LESLEY WOLF – Assistant US Attorney for the Department of Justice

IRS Supervisory Special Agent Testimony Reveals Injustice within the Department of Justice.

The testimony Gary Shapley provided to the House Ways and Means Committee on May 26, 2023 cannot be dismissed as “some disgruntled employee” attempting to get even with his employer. To date, Shapley’s credibility has not been discredited in any substantive manner. Committee members and attorneys will continue to sift through the Shapley transcript, seeking collaborating testimony from other people associated with the Hunter Biden investigation, as well as any discrepancies or false statements made by Shapley.

Lesley Wolf is an assistant US Attorney (AUSA) for the Department of Justice. If the Shapley testimony is accurate, Wolf indirectly interfered with the 2020 elections by obstructing the investigation into Hunter Biden, and also Joe Biden. If true, Wolf should suffer stiff penalty for her unprofessional conduct. In her position, as an assistant US Attorney, Wolf must be held to the highest standards of ethical conduct and professionalism. Blocking investigators from interviewing suspects and witnesses, interfering with search warrants, and allowing political bias to drive her decisions is unbecoming of any attorney, but particularly an attorney working for the Department of Justice.

What follows are portions of the Shapley testimony that mention AUSA Wolf.

From the testimony of Gary Shapley, Supervisory Special Agent with the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, to the House Ways and Means Committee.  

A LOT OF EVIDENCE AT BIDEN GUEST HOUSE

For example, we obtained a July 30th, 2017, WhatsApp message from Hunter Biden to Henry Zhao, where Hunter Biden wrote: “I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand, and now means tonight. And, Z, if I get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than you, Zhang, or the chairman, I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my direction. I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father.” Communications like these made it clear we needed to search the guest house at the Bidens’ Delaware residence where Hunter Biden stayed for a time. In a September 3rd, 2023 [2020], pros meeting, the Assistant United States Attorney, Lesley Wolf, told us there was more than enough probable cause for the physical search warrant there, but the question was whether the juice was worth the squeeze. She continued that optics were a driving factor in the decision on whether to 15 execute a search warrant. She said a lot of evidence in our investigation would be found in the guest house of former Vice President Biden, but said there is no way we will get that approved.

NO GO ON BLUE STAR STRATEGIES E-MAIL SEARCH WARRANT

On September 3rd, 2020, the slow-walking of process continued when AUSA Wolf stated that a search warrant for the emails for Blue Star Strategies was being sat on by OEO. That’s the Department of Justice Office — actually, I’m sorry. I don’t know what it means, the acronym. She indicated it would likely not get approved. This was a significant blow to the Foreign Agents Registration Act piece of the investigation. On September 4th, 2020, Deputy Attorney General Donoghue issued a cease and desist of all overt investigative activities due to the coming election. AUSA Wolf made several odd statements, to include that DOJ was under fire and it was self-inflicted. She stated that DOJ needed to repair their reputation.

IRS INVESTIGATORS DENIED ACCESS TO HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP

On October 19th, 2020, I emailed Assistant United States Attorney Wolf: “We need to talk about the computer. It appears the FBI is making certain representations about the device, and the only reason we know what is on the device is because of the IRS CI affiant search warrant that allowed access to the documents. If Durham also executed a search warrant on a device, we need to know so that my leadership is informed. My management has to be looped into whatever the FBI is doing with the laptop. It is IRS CI’s responsibility to know what is happening. Let me know when I can be briefed on this issue.” My email led to a special meeting on October 22nd, 2020, with the prosecution team and the FBI’s computer analysis team to discuss Hunter Biden’s laptop. We once again objected that we still had not been given access to the laptop. Special Agent asked about the full filter reviewed copy of the contents of the devices. He stated he had not been provided with the data. AUSA Lesley Wolf stated that she would not have seen it because, for a variety of reasons, prosecutors decided to keep it from the investigators. This decision is unprecedented in my experience.

EVIDENCE IN THE LAPTOP IS REAL

Investigators assigned to this investigation were obstructed from seeing all the available evidence. It is unknown if all the evidence in the laptop was reviewed by agents or by prosecutors. Based on guidance provided by the prosecutors on a recurring basis to not look into anything related to President Biden, there is no way of knowing if evidence of other criminal activity existed concerning Hunter Biden or President Biden. AUSA Wolf acknowledged that there was no reason to believe that any data was manipulated on devices by any third party. She further supported this belief by mentioning that they corroborated the data with other sources of information received.

