Hunter Biden’s attorney Abbe Lowell accused U.S. congressmen of harboring an "obsession with attacking the Biden family" and disregarding protocol in a fiery statement on Friday.
Fox News obtained a 10-page letter from Lowell, which was sent to Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means.
In the letter, Lowell questions why Republicans circulated reportedly fake images of the alleged WhatsApp messages involving Hunter.
An IRS whistleblower involved in the tax evasion case against Hunter said that in WhatsApp messages, the president's son invoked his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, to pressure a Chinese business partner.
The alleged messages show Hunter claiming the elder Biden was in the room while he was making deals.
"The screen-grab images you posted are not real and contain myriad of issues," Lowell explained, adding that the alleged WhatsApp messages did not resemble the platform and appeared altered.
"Many media articles confirm that data purported to have come from Mr. Biden’s devices has been altered or manipulated," Lowell wrote.
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The legal team of Gary Shapley, the IRS whistleblower who gave a testimony to the Ways and Means Committee last month, denounced the letter Friday.
"Biden family lawyers have resorted to intimidation before – reportedly threatening federal prosecutors with 'career suicide' if they charged Hunter Biden – so this attempt to intimidate our client and the oversight authorities scrutinizing the politicization of that case is no surprise," the statement read.
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