Politics
Hunter Biden Expensed Prostitutes and Sex Clubs on 2018 Tax Returns
According to recent whistleblower testimony provided to Congress, Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden included payments to prostitutes and membership dues for a sex club as expenses related to his consulting business.
During a recent release by the House Ways and Means Committee, testimony provided by two IRS whistleblowers unveiled allegations of interference by the Department of Justice, FBI, and IRS in the investigation of Hunter Biden’s tax evasion case.
Gary Shapley, Jr., an IRS Criminal Supervisory Special Agent responsible for supervising the IRS investigation into Hunter Biden, provided testimony stating that in 2018, Hunter Biden recorded payments to prostitutes on his tax returns under the company name Owasco P.C., claiming that they were part of his consulting fees.
Shapley’s testimony shed light on the nature of these expenses, stating, “There were multiple examples of prostitutes that were ordered basically, and we have all the communications between that where he would pay for these prostitutes, would book them a flight where even the flight ticket showed their name. And then he expensed those.”
Moreover, Shapley highlighted another irregularity in Hunter Biden’s 2018 tax return. He stated that a payment of $25,000 made to one of Biden’s girlfriends was labeled as a “golf membership.” However, upon tracing the money, it was revealed that the payment was actually intended for a membership at a sex club in Los Angeles.
The investigation into Hunter Biden’s tax affairs, codenamed “Sportsman,” was initiated in November 2018 as an extension of an IRS inquiry into a foreign-based online pornography platform. The probe originally focused on suspicious activity reports related to financial transactions involving Hunter Biden.
Shapley further revealed that during the tax preparation process in 2018, Hunter Biden’s accountants became aware of discrepancies between his reported expenses and legitimate business expenses. As a result, the accountants created a representation letter, a measure they had not previously taken, to address their concerns. Shapley explained, “So the accountants create a representation letter that basically they said they have never done before. And they had him sign this document because they didn’t believe what he was saying.”
The revelations presented by Shapley raise questions about potential political influence in the case. He suggested that decisions made during the investigation appeared to be swayed by politics and consistently favored the subject of the inquiry.