ACCESS TO EVIDENCE AT HUNTER BIDEN’S RESIDENCE BLOCKED

AUSA Wolf acknowledged that there was no reason to believe that any data was manipulated on devices by any third party. She further supported this belief by mentioning that they corroborated the data with other sources of information received. Also on an October 22nd, 2020, pros team call, AUSA Wolf stated that United States Attorney David Weiss had reviewed the affidavit for search warrant of Hunter Biden’s residence and agreed that probable cause had been achieved. Even though the legal requirements were met and the investigative team knew evidence would be in these locations, AUSA Wolf stated that they would not allow a physical search warrant on Hunter Biden.

NO QUESTIONS ALLOWED PERTAINING TO JOE BIDEN OR THE “BIG GUY”

On December 3rd, 2020, we had around a 12-hour long meeting at the United States Attorney’s Office in Delaware with the prosecution team. United States Attorney Weiss came in at the beginning of the meeting and jubilantly congratulated the investigative team for keeping the investigation a “secret,” quote. Weiss was in and out for the rest of the meeting, but it went downhill from there. We shared with prosecutors our outline to interview Hunter Biden’s associate, Rob Walker. Among other things, we wanted to question Walker about an email that said: “Ten held by H for the big guy.” We had obvious questions like who was H, who the big guy was, and why this percentage was to be held separately with the association hidden. But AUSA Wolf interjected and said she did not want to ask about the big guy and stated she did not want to ask questions about “dad.” When multiple people in the room spoke up and objected that we had to ask, she responded, there’s no specific criminality to that line of questioning.

HUNTER SETS MEETINGS WITH VP BIDEN – NO FURTHER QUESTIONS

In the interview, the FBI agent tried to get Rob Walker to talk about the “ten held by H” email while not directly contradicting AUSA Wolf’s direction not to ask about the quote, “big guy.” The FBI agent said, this is a quote: “The famous email that Tony was pointing out like the equity split, can you tell me your opinion of that, when it’s going through like, you know, ten B dot-dot-dot held by H?” Walker answered: “I think that maybe James was wishful thinking or maybe he was just projecting that, you know, if this was a good relationship and this was something that was going to happen, the VP was never going to run, just protecting that, you know, maybe at some point he would be a piece of it, but he was more just, you know — it looks terrible, but it’s not. I certainly never was thinking at any time the VP was a part of anything we were doing.” And yet it was clearly valuable for the investigators to ask about Hunter Biden’s dad, as Walker went on to describe an instance in which the former Vice President showed up at a CEFC meeting. Walker said: “We were at the Four Seasons and we were having lunch and he stopped in, just said hello to everybody. I don’t even think he drank water. I think Hunter Biden said, ‘I may be trying to start a company or try to do something with these guys and could you?’ And I think he was like, if I’m around and he’d show up.” The FBI agent asked: “So you definitely got the feeling that that was orchestrated by Hunter Biden to have like an appearance by his dad at that meeting just to kind of bolster your chances at making a deal work out?” Walker answered: “Sure.” The FBI agent continued: “Any times when he was in office, or did you hear Hunter Biden say that he was setting up a meeting with his dad with them while dad was still in office?” Walker answered: “Yes.” And, inexplicably, the FBI agent changed the subject.

