Months ago, I wrote about the move of the Biden legal team to adopt a scorched earth strategy attacking witnesses and critics. jonathanturley.org This has included suing the computer shop owner who gave the FBI the laptop and now includes a lawsuit against the IRS itself...

...The current lawsuit alleges violations of Hunter Biden's privacy by whistleblowers who revealed details about his alleged influence peddling and special treatment. However, this testimony was elicited by Congress as part of a corruption investigation...

...He also includes public statements: “This assault on Mr. Biden’s rights involved the public disclosure of his confidential tax information during more than 20 nationally televised and non-congressionally sanctioned interviews and numerous public statements."...

...The core of these allegations will turn on the initial public disclosures before Congress and whether the privacy laws override the congressional oversight interests in these hearings. Most courts are leery in limiting the scope of such oversight hearings and investigations.

...Under Section 6103(f), the House Committee had authority to release this information. Indeed, the Senate report stated “Although the principal purpose of section 6103 is to protect taxpayer-specific information, section 6103 also clearly contemplates the need for the public disclosure in compelling circumstances, and it establishes a formal and carefully considered process for a release: a submission by one of the tax committees to the House or Senate.”