Hunter Biden special counsel to seek indictment on gun charges
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Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, joined 'The Faulkner Focus' to discuss the latest on the Hunter Biden investigation and economic woes plaguing the Biden presidency.
Hunter Biden is expected to be indicted on a federal gun charge by the end of September, Special Counsel David Weiss' team told U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika on Wednesday.
Noreika had set Wednesday as a deadline to hear from both sides about how to move forward on the diversion agreement that would have allowed Hunter Biden to avoid jail time for a felony charge of lying on a federal form when purchasing a firearm in 2018.
The expected charges come after an original plea agreement collapsed in July. Hunter Biden was expected to plead guilty in July to two misdemeanor tax counts of willful failure to pay federal income tax as part of a plea deal to avoid jail time on a felony gun charge.
Hunter Biden arrives at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2023.(Julia Nikhinson/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
But Noreika of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware declined to accept the plea and pretrial diversion agreements with Hunter Biden during his first court appearance related to the charges. She described the DOJ's deal as unconstitutional, "not standard" and "different from what I normally see."
Hunter Biden was forced to plead not guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and one felony gun charge.
Since then, Attorney General Merrick Garland tapped Weiss to serve as special counsel with jurisdiction over the Hunter Biden investigation and any other issues that have come up, or may come up, related to that probe.
Hunter Biden's lawyers are going on offense against his critics.(Getty images)
Fox News first reported in 2021 that police had responded to an incident in 2018, when a gun owned by Hunter Biden was thrown into a trash can outside a market in Delaware.
A source with knowledge of the Oct. 23, 2018, police report told Fox News that it indicated that Hallie Biden, who is the widow of President Biden's late son, Beau, and who was in a relationship with Hunter at the time, threw a gun owned by Hunter in a dumpster behind a market near a school.
A firearm transaction report reviewed by Fox News indicated that Hunter Biden purchased a gun earlier that month.
Attorney General Merrick Garland conducts a news conference at the Department of Justice announcing that U.S. Attorney David Weiss will be appointed special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden on Aug. 11, 2023.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
On the firearm transaction report, Hunter Biden answered in the negative when asked if he was "an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance."
Hunter Biden was discharged from the Navy in 2014 after testing positive for cocaine.
Weiss, the U.S. attorney for Delaware, has been leading the Hunter Biden investigation for years. His appointment as special counsel comes amid allegations of politicization impacting prosecutorial decisions in the yearslong investigation into the president's son.
This is a developing story. Check back here for updates.
Brandon Gillespie is an associate editor at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter at @brandon_cg.
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So now the prosecutor who took 5 years to come up with a sweet-heart deal is going to prosecute a gun charge in a matter of weeks?
BTW does anyone think that deal is dead? Hunter has the best lawyers in the business and there is a difference between a Plea Deal and a "Diversion Agreement." A Plea Deal requires a judge's approval. A "Diversion Agreement" does not.
I say Hunter & Joe skate.
God I hope so, it would be so fitting.
Signed,
Donald Trump.
Well since President Biden didn't do anything wrong, he should 'skate' and I didn't vote for Hunter.
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So?
It is becoming unlikely that the gun charges will stick.
A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that a decades-old law prohibiting users of illegal drugs from owning firearms was unconstitutional as applied to the case of a marijuana user, the latest fallout from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that expanded gun rights.
Drug user cannot be barred from owning guns, US court rules
Federal appeals court strikes down law prohibiting users of illegal drugs from possessing firearms
Drug User Can’t Be Barred From Owing Firearms, US Court Rules
So when this case falls through you can thank the NRA funded republican members of the Judicial branch. What's more important to conservatives, finding anything to charge Hunter Biden with, or your 2nd Amendment rights?
The hypocrisy continues, democrats now cheering drug addled fools owning firearms if it could help dementia Joe.
Lying on the application is still a felony. Lying is the issue.
Reaching...Rreeaacchhiinngg for anything whatsoever that they can charge Hunter Biden with.
The more information that comes out about how this was handled the shadier it gets. He should have been indicted on this felony count years ago.
Everyone knows that it's a scam.
