Posted on 07/20/2024 6:54:02 AM PDT by Libloather
Hunter Biden is desperately trying to throw out his criminal gun conviction charges and a separate tax evasion case by claiming the person prosecuting him was unlawfully appointed.
The younger Biden's lawyers referenced a federal judge's decision Monday dismissing charges against Donald Trump for illegally holding onto classified documents after office.
In that decision, Florida District Judge Aileen Cannon found the appointment of Jack Smith, the special counsel in the classified documents case, violated the Constitution because he was not authorized by Congress to pursue the charges.
The legal maneuver comes after the Supreme Court's decision weeks ago to grant Trump presidential immunity in the documents case in which Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that Smith was improperly appointed.
Smith's office is appealing the ruling.
'The Attorney General relied upon the exact same authority to appoint the Special Counsel in both the Trump and Biden matters, and both appointments are invalid for the same reason,' Biden's representation wrote in a court filing.
In June, another special counsel, David Weiss, secured Hunter Biden's conviction on charges he lied about his drug use when purchasing a firearm years ago during the height of his crack addiction.
That same special counsel is heading up a tax case against Hunter that is scheduled to begin in September.
The president's son has pleaded not guilty in that case.
Biden and his legal team's move highlights the potential impact the decision from Cannon could have on limiting the attorney general's capacity to appoint special counsel in sensitive political probes.
It also shows an eye-raising situation in which the president's son is utilizing a ruling that benefits Trump for his own good.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
His Daddy or if he’s not still there, Harris will pardon him in the last hours of their regime, just like Bill Clinton dod for fugitives Marc Rich and his partner-in-crime Pincus Green.
“So what is the significance of the fact that the special counsel law has expired.Does that mean anything?”
it changes who and how they are appointed ... it’s complicated too ... here’s lots of words that try to explain the complications if you’re interested
https://www.city-journal.org/article/no-more-special-counsels
and, btw, the prosecutor who prosecuted hunter for the check-box gun “crime” was indeed designated “special” by Garland:
Very good article at your first link. It did not clear up everything as I don’t have a legal background. But it pointed out a lot of things. And I always thought that the Independent Counsel and special prosecutor stuff under the justice department was a scam. Purely political and not independent either. They are nothing more than a setup. And if the AG is corrupt or a weasel like Bob Barr then nothing good can come from anything connected to them.
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