DOJ investigating Hunter Biden for foreign lobbying violations: Report

Washington Examiner ^ | 3/16/22 | Jerry Dunleavy

[Libloather]

The Justice Department is investigating Hunter Biden for foreign lobbying violations related to his overseas business dealings - likely in places such as China, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan - in addition to scrutinizing his taxes, according to a new report.

Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss is known to be leading a federal investigation into President Joe Biden's adult son, who denies any wrongdoing, and the New York Times reported Wednesday that the investigation, which began as “a tax inquiry” during the Obama administration, then “widened” in 2018 to encompass “possible criminal violations of tax laws, as well as foreign lobbying and money laundering rules, according to the people familiar with the inquiry.”

The report said Hunter Biden’s “extensive work with foreign businesses came under scrutiny from prosecutors looking into whether he should have registered with the Justice Department” under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Hunter Biden held a lucrative position on the board of Ukrainian energy giant Burisma when his father was vice president. He also pursued business deals in China, Kazakhstan, and elsewhere during and after his father’s tenure.

The New York Times report, while citing its unnamed sources, said prosecutors face “hurdles” in demonstrating that the president’s son “intentionally violated” FARA. The outlet reported that prosecutors “have discussed approaching potential FARA violations as a civil matter, which would require Mr. Biden to register retroactively as a foreign agent, but would avoid criminal charges.”

[BiglyCommentary]

They just run the annointed candidate in the primary. Harris never got more than 1 or 2 percent.

[Sirius Lee]

Funny, they never offered that to General Flynn

I was just going to say, "two tier justice system", but we're even more banana republic than that.

[snoringbear]

“ Biden is a lawyer. You can expect him to wriggle out from even Federal laws...”
*********

No wriggling necessary. The Justic Dept is running interface for him. He’s good.

[nuconvert]

Unless Harris wants to go, they will never quietly push her out. Personally, I think now that she’s had a ringside seat, I don’t think she’d want the job as President for long. But once they get rid of Joe, she’s the President, like it or not. I’m thinking they’ll pick someone as her VP that they think can win in 2024.

[V_TWIN]

Where is hunter?

[norwaypinesavage]

Even Democrats realize that Harris running the country for close to three years would be a total disaster.

I said ‘even” Democrats. It maybe should be ‘particularly’ Democrats. It is Democrats who threw Harris out of the 2020 Democrat presidential primary before there was even one primary vote.

[BiglyCommentary]

I believe every high level rat is only allowed to be in that spot if they have blackmail material in place, to be used to get them out of their spot if they get stubborn. Harris as AG of CA probably has all kinds of goodies they could use to nudge her out if she doesn’t go willing.

[ptsal]

Wasn’t Biden top in his law school class?

[high info voter]

The entire Biden family is CORRUPT!! IMHO

[Flick Lives]

The outlet reported that prosecutors “have discussed approaching potential FARA violations as a civil matter, which would require Mr. Biden to register retroactively as a foreign agent, but would avoid criminal charges.”

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I don’t recall such largess on the part of prosecutors when targeting republicans.

[Jumper]

I guess this actually means that his business associates will soon be released without a pardon from prison.

[SMARTY]

“DOJ investigating Hunter Biden for foreign lobbying violations...”

NOW?????

[nuconvert]

You mean before they discovered that he plagarized papers?

[FlingWingFlyer]

The ‘RATs aren’t going to allow this to happen. Hunter is untouchable.

[Does so]

“Wasn’t Biden top in his law school class?”

I hadn’t seen anything like that—although I’m sure he was quite high.

;)

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

False flag. A Republican controlled congress already stated they would investigate Hunter. This is being done now just so the Dems can say, “we’ve already done it.”

[Hiddigeigei]

"'Wasn’t Biden top in his law school class?'
I hadn’t seen anything like that—although I’m sure he was quite high."

"... last week Biden released his law school records showing he had graduated 76th in a law school class of 85." --- AP NEWS.
https://apnews.com/article/cd977f7ff301993f7976974ba07c5495

[joethedrummer]

Oh… the BIDEN DOJ is gonna “investigate” Hunter? Mmm Hmm… right..

It’s just a way to make them LOOK like they are concerned with law and order but actually it’s just more money laundering.

These “investigators” are gonna make MILLIONS to sit around, smoking dope, having sex with children and occasionally making statements to the press on how serious this investigation is proceeding…

And in the end of the gig, there will be yet another, bigger “crisis” that we, the American people need to be focusing on and panicking about..

Come on, man! How many times have we been through this?..

[Does so]

I hadn’t seen anything like that—although I’m sure he was QUITE HIGH.

[SunkenCiv]

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