemeanor tax charges and has entered a "Pretrial Diversion Agreement" for a felony gun charge, the IRS whistleblowers, IRS supervisory special agent Gary Shapley and an anonymous source, alleged the DOJ blocked a request by the U.S. attorney on the case, David Weiss, for special counsel status, prevented his request to bring the charges in Washington, D.C., or California, and “concealed” foreign bribery allegations involving Hunter Biden and then-Vice President Joe Biden.
These allegations by the whistleblowers were given to the House Ways and Means Committee and have led to calls for Garland’s impeachment, with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) saying that if what the whistleblowers are saying turns out to be true, the House will begin an impeachment inquiry into the attorney general.
Garland has denied the allegations, saying he did not conceal any information from Weiss or his team, nor did he block him from bringing the charges in Washington, D.C., or California.
But over the weekend, Shapley’s attorneys pushed back on Garland’s denial, saying there are “six witnesses” who can relay that Weiss told them he was blocked from bringing the charges to another jurisdiction outside of Delaware and that he had sought special counsel status.
In light of the whistleblower testimony claiming otherwise, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a letter to Weiss last week asking him to clarify his statement in a previous letter to the committee claiming he had “ultimate authority” over Hunter Biden’s criminal investigation.
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Jordan is also seeking records related to alleged improper retaliation against the IRS whistleblowers involved in the criminal tax investigation into Hunter Biden.
The news of Garland’s testimony comes one day after it was announced FBI Director Christopher Wray will be testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on July 12.