AUSA WOLF TIPS OFF HUNTER BIDEN DEFENSE TEAM OF PENDING SEARCH

On December 10th, 2020, the prosecutorial team met again to discuss the next steps. One piece of information that came out of the day of action was that Hunter Biden vacated the Washington, D.C., office of Owasco. His documents all went into a storage unit in northern Virginia. The IRS prepared an affidavit in support of a search warrant for the unit, but AUSA Wolf once again objected. My special agent in charge and I scheduled a call with United States Attorney Weiss on December 14th just to talk about that specific issue. United States Attorney Weiss agreed that if the storage unit wasn’t accessed for 30 days, we could execute a search warrant on it. No sooner had we gotten off the call then we heard AUSA Wolf had simply reached out to Hunter Biden’s defense counsel and told him about the storage unit, once again ruining our chance to get to evidence before being destroyed, manipulated, or concealed. My special agent in charge at the time emailed that she would be informing the director of field operations and the deputy chief of IRS CI of her, quote, “frustration with the United States Attorney’s Office not allowing us to go forward with a search warrant.” To this day, I have no way of knowing if the documents from that unit were among those ultimately provided to our team. This was the second search warrant where prosecutors agreed that probable cause was achieved, but would not allow the investigators to execute a search warrant, a clear indication of preferential treatment of Hunter Biden.

DO NOT LOOK THERE | DO NOT INTERVIEW THOSE PEOPLE

Through interviews and review of evidence obtained, it appears there may be campaign finance criminal violations. AUSA Wolf stated on the last prosecution team meeting that she did not want any of the agents to look into the allegation. She cited a need to focus on the 2014 tax year, that we could not yet prove an allegation beyond a reasonable doubt, and that she does not want to include their Public Integrity Unit because they would take authority away from her. We do not agree with her obstruction on this matter,” end quote. After we shared on August 18th, 2021, and multiple times thereafter about interviews we had planned, on September 9th, 2021, AUSA Wolf emailed us: “I do not think you are going to be able to do these interviews as planned.” She told us they would require approval from the Tax Division. These delays extended through September and into October. Then the United States Attorney’s Office raised other objections. Part of what we examined were charges made with Hunter Biden’s card that might conceivably have been done by his children. However, on October 21st, 2021, AUSA Wolf told us it will get us into hot water if we interview the President’s grandchildren.

DENIED: NO TO PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE TO DC US ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

AUSA Wolf supported charging Hunter Biden for tax evasion and false return in 2014, 2018, and 2019, and failure to file or pay for 2015, 2016, and 2017. It is my 24 understanding that the Tax Division then authored a 90-plus-page memo that recommended prosecution. The proper venue for a tax case is where the subject resides or where the return is prepared or filed. That meant the proper venue for the years we were looking into would either be Washington, D.C., or California, not Delaware. In March 2022, DOJ’s Tax Division presented its prosecution memo to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, which had venue over the 2014 and 2015 tax years. The case agent and I requested to be part of the presentation to the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office, but were denied.

In our July 29th, 2022, prosecution team call, AUSA Wolf told us that United States Attorney Weiss indicated that the end of September would be his goal to charge the 2014 and 2015 years, because they did not want to get any closer to a midterm election. She also said: “The X factor on timing will include any delay defense counsel has requested.” Two weeks later, I learned how defense counsel felt about the case when prosecutors told us on a pros team call that Chris Clark, Hunter Biden’s counsel from Latham and Watkins, told them that if they charge Hunter Biden, they would be committing “career suicide,” end quote.

On a September 22nd, 2022, pros team call, AUSA Wolf announced we wouldn’t be taking any actions until after the midterm elections, asking: Why would we shoot ourselves in the foot by charging before the election? This was decided even though DOJ’s Public Integrity Section had provided instruction that there did not need to be a cease and desist on investigative actions due to the upcoming midterms. It still appeared that decisions were being made to conceal from the public the results of the investigation.

THE TWO-TIER JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES

How much longer can the democrats deny it? Assistant United States Attorney, Lesley Wolf, told the IRS there was more than enough probable cause for the physical search warrant of the Biden guest house, but the question was whether the juice was worth the squeeze. Wolf said that optics were a driving factor in the decision on whether to 15 execute a search warrant. She said a lot of evidence in our investigation would be found in the guest house of former Vice President Biden, but said there is no way we will get that approved.

The two-tier justice system exists. Since 2016, many conservatives have endured having their homes raided at gun point by the FBI. Yet the DOJ and FBI leadership blocked the raid of the Biden guest house and the residence[s] of Hunter Biden. This shows how the weaponization of the justice department is a reality. It proves beyond a reasonable doubt the FBI and DOJ, along with others within the federal government, protected Joe Biden to help him “win” the 2020 election. Joe Biden is still being protected, but for how much longer before the liberal levee gives way?