Posted on 06/21/2023 5:37:01 AM PDT by george76
Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley blasted the sweetheart plea deal Hunter Biden struck with federal prosecutors Tuesday, which was limited to tax crimes and a firearm violation and will likely allow the president’s son to dodge prison time.
President Joe Biden’s son was charged with two federal misdemeanor counts for failing to pay taxes and one felony count of improper firearm possession. As part of the deal, Hunter won’t even be prosecuted on that last charge as long as he avoids drugs for two years and never owns another firearm.
The gentle treatment from the Justice Department, said Grassley, “cannot be the final word given the significant body of evidence” in the hands of federal law enforcement.
“Since the FBI’s investigation into Hunter Biden began nearly five years ago, I and my colleagues in Congress have uncovered extensive government and bank records indicative of money laundering as well as foreign business schemes that, in any other circumstance, would raise serious criminal and counterintelligence concerns,” Grassley said. “Hunter’s laptop, which the FBI has had since 2019, contains records corroborating much of this evidence, as well as evidence of other serious criminal violations.”
The Iowa lawmaker, who has spent half a decade investigating the first son, went on to highlight recent whistleblower reports from the DOJ and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that claim federal investigators have sabotaged any potential for a significant indictment.
In May, an IRS whistleblower spoke publicly on CBS News about efforts within the DOJ to hamper the federal tax probe.
“There were multiple steps that were slow-walked — were just completely not done — at the direction of the Department of Justice,” said Gary Shapley. “These deviations from the process,” he added, “seemed to always benefit the subject.”
More whistleblowers from within the FBI have made similar allegations that the Department of Justice is working to shield the Biden family from thorough investigations. The plea deal on Tuesday comes as President Joe Biden himself faces credible bribery allegations from his time as vice president.
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House Republicans who reviewed “suspicious activity reports” housed within the Treasury Department about Hunter Biden’s finances say they’ve expanded their own investigation of the Biden family to “six additional” members.
“On top of all of that, whistleblowers at the Justice Department and IRS have warned that the FBI and Justice Department have sat on additional verifiable information about criminal conduct that involves other Biden family members, and have failed to follow normal investigative procedures to run that information to ground,” said Grassley. “All of this information has been provided to the Department.”
Grassley’s own investigation with Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson discovered a network of payments between Hunter Biden and Chinese nationals affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party. The senators’ own report in 2020 found Hunter Biden took $3.5 million from an ex-Moscow mayor’s wife; it also accused him of paying for prostitutes who might have been trafficked.
Thank God the totalitarian commie jerk Merrick Garland wasn’t put on the Supreme Court...
He’s doing more damage as the AG then he ever could on the SCOTUS.
I am totally disgusted with our government these days. If you or I were to do and tenth of what the Biden’s have done, especially Hunter, we would be in jail for years! And yet there are going after Trump for made up offenses. Disgusting! And what is worse, our Reps and Senators could care less.
I know a couple of lefties who, despite the media blackout, are starting to smell the biden/DOJ stink.
The DOJ/FBI are soiling their own pants.
The laughable part about the Hunter Biden plea deal is that of all the crimes that Hunter could have been charged with, and it’s a very long list, they had to find the two least serious charges to use for the plea.
And those two were millions in tax evasion and a weapons charge.
Imaging all of the potential crimes that they didn’t even charge, such as not registering as a foreign agent (lobbyist), making and receiving bribes, money laundering, drug use, etc..
Probably true - BUT as soon as Trump or DeSantis gets elected the little commie jerkoff will be gone. On the SC he could have caused damage for decades.
Grassley has done nothing…ever…to stop evil. He only feigns outrage.
Yup- time for another strongly worded letter Chuck!!
“No one here at FR should be surprised by ANY of this. There is no justice in this country right now, the USA is a banana republic and one step away from a dictatorship.”
For 27 seconds on Tuesday night, Fox News posted a chyiron beneath a video of President Biden: “Wannabe dictator speaks at the White House after having his political rival arrested.”
That sparked a media uproar over what was portrayed as the biggest breach of decorum since the 1865 assassination of President Lincoln at Ford’s Theater.
https://brownstone.org/articles/defining-dictator-down-wont-make-us-free/
Saw a clip this AM that Hunter’s lawyer was spewing out garbage about this poor soul’s conviction and he referred to the laptop as having been “StOLEN”.
B freaking S.
We’re so sick of all of this. Going after Trump from 20 angles and people saying..... gee golly, why didn’t he just give back the documents? They were HIS to keep, unclassified. Plus, raiding his house, not allowing anyone to see? Looking in Barron’s room and Melania’s private areas? Sick, totally SICK. And the double standard for Slo Joe is breathtaking. HE was VP, NOT Prez. Enough said.
GRRRR.
Every time I hear people using Garland's failure to be put on the Supreme Court to defend McConnell, those are my thoughts.
From Townhall:
"The 20 GOP senators joining Democrats to confirm Garland were:
Roy Blunt of Missouri, Richard Burr of North Carolina, Shelley Moore Capitol of West Virginia, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, John Cornyn of Texas, Joni Ernst of Iowa, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, James Lankford of Oklahoma, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Jerry Moran of Kansas, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Rob Portman of Ohio, Mitt Romney of Utah, Mike Rounds of South Dakota, John Thune of South Dakota, and Thom Tillis of North Carolina."
If the 'man' wasn't fit to be on the Supreme Court, why in your right mind would you turn around and vote to appoint him as Attorney General?
Is it time for Diana Shore to sing 🎵 Letters?
When democrats (Bolsheviks) have control is how dictatorships get started.
It’s only going to get worse in the next 15 months.
It’s going to bad times for a long time
Hillary Clinton
Don’t worry, Chuck. The “investigations” are “ongoing” and the DOJ will get back to you sometime in 2035.
So just sit tight. Okay?
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I too am seeing this but its not enough yet.
Too many of RAT voters will just check x to any RAT.
PA Senate race shows where we are going if something doesn’t change fast.
They can charge Hunter when Joe is out of office.
Could be and yes.
But it’s not for courts, but for dissemination to We The People because it’s US that must hold scoundrals accountable because the corrupt system will not.
Spread the knowledge of the crimes far and wide!
God exists outside of time.
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