This couldn’t have come at a worse time for the Bidens. My thoughts are that ‘ol Hunter doesn’t want his tax returns kicking around because they show some more places where he was collecting bag money other than just Ukraine. He and his dad’s kickback scheme is at the center of this impeachment farce so if it advances to a Senate trial he’s 99.9% likely to end up sitting in front of a Senate panel answering questions about where all his money came from. Making sure those tax returns aren’t public knowledge makes it a lot easier to control the narrative.
The lawyers being fired is a tried and true delaying tactic. When the new lawyers appear the first thing they’ll do is ask the judge for a postponement so they can familiarize themselves with the case. They’ll argue for a long postponement because of the complexity in the hope that they can keep things under wraps until after the impeachment stuff is over.
You have to wonder, though, how much of this income is above board and on his tax returns. Perhaps the problem is the inverse — he didn’t declare all of his criminal income. Maybe we have an Al Capone situation here. That sounds like a smart conjecture re the delaying tactic.
“doesn’t want his tax returns kicking around because they show some more places where he was collecting bag money other than just Ukraine.”
But couldn’t Hunter have gotten money that he didn’t report? Seems like the tax returns would be sanitized.
It is not just Jr.’s tax returns that are at issue. Unless and until they both agree on the amount of child support that Jr. will have to pay to the mother of his spawn, she is entitled to ALL of his financial records, not just his tax returns. Basically, it is like a full body cavity IRS audit, only worse.
Did he report the full amount of his taxable income on his tax returns? Any unreported foreign bank accounts? Exactly how much did he get paid under the table while Daddy was VP and who paid it? These and other questions are all relevant in determining the amount of child support he can pay.
My bet is that Jr. will end up paying whatever amount that she wants rather than turn over all of his financial records.
I’ll bet the dirty secret is that he has no tax returns. If he does, he made $25,000 and got it all back with EIC maxed out.