Attorney for Hunter Biden IRS whistleblower speaks out on prosecution's behavior

OFFERED CONDOLENCES TO THE NEELEY FAMILY. MARTHA? >> THANKS. ALSO TODAY, EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS. THE REPORT OF THE TEXT MESSAGE FROM HUNTER BIDEN TO A CHINESE DEAL MAKER WITH SUSPECTED TIES TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT SAYING SEND ME THE MONEY NOW OR MY DAD, WHO IS RIGHT NEXT TO ME, AND EVERYONE HE KNOWS WILL BE VERY UNHAPPY IF YOU DON'T SEND US THE

MONEY. WATCH THIS EARLIER TODAY. INTERESTING EXCHANGE. CONFRONTATION OF THE PRESIDENT. WATCH. >> PRESIDENT BIDEN, HOW INVOLVED WITH YOU IN YOUR SON'S CHINESE SHAKEDOWN TEXT MESSAGE? WERE YOU SITTING THERE? WERE YOU INVOLVED? >> NO, I WASN'T. >> WERE YOU? >> NO. >> Martha: NO, HE SAID. SO HE SAYS NO. I THINK HE SAID NO TO THE QUESTION WERE YOU SITTING NEXT TO HIM AT THIS TIME. BUT

WAS HE? THESE ALLEGATIONS COME FROM IRS WHISTLE-BLOWER GARY SHAPLEY THAT SAID IT WAS ENORMOUSLY FRUSTRATING FOR HIM AS A CAREER TEMPERATURE AGENT. THEY WERE READY TO MOVE ON THE CASE. THEY HAD WHAT THEY NEEDED AND SUDDENLY THE WHOLE THING GOT BLOCKED AS THE 2020 ELECTION MOVED CLOSER. >> BETWEEN APRIL AND JUNE OF 2020, WE DRAFTED AN AFFIDAVIT TO EXECUTE SEARCH WARRANT. A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

THE PROSECUTORS AT THE TIME STATED THAT PROBABLE CAUSE HAD BEEN ACHIEVED. AS WE MOVED CLOSER TO THE ELECTION, SEEMED LIKE THEY KEPT PUTTING IT ON THE BACK PURPOSER AND DIDN'T ALLOW US TO DO THAT SEARCH WARRANT EVEN THOUGH THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS TO EXECUTE IT WERE MET. >> Martha: GARY SHAPLEY'S ATTORNEY JOINS ME NOW. TRISTIN, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY. GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH

US. >> MY PLEASURE. GOOD TO BE HERE. >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE TALKED ABOUT, YOUR CLIENT, MR. SHAPLEY TALKED ABOUT IN THE INTERVIEW THAT HE DID WITH CBS, HE SAID THERE WERE CERTAIN INVESTIGATIVE STEPS THAT WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO TAKE THAT COULD HAVE LED US TO PRESIDENT BIDEN. THEY SAID YOU WANTED TO TAKE THEM? HE SAID WE NEEDED TO TAKE THOSE STEPS. YOU WEREN'T

ALLOWED THAT? THAT IS CORRECT. CAN YOU SHED MORE LIGHT ON THAT FOR US? >> THE TEXT MESSAGES THAT HAVE BEEN COMING OUT ARE FROM WHATSAPP ARE FROM A WARRANT THAT THE IRS SERVED ON APPLE. THAT IS A CLEAR EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING WHERE THERE'S A FINANCIAL NEXUS, THERE'S SOMETHING FOR THE IRS TO INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTORS TOLD THEM NO, YOU CAN'T ASK ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DAD. YOU

CAN'T FOLLOW UP ON THOSE, THE LOCATIONS FROM WHERE THEY WERE SENT FROM. A HOST OF OTHER EXAMPLES IN THE EVIDENCE RELEASED BY THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. BUT THEY INCLUDE TURNING DOWN SUBPOENAS, TIPPING OFF THE BIDENS FOR OTHER SEARCHES THAT WERE INTENDED TO BE DONE. JUST A HOST OF WAYS PROSECUTORS AGAIN AND AGAIN LIMITED THE INVESTIGATION AND STOPPED INVESTIGATORS FROM DOING WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO.

>> Martha: THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS AT THE FBI, SIR? OR THE IRS? >> THESE -- THE IRS. GARY SHAPLEY IS A -- >> Martha: I KNOW. I'M SAYING THE PEOPLE TURNING BACK ON THE PROSECUTION WERE ALSO IRS? >> NO. THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE SHUTTING THIS DOWN WERE FROM THE DELAWARE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THE IRS WAS GUNG HO. THE FBI WAS GUNG HO. IT WAS THE DELAWARE U.S.

ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHERE A SINGLE ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY KEPT SAYING NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO EXPAND THE OTHER THINGS. WE CAN'T LOOK AT THE EXTENT BEYOND JUST HUNTER. >> WE'VE SEEN THE EVIDENCE OF THAT AS WELL. HERE'S MERRICK GARLAND DENYING THAT DAVID WEISS WASN'T IN CHARGE OF THE INVESTIGATION AND COULD HAVE PURSUED CHARGES ON ANYTHING HE WANTED. WATCH THIS. >> MR. WEISS HAD IN FACT MORE AUTHORITY

THAN THE SPECIAL COUNSEL WOULD HAVE HAD. HE HAD AND HAS COMPLETE AUTHORITY, AS I SAID, TO BRING A CASE ANYWHERE HE WANTS. >> Martha: IS IT TRUE THAT MR. SHAPLEY SAID THEY TRIED TO PURSUE THIS IN D.C. AND LOS ANGELES AND WERE SHUT DOWN IN BOTH PLACES AND THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT CAN TESTIFY WHO WERE IN THIS MEETINVIDUALS OCTOBER 7T HE WAS UNABLE TO BRING THESE

CHARGES IN D.C. AND IN CALIFORNIA. UNTIL NOW, BECAUSE MERRICK GARLAND DENIED THIS A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED, IS THIS ABOUT SHAPLEY VERSUS GARLAND. IT'S ABOUT WHAT U.S. ATTORNEY WEISS SAID. "THE NEW YORK TIMES" REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED THE ACCOUNT THAT CALIFORNIA BLOCKED CHARGES FROM BEING BROUGHT. SO OTHERS ARE PICKING UP THESE PIECES THAT THE WHISTLE-BLOWERS HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD. THERE NEEDS TO BE AN

INVESTIGATION BEYOND THESE TWO WHISTLE-BLOWERS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE DOJ AND WHY DOES IT THAT MERRICK GARLAND THAT IS SHARING INACCURATE INFORMATION. >> Martha: MR. SHAPLEY IS GOING TO BE ON WITH BRET BAIER TONIGHT. WE HAVE SEEN A BIT OF THAT INTERVIEW AND WATCHING THAT CLOSELY. I WANT TO GIVE THIS TO EVERYBODY AT HOME, THIS IS HUNTER BIDEN DEMANDING $10 MILLION FROM CHINESE ENERGY

FIRM BECAUSE HE SAYS THE BIDENS ARE THE BEST AND HAVE CONNECTIONS. HERE'S WHAT HE SAYS REPORTEDLY IN THIS WHATS APP MESSAGE. I'M TIRED OF THIS, KEVIN. I CAN MAKE $5 MILLION AT ANY LAW FIRM IN AMERICA. IF YOU THINK IT'S ABOUT MONEY, IT'S NOT. THE BIDENS ARE THE BEST I KNOW AT DOING EXACTLY WHAT THE CHAIRMAN WANTS FROM THIS PARTNERSHIP. PLEASE DO NOT QUIBBLE OVER PEANUTS

BECAUSE HE WAS ANGRY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE $10 MILLION AND THEY WERE TRYING TO LOWER IT TO $5 MILLION. DOES YOUR CLIENT FROM HIS INVESTIGATION KNOW WHAT IT WAS THAT THE CHAIRMAN WANTED FROM THIS PARTNERSHIP AND WHAT THE BIDENS WERE OFFERING HIM? >> THE INFLUENCE THERE COMES BACK TO THIS COMPANY, THE CFC. WE KNOW THEY PAID THE 5.1 MILLION TEN DAYS LATER. THIS IS AN

EXAMPLE WHERE HUNTER WAS SELLING THE FAMILY NAME. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED TO SEE MORE CLOSELY AND IN DEPTH WHAT HAPPENED. >> Martha: THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE SO GOOD AT. INFLUENCE AND USING THEIR FAMILY'S NAME TO GET WHAT THIS CHINESE COMPANY WOULD WANT. IS THAT AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION BASED ON YOUR CLIENT'S UNDERSTANDING? >> THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE WHATSAPP MESSAGES. WHATEVER THEY

WANTED, THE BIDENS WERE TRY TO SELL THOSE THINGS. >> Martha: IT'S FASCINATING AND GETTING MORE