Posted on 06/20/2023 11:11:03 AM PDT by grundle
Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, will plead guilty to two tax misdemeanors and struck a deal with federal prosecutors to resolve a felony gun charge, the Justice Department said Tuesday in court filings.
As part of the plea agreement, the Justice Department has agreed to recommend a sentence of probation for the two counts of failing to pay taxes in a timely matter for the years 2017 and 2018, according to sources. Hunter Biden owed at least $100,000 in federal taxes for 2017, and at least $100,000 in 2018, but did not pay what was due to the Internal Revenue Service by the deadlines.
A judge will have the final say on any sentence.
Hunter Biden’s attorney, Christopher Clark, said in a statement that the deal with federal prosecutors will “resolve” the Justice Department’s long-running criminal probe into the president’s son.
“Hunter will take responsibility for two instances of misdemeanor failure to file tax payments when due pursuant to a plea agreement,” Clark said. “A firearm charge, which will be subject to a pretrial diversion agreement and will not be the subject of the plea agreement, will also be filed by the Government. I know Hunter believes it is important to take responsibility for these mistakes he made during a period of turmoil and addiction in his life. He looks forward to continuing his recovery and moving forward.”
In a brief statement, the White House said the Bidens “love their son.”
“The President and First Lady love their son and support him as he continues to rebuild his life. We will have no further comment,” said White House spokesman Ian Sams.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
I hope the judge rejects the plea deal and forces a trial.
Kash Patel, chief of staff to the acting United States secretary of defense under President Donald Trump, joined Steve Bannon on The War Room on Thursday morning following the Hunter Biden plea deal fiasco Wednesday in a Delaware court.
On Wednesday Delaware Democrat Judge Maryellen Noreika rejected the shameless sweetheart plea deal set up by the Biden DOJ for Hunter Biden. The plea deal had covered Biden’s tax issues from 2014 to 2019, drug use and a gun charge that were to be pled as two misdemeanors for the tax charges and a diversion on the gun charge.
During the hearing the court learned that the sweetheart deal for Hunter Biden via the Biden Department of Justice also included a non-written agreement that would prevent the courts from charging Hunter Biden of any additional crimes in the future. This came out in court on Wednesday.
It was a shocking secret that was supposed to remain hidden from the American public.
On Thursday Kash Patel weighed in on yesterday’s Hunter Biden plea deal revelations.
Steve Bannon: Who authorized this deal yesterday? How did this even happen? Your piece of the Daily Caller is saying, hey, let’s be strategic. We got Garland and Wray. We can move on that. And that gets to the government gangsters, not to the Biden crime family, but to the government gangsters. So make your case Kash Patel. If you’re the field general here. What are you saying?
Kash Patel: So it’s all interconnected, right? And as a former federal prosecutor who did these gun cases and a public defender who represented countless minorities, pretrial diversion is not permitted in this case. The only way you get it…
Steve Bannon: I think the judge said that, right?
Kash Patel: …And now it’s out there. But we called it on The War Room, like, three months ago. We said, this is an illegal plea. The Attorney General himself has to come in and waive the regulations to approve pretrial diversion. That’s why Hunter Biden got it. Garland and Monaco came in and said, here’s your so you’re agreeing to my point…
Steve Bannon: …Somebody in DOJ had to make the decision to authorize those processes.
Kash Patel: There’s only two people at DOJ. There’s one policy that governs it, and there’s only two people that can waive it. And it specifically says, in gun possession crimes that have to do with narcotics, pretrial diversion shall not be granted unless by express waiver of the deputy attorney general or the attorney general. That’s the regulation. That’s why it’s never been given before, except to Hunter.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/wheres-gop-this-kash-patel-names-only-two/
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