Hunter Plea Deal On Old Crimes Shows Protect-Biden Racket
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Via: vic-eldred • last year • 90 commentsBy: Margot Cleveland (The Federalist)
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
In 2018, the feds launched an investigation into Hunter Biden, which the son of the now-president publicly disclosed in December 2020, following his father's election. On Tuesday, news broke that Hunter Biden had agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax counts and had entered a pretrial diversion agreement on a separate firearms count, unleashing outrage from the right over the absence of any money-laundering or bribery counts. But even worse is the U.S. attorney's failure to file these charges against the Biden son in 2019, which suggests shielding Joe Biden from scandal is the operative principle of the Department of Justice and FBI.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Delaware filed criminal charges against Hunter, simultaneously notifying the federal court that prosecutors had entered into a plea agreement with the president's son on two misdemeanor tax offenses and had agreed to pretrial diversion on a felony firearms offense.
The two tax misdemeanor charges spanned only a page-and-a-half and alleged in count one that the president's son, during the 2017 calendar year, received taxable income exceeding $1.5 million and willfully failed to pay income taxes on that amount in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7203. Count two mirrored count one but charged Hunter with failing to pay the income taxes due on his 2018 calendar year earnings.
Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss filed separate information charging Hunter with violating 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(3) and 924(a)(2), for knowingly possessing a firearm, "knowing that he was an unlawful user of and addicted to a controlled substance…" Sources say, however, that under the pretrial diversion agreement, Hunter Biden will not plead guilty to that felony gun charge, with prosecutors instead dismissing the count "if he remains drug-free and doesn't commit additional crimes for two years."
Republicans Pounce
Soon after news of the charges broke, Republicans condemned the Delaware U.S. attorney for giving the president's son a slap on the wrist, while ignoring the still accumulating evidence that the Biden family had engaged in a widespread pay-to-play scheme. Weiss's decision to charge Hunter with two tax misdemeanors only weeks after Americans learned that a "highly credible" confidential human source had reported that the Ukrainian owner of Burisma paid the father-son duo each $5 million in bribes looked like an obvious attempt to quell the growing scandal that threatened to engulf the president.
But it is not merely the middling nature of the charges that reeks of political favoritism. It is the fact that Weiss sat on those charges before the 2020 election that points to the top Delaware prosecutor protecting the Biden family.
The charges filed against Hunter Biden concerned conduct from 2018, with the latest date of relevance ending by mid-April 2019. Investigating and proving a case over a failure to file a tax return is straightforward, as is a gun charge, which is why the two charging documents were so abbreviated.
Why then did the Delaware U.S. attorney fail to charge the Biden son in 2019 with those crimes? The answer seems clear: politics.
And if politics drove the U.S. attorney to refrain from charging Hunter before the 2020 election, how could politics not also affect every aspect of the investigation into the now-president's son, including evidence implicating President Joe Biden?
Thus two scandals stem from Tuesday's announcement. One scandal involves the president's son and his illegal behavior. But the second scandal is more significant: namely the DOJ and FBI's apparent failure to fully and fairly investigate Hunter and Joe Biden.
The country can survive a slap-on-the-wrist injustice, but it cannot withstand the upheaval caused by a corrupted DOJ and FBI that interferes in elections by burying and then throwing criminal cases against politically favored individuals, while prosecuting their political enemies.
Thus, while Tuesday's indictment may have ended the case against Hunter Biden, for our country's sake the investigation into the weaponization and political favoritism of the DOJ and FBI must continue. That appears to be precisely what House and Senate Republicans plan to do.
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Along the lines of investigating the weaponization and political favoratism of the DOJ & FBI there is this:
Former Special Counsel John Durham is expected to testify in an open House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, just weeks after releasing a report that found the Justice Department and FBI never should have launched the Trump-Russia investigation .
Wednesday being today.
trump appointed republican director of the FBI. trump appointed republican federal judge in delaware. gee, it kind of sounds like hunter did 2 things some other federally indicted criminal couldn't bring himself (was too fucking stupid) to do. he cooperated and took the deal that was offered. have fun running on anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ, anti-gun control, and the total lack of accomplishments and pro-trump judicial interference a retribution based house have delivered for 2024. looks like it might be time for magatrash to polish up that silver platter ...
The lack of prosecution and the "investigations" in the past 7 years illustrates the bias of the DOJ and the FBI. And yet somehow we are supposed to believe both are neutral and objective.
The law either applies to everyone or no one.
Democrats are pushing hard for it to apply to no one. People will not tolerate our current two tier justice system for long.
Joe and Jill Biden's taxes are public going back over 20 years. Hunter Biden's taxes were files late for two years though they have now been filed, paid and accepted as satisfactory after a 5 year investigation by a Trump appointed prosecutor...
Case Settled!
Please provide the Biden's taxes for the last 20 years then. Must be a detailed breakdown and not just generalities on where their income came from.
Also provide proof they were ever audited by the IRS.
The only thing settled is the Democrats/leftists have no problem with a two tier justice system- so long as it severely favors them.
