Hunter Biden WhatsApp message fuels GOP assertions of corruption, even after plea
Hunter Biden's plea deal with the prosecutor who has been probing him has rankled numerous GOP lawmakers, who this week leveled new accusations against the Bidens. The Justice Department's five-year probe into Hunter Biden lurched toward a conclusion this week with the announcement of a plea deal that will likely allow President Joe Biden's 53-year-old son to avoid prison. But that hasn't stopped congressional Republicans from levelling fresh accusations of corruption against the president and his family. GOP lawmakers on Thursday released transcripts from two IRS whistleblowers who together complained in April that the Justice Department sabotaged investigators' efforts to level harsher penalties against the younger Biden -- an accusation at odds with statements made by the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney who prosecuted the case. The latest whistleblower allegations follow a string of investigative efforts by the GOP-led House Oversight Committee and its chairman...