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Long, a former congressman from Missouri, has faced questions about his qualifications.<\/p>\n<p>A former supervisor at the agency, Shapley became famous after speaking out about alleged political influence in the Hunter Biden tax investigation. Shapley was a supervisory special agent in his 14th year at the IRS when he <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hunter-biden-investigation-irs-whistleblower-gary-shapley-says-he-was-stopped-from-pursuing-leads\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">came forward in a 2023 interview<\/a><\/span> with CBS News chief investigative correspondent Jim Axelrod. He alleged internal misgivings about improper pressure to go easy on former President Joe Biden&#8217;s son.<\/p>\n<p>Shapley was one of two IRS whistleblowers to testify before Congress about alleged misgivings in the Hunter Biden probe. 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They were removed from the case and temporarily sidelined with pay.\u00a0 Hunter Biden later pled guilty to tax crimes and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hunter-biden-pardon\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">was pardoned<\/a><\/span> by his father.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shapley and another agent who said they faced retaliation after blowing the whistle to Congress and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/irs-whistleblower-tax-probe-hunter-biden\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">speaking<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hunter-biden-irs-whistleblower-felt-handcuffed-case-hearing-investigation\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">out<\/a><\/span> to CBS News about their investigation have already retained high ranking positions in the Trump administration. 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