Even the bastards on the left.
What scam?
What bastards on the left?
Forget this count- what about the two tax evasion charges that Weiss allowed the statue of limitations to run out on?
This is a beyond a joke at this point.
No one believes Hunter or Joe will be held accountable by Weiss. He is there to put on a show; and delay investigations in to serious crimes by the Biden family until well after the 2024 elections.
The FBI/DOJ can claim an ongoing active legal investigation forbids them from turning over any relevant information to the House committees.
Just like daddy?
Who is his daddy?
I am perplexed. Immediately after inauguration in 2017 President Trump rescinded the special order barring people with a medical history of mental illness from purchasing or possessing a firearm. Hunter allegedly had issues with drugs and lied on a purchase application. He also sought help for mental issues. This just seems a bit heavy handed. Perhaps I'm missing something.
Perhaps.....
What am I missing?
That Democrats love their criminals and will do anything to protect them.
You also didn't read the EO that Trump rolled back.
Was Hunter receiving Social Security? Was he deemed unfit to handle his own financial affairs? Was he even diagnosed with a mental illness?
No where does it mention drug abuse. Hunter was and is a confirmed drug abuser. He has been in and out of rehab several times. He lied on a background check form about his drug abuse that would have barred him from purchasing a firearm.
He broke the law, period.
Hunter can thank his dear old dad for forcing through the law he broke.
Okay. Fine. Then should everybody be deported that used drugs, lied about using drugs and seeks to possess or owns a firearm?
And especially in Hunter Biden's case, should he be imprisioned for life or executed for such a heinous transgression of law and justice?
All jokes aside, all I see from you is an aspect of revenge and a total inabillity for equal fair handedness. All of this is about protection of Trump. Why does this man need such protection? What is it about this man that is so special?
Hunter Biden has nothing to do with anything. Nothing.
Deported? Yes, immigrants should be deported if they commit a criminal act. WTF does that have to do with Hunter breaking the law?
Learn the damn law. It is up to a ten year sentence. Though Hunter should be serving much more- except Weiss let the statute of limitations run out on two of the most serious of the tax evasion counts. Why should Hunter get any breaks under the law? Why should any damn Democrat- or leftist criminal? Others haven't for committing the same crimes.
Prove that you were joking- if so you need to learn what humor is.
All I see from you is a complete denial of equal treatment under the law. A complete disregard for holding everyone equally accountable under it.
All this is about our two tier just system. That is quickly becoming the envy of every tin horn dictator the world over. Brandon has no right to criticize any foreign country for using the power of the government to go after political opponents.
When you can answer that question about Bill, Hillary, Brandon, Hunter, Garland, Wrey, Comey, and every other person that has broken the law and not been prosecuted or abused the power of their position to go after a political opponent- you will have your answer.
Spoken like a true leftist that has their head permanently stuck up their third point of contact. Hunter Biden's business dealings have everything to do with Brandon. Pay for play is illegal; extortion is illegal; and money laundering is illegal. Why is NARA, the FBI, DOJ, and Brandon fighting so damn giving the required information to Republican investigation committees? What are they attempting to hide? How many whistle blowers is it going to take for Garland to move. Appointing Weiss- who didn't even want to press charges against Hunter until IRS and FBI whistleblowers outed just how corrupt his investigation was- as special council is beyond a joke against justice.
Either the law applies equally to everyone or no one. Democrats are quickly bringing about the day it will apply to no one. They will also be screaming the loudest when that day comes.
Right. The law applies to everyone. Fine. Whatever. What did Trump mean when he said, "I saved bin Sulman's ass." ? ? Did we have a president that used his office to deflect or cover-up a murder?
A true leftist you called me. Okay. Then, what are you?
You need to change conspiracies with Biden so publicly hand in glove with MBS.
What are you talking about?
You miss him holding a photo op to publicly shake hands with the man he Lied about making a pariah?
These are the type of ignorant comments that make me just laugh at the left.
The killing happened to a foreign citizen in a foreign country, who the fuck cares if some douche bag gets killed by his own country.
Because merely posing for a photo is proof of what exactly?