In an interview with Fox News’ Special Report, whistleblower Gary Shapley defended claims that Hunter Biden received special treatment by the Department of Justice.

Shapley is a 14-year agency veteran who has made the accusation that prosecutors “put an investigation into Hunter Biden’s finances on the back burner” when the 2020 elections approached. He also claims that David Weiss (the Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney in Delaware) said in private on multiple occasions that he wasn’t in charge and was not the one pulling the strings.

Shapley recalled that he attended a meeting in the fall of last year when Weiss acknowledged he wasn’t making decisions.

Shapley said to Bret Baier of Fox News, “I had [Weiss] repeat it because I knew that was a very important fact and I wanted make sure that I understood.”

Baier asked: “You were there and you remember everything crystal clearly in your mind?”

Shapley responded, “Not only did I remember it clearly, but I also documented it.”

Shapley’s claims directly contradict Attorney General Merrick G. Garland’s Friday denial of whistleblower accusations that the Justice Department and FBI interfered in Weiss’ Hunter Biden investigation.

Garland stated, “I don’t see how anyone could stop him from bringing charges given his authority.”

Last week, the House Ways and Means Committee released the testimony of two IRS whistleblowers. They claimed that officials from the Justice Department and FBI interfered with Weiss’ investigation into Hunter Biden’s tax evasion. The two IRS whistleblowers claimed that investigators “tried to limit” questions about President Biden in connection with the investigation of his son Hunter Biden and that decisions made by the committee seemed “influenced by political factors.”

Shapley is one of two whistleblowers who has made public his accusation that DOJ officials have “slow-walked the case”. He told Baier that two search warrants were supposed to be executed at properties linked to Biden. However, prosecutors backed down as the 2020 election approached.

Shapley explained that between April 2020 and June 2020, they drafted an affidavit for a search warrant in a few different locations. The prosecutors said that they had probable cause, but as the election approached, they seemed to keep putting the matter on hold and didn’t let us execute that search warrant even though they met the legal requirements.

He also claims that serious felony charges could have been brought against Biden, including for tax fraud in 2014 and filing a false report for 2018 and 2019.

Hunter Biden has entered into a plea deal to avoid prison. He pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges of willful non-payment of federal income taxes. Hunter Biden, the son of the president, also entered into a pretrial agreement in relation to another charge of possessing a firearm while an illegal user or addicted to controlled substances.

The Justice Department has repeatedly stated that Weiss had “full power” as an U.S. Attorney over the Hunter Biden Investigation, “including deciding when and where to file charges, as he considers appropriate.”

The White House has said repeatedly that President Biden was never involved in his son’s commercial dealings. The White House also claims that the president has never spoken to him about his son’s business dealings.