The IRS agents who raised concerns about how the inquiry into Hunter Biden was proceeding were surprised by a congratulatory email from a supervisor after the first son pleaded guilty to a slew of federal tax charges last month, according to a report released Tuesday. Journalist Catherine Herridge revealed the email and published video of an interview with IRS investigators Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, who last year emerged as whistleblowers alleging the probe had been slow-walked by top officials in a way that could have precluded charges. “I just wanted to take a moment and thank you all for your efforts in the investigation and conviction on the Sportsman investigation,” said the email, a copy of which Herridge posted to X with the names of the sender and recipients other than Shapley and Ziegler redacted. EXCLUSIVE: Internal IRS email shows supervisor celebrating Hunter Biden conviction after whistleblowers allege IRS retaliated against them for exposing double standards and preferential treatment throughout investigation. “Those are words that are not supported by the actions of… pic.twitter.com/wgrxGCQ3Uv — Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) October 29, 2024 “I know this was multi-year, requiring significant sacrifices and dedication on behalf of you all. Thank you to your commitment to the mission, which culminated in a great conviction,” added the email, which featured the logo of the IRS Criminal Investigation division. Herridge said in her video report that Shapley and Ziegler were “shocked” by the email. During the interview, she asked them to respond to what the email said. “I honestly couldn’t believe that it happened,” Ziegler said. “I literally — the first person that I called was Gary, and I’m like, ‘Can you believe that this was sent?'” MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+ Shapley told Herridge: “Those are words that are not supported by the actions of the agency.” After reading aloud the last sentence of the email’s message, Herridge looked at Shapley and said, “I almost see you rolling your eyes as I read this. Now you’re shaking your head.” Shapley declared: “This to me was someone who knows that [an] IRS watchdog right now is looking into the way that they’ve handled this and they see the writing on the wall, and this really is an example of just covering their backside like a true bureaucracy.” While Hunter Biden has sued the IRS over the alleged inappropriate release of confidential taxpayer information, Shapley and Ziegler insist they have followed the proper whistleblower procedures and recently filed a defamation lawsuit against the first son’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell. The guilty plea in the tax case took place in California. Biden was also convicted this year in a drug case in Delaware. Charges in these matters arose following the collapse of what critics panned as a “sweetheart” plea deal in the investigation led by special counsel David Weiss. During the interview, Shapley claimed the IRS had essentially sidelined him and that his career “is over” while Ziegler decried being “up against a machine that has millions of dollars, that has the ability to fight me and to really wear you down.” Herridge’s video noted that the IRS did not respond for comment and Hunter Biden’s attorney did not answer questions before publication.

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Batman is a hero for stopping the criminals threatening the people of Gotham City. Daniel Penny is on trial for stopping a criminal threatening the people of New York City. It doesn’t get much more backward than this. On Monday, jury selection began in Penny’s trial. Prosecutors have charged him with second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely. In May 2023, Penny encountered Neely on a NYC subway. Neely was acting erratically and threatening passengers. Witnesses have testified that Neely said, “Someone is going to die today.” That was no idle threat. Filemon Castillo Baltazar said Neely punched him in the face while he waited on an NYC subway platform in 2019. Two years later, police arrested Neely for smacking a 67-year-old woman in the face. Court documents say he broke her nose and orbital bone. She also had “substantial” head pain. In all, Neely had more than 40 arrests, including an active warrant for that 2021 assault. Put yourself in their shoes. You’re trapped on a subway car with a madman who’s threatening to murder someone. According to grand jury testimony, one subway rider believed he or she was “going to die” based on Neely’s behavior. A mother hid herself and her son behind a stroller. Passengers called 911. There’s nowhere to run to. There’s no place to hide. Most people can’t fight back successfully. This is when you wish superheroes were real. You need Batman to sweep in and save the day. That’s what Penny did, sans the cape. Risking his own life, the former Marine put Neely into a submission hold. Two other passengers helped Penny restrain Neely as he continued to resist. After Neely went limp, Penny helped put him in the recovery position. Sadly, Neely passed away. The NYC medical examiner said he died from the compression of his neck. Neely also had K2, a synthetic cannabinoid, in his system. It can cause violent outbursts and lead to seizures and death. This incident wouldn’t have been national news except for two things. One, a passenger recorded some of it. Two, Neely was black while Penny is white. Leftists quickly demanded that Penny be charged. “Jordan Neely was murdered,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., tweeted at the time. She called it “disgusting” that “the murderer gets protected with passive headlines plus no charges.” That’s right. Police didn’t immediately arrest Penny. That makes sense because he clearly acted in self-defense. But the Left kept ramping up the pressure. “Black people just don’t have to worry about being strangled by police, but by a regular citizen feeling empowered and supported by elected officials,” Rashad Robinson, president of Color of Change, said in May 2023. This is crazy. Black people don’t have to worry about being strangled by “regular” citizens. People who physically threaten others do—regardless of their skin color. Eventually, NYC officials gave into the mob. Prosecutors knew they couldn’t make a murder charge stick. Penny didn’t intentionally try to kill anyway. These lesser charges contend that Penny either acted recklessly or failed “to perceive a substantial and unjustifiable risk.” Notice the double standard. Leftists don’t want Neely held responsible for what happened after he recklessly threatened people. But they do want Penny held responsible for—after risking his own life—supposedly holding a submission hold for a few seconds too long. A healthy society would laud Penny as a hero. That praise would inspire other men to intervene in violent situations. Their actions and locking up the criminals would then reduce subway crime. Instead, NYC wants to send Penny to jail, potentially for more than a decade. In superhero terms, it’s trying to jail Batman for stopping the Joker. What a travesty. COPYRIGHT 2024 CREATORS.COM We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post In Daniel Penny Case, NYC Has Put Batman on Trial appeared first on The Daily Signal.

THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Biden-Harris administration released data earlier this month suggesting its push to electrify everything will ratchet up costs for American households, contradicting one of the White House’s favorite selling points for its green agenda, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The Biden-Harris administration has cracked down on residential fossil fuel consumption, a key aspect of its environmental strategy, justifying the push in part on the grounds that electrification will lower energy costs. Now, residential energy price data released Oct. 17 by the Department of Energy shows electricity was roughly four times as expensive as natural gas in 2024, with experts telling the Daily Caller News Foundation that the White House’s electrification push is an example of extremist climate policy that hurts everyday Americans. “The Department of Energy has consistently shown that natural gas is a much cheaper energy source for households than electricity,” Daren Bakst, director of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Energy and Environment, said. “Government policies trying to block the use of natural gas in favor of electricity will significantly drive up prices, making home heating and appliance use needlessly expensive,” Bakst said. “The poor will get hurt the most because, compared to higher-income households, they spend a greater share of their household income on meeting basic needs such as staying warm in the winter.” AOC Attacks Republicans Over Gas StovesOCASIO-CORTEZ: "I do think it's funny, the…absolute…Republican meltdown…'You can't take my gas stove…How dare you…You have a gas stove.' "First of all, I rent." pic.twitter.com/F32HhSzEga— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) January 13, 2023 The Biden-Harris Energy Department has issued a slew of rules restricting the use of gas appliances, including revised standards for furnaces in September 2023 that could prohibit 40% to 60% of gas furnaces in homes, and increased efficiency requirements for water heaters that the agency claimed would save U.S. consumers $11.4 billion on energy and water bills every year. The Oct. 17 data shows electricity was significantly more expensive than fossil fuels, with a price of $47.36 per million British Thermal Units (BTU) compared to $13.38 and $33.59 per million BTU for natural gas and propane, respectively. Thus, according to the Biden-Harris administration’s own data, switching from gas-powered appliances to electric appliances could increase utility costs by over 3.5 times, in addition to heightened installation costs. “One of the most offensive bait-and-switch moves being played by officials in Washington, D.C., and coastal enclaves is the push to force electric appliances on everyone, everywhere, even when natural gas can often be dramatically cheaper,” O.H. Skinner, executive director of the Alliance for Consumers and former solicitor general of Arizona, told the Daily Caller News Foundation “The officials push the idea that bans on gas stoves, or gas furnaces, or other gas appliances will save on energy costs, but at the same time they have evidence that natural gas is cheaper,” Skinner said, adding, “It’s time that officials in D.C. stopped trying to micromanage people’s lives and make everyone hew to a one size fits all approach to their homes.” Energy sector expert Robert Bryce accused the Biden-Harris administration of purposely delaying the release of the price data Oct. 3, citing the fact that, at least since 2011, the Energy Department otherwise hasn’t published the information any later than August. At the time—two weeks before the data was published—Bryce predicted the agency was stonewalling because the cost figures would reflect the high costs of electricity relative to fossil fuels, which has proven to be accurate. “This electrification push is a typical example of climate extremism,” Bakst said. “There’s little to no consideration of how these policies will hurt Americans and the poor.” An “electrification summit” held by the White House in December 2022 included the nongovernmental organization Rewiring America, which previously has stated its goal is to “electrify everything.” The Energy Department didn’t respond to a request for comment. Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation The post ‘Climate Extremism’: Biden-Harris Admin’s Own Data Undermines Its Push to ‘Electrify Everything’ appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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