Do people report influence peddling monies? Where is the line on the Tax Form for that?
The best way to hide/launder that money is with a lot of LLC's
Oh wait.....
After an exhaustive five-year investigation by a Trump appointed prosecutor there is zero evidence of any financial impropriety by President Biden. All you have left are wild irresponsible unfounded accusations!
Yet................................
Are they just incompetent?
Then why is Garland keeping the investigation open?
Either the government is investigating beyond this beyond the token Hunter charges; or they are stonewalling providing the House committees investigating the material they are requesting.
Either way it is not a good looking for the Brandon administration that has allowed countless leaks on all things Trump; but has the silence of the dead when it comes to anything regarding investigations into alleged Brandon family crimes.
Very exhaustive / S
by a Trump appointed prosecutor
Oh ya, Trump picked that guy / S. David Weiss was the Delaware US attorney appointed to that post by Barrack Obama, who was most likely blue noted by Delaware's two democrat Senators. Trump simply appointed him off those recomendations.
there is zero evidence of financial impropriety by President Biden.
There is a lot of evidence of influence peddling by his son and that money was laundered though LLC's. It should have been investigated along with the Hunter Laptop. Instead the FBI and DOJ has stonewalled.
All you got are unfounded accusations!
What we have is the FBI sitting on all the evidence.
Then you've got no zero nada zip proof!
So, who is the bad guy in this scenario?
The innocent man or the false accuser?
That's what Hillary said after she destroyed the evidence
No more Incompetent than the good folks who tried for almost 8 years to "get Trump" and still haven't........yet
If you mean mean Garland, the DOJ, IRS, and FBI- they are criminally very competent.
If you mean the Brandon family- incompetent doesn't begin to describe them. They have the entire system protecting them; and they are still stupid and blatant enough to have enough evidence out there to get investigated.
Yes, the Democrats have long tried to stiffen the laws against the "appearance of influence peddling" by all those with access to powerful office holders, but the gop has blocked them at every turn...
You are stuck with laws the gop made!
For Ginni Thomas and Jared Kushner...
Oh, It's the Republicans fault?
That is why the FBI's hands are tied! / S
Maybe...they did get an indictment which some would say is progress.
It's Ginni and Jared FYI.
The FBI enforces laws equally as written and not selectively or unfairly to only one political party's sole advantage...
Good for you.
Good for everyone, except the truly guilty.
Obviously that is not true
The truly guilty as opposed to the not os guilty?
That's the funniest thing I've head today. You actually believe that nonsense?
Which is the reason used the Steele Dossier (which they knew was fake) and doctored FISA warrant requests to gain the ability to wire tap the Trump campaign.
They also altered their notes on the Flynn interview several times.
Democrats/leftists love the two tier justice system they created. It favors them heavily.
Well done Sir
I'll take stonewalling for $1000.
Now read the article and look timeframe referenced in the 3rd paragraph.
Whether it was part of the plan or not all of this has impacted the GOP primary.
Durham is testifying now!
He is testifying that CIA and FBI probes (plural) into all of Trump's secretive relationships with Russian agents / spies were legally predicated!
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Yes, in reality...
No the investigation was based on a political fairy tale from the Hillary Clinton campaign.
That was proven to be untrue in court!
What imaginary testimony are you listening to?
you can’t even honestly relate what’s being told to you in real time. Even Parrots can do that.
Trump was investigated for repeatedly seeking out, meeting with and creating long term relationships with clandestine agents of Vlad Putin's Russian State Intelligence Services. Trump was in constant negotiations with Vlad Putin to build a Trump Tower in Moscow right up to Election day in 2016. He even offered Putin a luxury penthouse as a bribe...
This is according to Donald Trump Jr and lawyer Michael Cohen and Rudy Giuliani!
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He ALWAYS repeats this litany and amazingly, has never even ONCE been able to point to anything these 'investigations' turned up that was illegal.
I'll leave readers to put two and two together as to why that is happening.
Nice fantasy.
No he wasn't.
cording to Donald Trump Jr and lawyer Michael Cohen and Rudy Giuliani!
No it's not.
I'd say prove it, but what's the point? You've had a 1,000 chances to provide any evidence of your false statements and you can't. Do you ever feel ridiculous for calling Trump a liar, I wonder?
That's the question, I guess. Is he lying, or just posting Mueller fan fiction here?
Possibly both?
Bullshit...........
New headline:
HUNTER BIDEN PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX AND GUN VIOLATIONS.
Republican response:
OH GOD NO!!!!! WE NOW HAVE NOTHING TO RUN ON FOR THE 2024 ELECTION!!!
Republican response: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE INFLUENCE PEDDLING?
Democrats now support violating gun laws for political reasons proving there is no bottom to their hypocrisy.
The law was enforced against Hunter...
The Democrats want it enforced for all!
He made a deal on the most minor charges that could have been taken.
Putting that another way, Hunter plead to the worst charges possible under law...
So Hunter is going away for 10 plus years for lying on a Federal form and illegally purchasing a gun? Then allowing his girlfriend at the time to illegally dispose of the gun in a trash can where anyone could find it?
