Posted on 09/06/2024 8:19:18 PM PDT by bitt
Hunter Biden shocked the California courtroom on Thursday as he officially entered a guilty plea while jury selection was underway for his federal tax evasion trial.
In December Hunter Biden was hit with a 9-count indictment filed in the Central District of California: Tax evasion, failure to file/pay taxes, and false/fraudulent tax return.
The charges were handed down by Special Counsel David Weiss after a sweetheart plea deal on tax charges fell apart last summer.
The indictment details a “four-year scheme” to avoid the $1.4+ million tax obligations he owed between 2016 and 2019 and to file false returns.
Hunter Biden initially entered an ‘Alford plea’ which allowed him to plead guilty while simultaneously maintaining his innocence.
Federal prosecutors fought back and Hunter Biden ended up entering a standard guilty plea.
Judge Scarsi signed off on the guilty plea which means Hunter Biden will avoid a trial.
Sure, Hunter Biden may have avoided a trial because he knows he can easily get a pardon from his father.
However, according to investigative reporter Paul Sperry, prosecutors filed a “road map” glossary to trial exhibits detailing the Biden Crime family’s China influence-peddling scheme.
Via RealClearInvestigations reporter Paul Sperry: Sources say Hunter threw in towel to avoid trial exposing Biden-China influence peddling, after prosecutors filed “road map” glossary to trial exhibits:”CEFC China Energy””Patrick Ho””Kevin Dong””Mervyn Yan””Ye Jianming””State Energy HK””RosemontSenecaBohai””SinoHawk”
BREAKING: Sources say Hunter threw in towel to avoid trial exposing Biden-China influence peddling, after prosecutors filed “road map” glossary to trial exhibits:”CEFC China Energy””Patrick Ho””Kevin Dong””Mervyn Yan””Ye Jianming””State Energy HK””RosemontSenecaBohai””SinoHawk”
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) September 6, 2024
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Shouldn’t mean that the other crimes can’t be investigated and charged.
He learned from the best commie scum sellouts in the business, the Clintons.
Hunter was just the dysfunctional bagman for the clan.
Plead today, pardon tomorrow.
It’s an Alford plea, similar to a no contest plea. I think he pleaded so his dad could grant him clemency before he leaves office. If he goes to trial he risks the process continuing past dear old dads expiration date.
CC
agreed
but what prevents joe from pardoning the entire family?
Can he pardon family members that haven’t even been charged?
Photo caption:
Do I look like I give a $%#& ?
Was this taken immediately after the courtroom drama?
but what prevents joe from pardoning the entire family?
Can he pardon family members that haven’t even been charged?
Yes.
Yes, that’s happened before.
Well except that the DOJ has allowed the statute of limitations to run on the bulk of his crimes, including most of his evasion of taxes
Or maybe it’s just because Sunday is...
PARDON DAY!!!
(look it up)
>Nixon wasn’t charged with anything and Ford pardoned him, so I’d guess the answer is yes.
They want us to forget it, but pre-presidency, Clinton was pardoned by Carter, along with all the other, charged or uncharged, Vietnam era draft dodgers. And Clinton had left a written confession.
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