Judicial Watch files lawsuit against Justice Department for Hunter Biden IRS records

Judicial Watch, a conservative legal watchdog, filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Justice Department in an attempt to obtain records from the agency about the Internal Revenue Service's investigation of Hunter Biden. 

The group announced the lawsuit last week after the Justice Department did not respond to a May FOIA request for communications and records from Attorney General Merrick Garland's office or Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco's office regarding the IRS's probe of Hunter Biden. 

"Evidence shows [the] Garland Justice Department obstructed an IRS criminal investigation implicating Joe Biden. And on top of this obstruction, Garland’s Justice Department is violating federal FOIA law to cover-up this serious scandal," Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said.

The FOIA comes after IRS whistleblowers said in April that the Justice Department interfered in their investigation of Hunter Biden. The first son is involved in legal proceedings related to two misdemeanor tax charges after a five-year investigation.

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