Eliminates any credibility they have trying to impose new gun laws.
No he never faced influence peddling charges. What about his FARA violation. What did Manafort get for that?
We live with the laws Congress gives us...
When did the congress codify lying on a FISA application?
When did Hunter lie on FISA applications?
I thought you said congress was responsible for the actions of the FBI?
You are starting to sound like Henry Johnson. You are all over the place today!
STRAWMAN ARGUMENT.
Not a soul here posted that he did.
who was the widow of his brother.
and people make fun of the Palins....Girlfriend/sister in law of a drug addict throwing away an illegally obtained gun next to a high school. America's first family!
Complete and utter nonsense.
Their actions (like this deal) tell us otherwise. If they wanted to enforce it all then they would be fighting to charge him under 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(3) and 924(a)(2). Care to try again?
And, that trash can was very close to a school.
Republican response.
"Do you really want to live under the two tier justice system that Democrats have established? Think the FBI and DOJ would go as easy on anyone not named Biden, Clinton, Obama, Kennedy- or without a D behind their names? What will you do when they come after you?"
Then throw in:
You still have two more years of investigations into the Biden family pay for play and money laundering. The FBI/DOJ/IRS will have fun trying to obstruct for that long. I am sure the Democrat media sycophants will be happy to cover for them.
It is no more open now that it was under previous administrations, and the higher than normal migrants entering the border is largely due to COVID ending.
Ask the governors of the states with increased crimes.
LOL, turn off Breitbart and Fox.
Blaming Biden for what is occurring worldwide? Amazing how powerful he is.
Looking better and better, recovering from the Trump economic fiasco.
Going down from pre-Biden prices.
Blaming Biden for Russia invading Ukraine? Hilarious.
At least he is not in love with Xi and telling everyone how great a leader Xi is. Biden has properly labeled him as a dictator, not praising him for removing his own term limit.
LOL, seems like you are taking trans people very personally.
State wide crime rates is a metric with little utility as the crime rate by city or rural counties can differ greatly and most prosecutions aren't state prosecutions.
gas prices down from pre Biden prices?
Where did you pull the fake numbers from?????
Perhaps from the happy home and auto buyers in this economy.,
Some folks actually expect us to suspend reality and swallow whatever nonsense they post without us checking the facts.
“…seems like you are taking trans people very personally.”
Classic bullying behavior.
Pick out the smallest fragment of any group, pick on them without knowledge nor experience of their existence, pick a narrative that you believe justifies your hatred, and surround yourself with like minded sheeple.
Childish does begin to describe it. Fear and ignorance feeding chicken-shittery.
Yes, as if the suicide rate for untreated trans youths were not off the charts...
Also proven. Look at how many Soros-backed idiots won elections for DAs.
Look at their policies.
The democrats clearly don't want to let Durham speak. Their little scheme is to make speeches with bief pauses for one word answers.
For our "critical thinkers" Durham is explaining how "confirmation bias" guided the FBI.
Sad to see the genuine chance for oversight reduced to democrats giving canned speeches to their rabid base.
They have to protect their FBI and DOJ in it's current form. Can't maintain their two tier justice system w/o them.
Wouldn't it be nice if the FBI disappeared?
For Putin and Trump. Everyone else, nope!
Wouldn't it be nice if the American left disappeared?
Maybe then we would be a united & happy society again.
wouldn't it be nice of the right wing coalition of white supremacists, xenophobes, homophobes, neo-nazis, and xtian nationalists all left their passports at the departure gates?
Not nearly as nice as it would be to see people stop using words that don't apply.
"very nice people" doesn't seem appropriate anymore...
Which, of course, has nothing to do with the misuse of words.
But those are all the buzz words that get them brownie points with the hive.
Another "But Trruuummmmppppp!!!!!!" argument- with Putin thrown in even. A twofer of dysfunctional leftist triggers.
Wouldn't it be nice if the FBI/DOJ/IRS stopped being tools for the Democrat Party and everyone was held to the same standards under the law?
Only leftists think our current justice system is fair. Which tells the rest of the planet all they need to know.
Brandon won't have a leg to stand on when criticizing any other countries abuse of judicial or investigative power against political opponents or it's people.
They just took a break in the Durham hearing. It is being shown on C-Span 3. MSNBC is pretending it isn't happening. Fox News has been in and out.
Later today Adam Schiff will face censure.
There have been some high points already
Some liberals will never know about it unless a comedian talks about it.
Rob Schneider is trying to do the educating.
Referencing Rob Schneider?!? Bona fides?
”Oh no! We suck again!”
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
A trusted 'news' source for many on the left.
A source of mild entertainment to the rest of us.
Republicans pounced??? When did stating the obvious become a pounce?
The bureaucratic deep state doesn't even bother with trying to hide its biases any longer. And we're supposed to believe the very same bureaucratic deep state ain't rigging elections. Yeah, right.
To misquote Biden -- AG Weiss is a lying two-faced phony grifter.