Posted on 03/22/2024 8:26:44 AM PDT by MtnClimber
After a bombastic hearing with Hunter Biden's business partners, House impeachment investigators are dramatically pivoting to allegations of a possible coverup in the first son's criminal tax case as the inquiry transitions to a new phase.
On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee sued the Justice Department seeking to force two attorneys there to comply with subpoenas and testify about whether there was any political interference in Hunter Biden's tax prosecution.
A few hours later, that committee joined with the House Oversight Committee to release a letter to CIA Director William Burns that revealed impeachment investigators have a whistleblower who alleges the spy agency tried to interfere with a witness interview in the case.
"Recently, the Committees received information from a whistleblower alleging that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) intervened in the investigation of Hunter Biden to prevent the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigators from interviewing a witness," Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan and Oversight Chairman James Comer wrote. "We therefore write to request relevant material from the CIA.
"According to the whistleblower, in August 2021, when IRS investigators were preparing to interview Patrick Kevin Morris, an associate of Hunter Biden, the CIA intervened to stop the interview," they continued. "Two DOJ officials were allegedly summoned to CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia for a briefing regarding Mr. Morris. At that meeting, it was communicated that Mr. Morris could not be a witness during the investigation."
You can read the letter here.
File ComerJodanCIAWhistleblower.pdf Morris, a Hollywood attorney who befriended Hunter Biden, has acknowledged to Congress during an impeachment inquiry interview that he has provided millions of dollars in the form of loans to help the first son pay expenses and legal bills.
The pair requested that Burns provide to them materials related to the investigation of Hunter Biden as well as documents and communications related to Morris and his relevance to the agency.
The double-barreled development signaled a shift in the probe. After releasing evidence they said shows the Biden family and their partners made millions from China, Russia, Ukraine and other countries in a influence peddling scheme, lawmakers are looking at whether government actors tried to impede the discovery or prosecution of crimes, such as the gun and tax charges Hunter Biden now faces in federal court.
Comer hinted at the shift in an interview with Just the News a few days ago.
"We also want to hold people accountable for wrongdoing, not just the Bidens, but people in the government, the deep state actors who have been part of the cover up," Comer said. "You know, you've got the Biden financial crimes, and you've got the cover up from the government because there are too many government agencies that were investigating the Biden's for too long."
In its new lawsuit, the House Judiciary Committee laid out in detail why it believes there is still an ongoing coverup in the the agency’s Hunter Biden tax crimes investigation as it faces continued obstruction into its probe of favorable treatment towards the first son alleged by the IRS whistleblowers.
According to the suit, DOJ lawyers Mark Daly and Jack Morgan have first-hand knowledge of the case. The complaint alleges that "DOJ has directed Daly and Morgan to defy the Committee’s Subpoenas" and that the DOJ contends that subpoenas compelling testimony about an "agency employee’s official duties, without agency counsel present, are unconstitutional and thus unenforceable."....
This is more election interference by the government. These people should be rotting in the J6 prison.
Shiny object. Nothing will come of this, and the public will be largely unaware.
“It’s not the crime — it’s the coverup.”
But, you know, it could also be the crime.
Yawn..
Wake me when Hunter goes to prison..
Selling nothing but “influence” to our worst enemies for tens of millions of dollars. It’s a lot to individuals, but pocket change to the governments of China, Ukraine, and others.
TREASON!
Get ready for Hunter Biden’s politically flexible “addiction defense,” usually employed when it has a “political bonus,” to extricate Hunter from the many scrapes he created for himself, all detailed in his abandoned laptop.
It only heightens concerns over Hunter’s corrupt global influence-peddling. When Russians and other foreign figures were giving him millions of dollars, Hunter admits that he was a crack addict and alcoholic, writing that “Drinking a quart of vodka a day by yourself in a room is absolutely, completely debilitating” as was “smoking crack around the clock.”
Yet, Hunter was not some hapless junkie in Times Square snatching purses to feed his addiction.
<><>he is the son of the most powerful man on the globe
<><>he was flying around the world free, mooching off taxpayers on Air Force Two,
<><>he had a tax-funded Secret Service detail
<><>he was vacuuming up millions selling dad’s influence
<><>he was allegedly distributing the money to various Biden family members
<><>he was organizing a labyrinth of shell companies and LLC accounts money laundries
<><>he was selling out America left and right.
<><>he was undermining the safety and security of American families.
