IRS Whistleblowers, Lowell Settle $20 Million Defamation Case -No Money Exchanged

A $20 million defamation lawsuit filed by IRS whistleblowers **Gary Shapley** and **Joseph Ziegler** against Hunter Biden’s lawyer **Abbe Lowell** has been settled. Under the settlement, Lowell acknowledged that the whistleblowers *had the right* to share tax investigation details with Congress. Shapley and Ziegler, in turn, accepted that Lowell acted in good faith to defend his client. Importantly-**no payment was made** by Lowell. The case was about **restoring reputations**, not money, according to the whistleblowers’ group, Empower Oversight.