Biden Donor, Kevin Morris,’ deposition invoked “attorney/client” privilege at least 17 times
to avoid questions about “loaning” Hunter Biden some $5M
Could be seen as a “contribution in kind” to Joe Biden’s campaign
Just the News ^ | 1/22/24 | Steven Richards
FR Posted on 1/23/2024, 8:07:20 AM by CFW
In his deposition last January, Hollywood lawyer Kevin Morris and his lawyer invoked attorney-client privilege at least 17 times over questions related to his payments and work for Hunter Biden.
According to the transcript of the testimony reviewed by Just the News, Morris said that he began representing Biden about one week after the December 2019 California fundraiser for his father, Joe Biden, who became president in 2020. The details surrounding this meeting were previously reported by Just the News.
Morris’ early representation of Hunter Biden allowed him to invoke the privilege frequently, to avoid answering questions about his first meeting with the first son, how he paid Hunter Biden’s other attorneys and about the planning for Hunter Biden’s defiant speech in front of the Capitol while avoiding complying with his first congressional subpoena.
Specifically, Morris attempted to invoke the privilege regarding his acquisition of one of Hunter Biden’s companies after Joe Biden’s inauguration. Additionally, he denied claims that he was motivated by political concerns to help the first son solve his tax issues and stay afloat during his father’s campaign, which was indicated by evidence from the IRS whistleblowers last year.
Morris did not respond to a request for comment from Just the News about his testimony.
According to the transcript, Morris claimed that his legal representation of Hunter Biden was “global and complete” and therefore argued that almost any detail of their relationship is off limits to congressional investigators. Yet despite this, Morris told the committee that he had not represented Hunter directly in the past three years.
In one example, Morris refused to answer how much in loans he provided to Hunter Biden to pay his legal fees.
“So have you paid millions of dollars for Hunter Biden’s legal fees via loans?” an investigator asked.
(Excerpt) Read more at justthenews.com ...
Yeah, well, your bullet points may be true, but isn’t this really the story about a father and his love for his son?
Well that ends that.
After President Trump is re-elected and Republicans take back control of Congress they need to do something about the DC courts. Maybe combine the DC and Alexandria Virginia district courts so the jury pool is not 99% democrat or enact a new venue statue that gives anyone charged with a crime or sued in DC the right to change venue to a district in their home state.
Quit while you’re behind.
There is absolutely zero appetite for further hearings by this Congress.
The Morris/Hunter role smells of de facto campaign contributions to Joe Biden.
<><>Morris’ role-playing to shield Biden’s campaign from political liabilities is disturbing,
<><>professional ethical rules are designed to avoid a blurring of client/lawyer roles.
<><>as a member, Morris is in violation of the Calif Bar’s Rules of Professional Conduct.
<><>Morris has now admitted to providing personal funds to bail out Hunter
<><>Hunter has been confirmed to be a client – or reasonably believes himself to be Morris’s client
<><>this violates the Rules of Professional Conduct and well-known norms of the legal profession.
And yet, it is increasingly hard to discern what the Morris/Biden relationship was at any given moment:
<><>Morris is a hard core Democrat, an activist, a campaign donor, a Biden backer.
<><>he was also depicted as 1. Hunter’s lender, 2. his lawyer, 3. his friend, 4. and art client
<><>whether the Morris/Biden role-playing was entirely calculated is significant
<><>the two met meeting at a Joe Biden fund-raiser in 2019,
<><>Morris said he ‘loaned’ the president’s son at least $5 million.
<><>Morris said repayment was not required til Biden’s presidential election
<><>Morris said the ‘loans’ may ultimately be forgiven.
<><>left unclear is ‘when’ Morris lent Hunter money
<><>and ‘when’ Morris took on his other Biden-protected roles.
Morris insists it was all standard ‘loan’ stuff.
<><>except Morris is not a bank, and Hunter was routinely called his legal ‘client’
You forgot add a /sarc tag.
figured it was implied. :^)
Just the News, one of the few news outlets worth reading. Thanks for posting.
Oh, it was.
How does the CIA have the power to tell the DOJ to shut down an investigation? Or did they just offer the FBI a new drawer full of Melania’s lingerie...?
In a fascist nation, such as the one in which we now exist, they just threaten to kill you. And follow up on the threat without hesitation should one disobey.
Another decent policy bites the dust under biden: The proscription disallowing the CIA to conduct operations in the US, along with the alleged “wall” separating the operations of the CIA and FBI.
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