Posted on 08/21/2023 7:11:37 AM PDT by george76
As RedState reported, a new report from Politico blew up the lengths to which Hunter Biden's legal team went to secure the sweetheart plea deal that would eventually fall apart under questioning from Judge Maryellen Noreika.
In a shocking revelation, a threat was lodged to call President Joe Biden as a witness if the now-infamous gun crime Hunter Biden committed was prosecuted. That would have presumably left the DOJ facing the wrath of the White House, and sure enough, pre-trial diversion with broad immunity was eventually offered.
The New York Times was also shown the emails that Politico based its story on, and together, the two outlets offer a stunning look at various events that appear to show clear collusion between Hunter Biden and the DOJ. Tristen Leavitt, who works for Empower Oversight, a whistleblower advocacy group that represents Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, put together a thread of the highlights.
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The Politico article doesn't reference the fact that the case had been presented to U.S. Attorney for D.C. Matt Graves in Mar. 2022--or that the same day Hunter's team was meeting with prosecutors (April 26, 2022), Attorney General Merrick Garland was on Capitol Hill testifying before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that because the investigation is under USA Weiss, "There will not be interference of any political or improper kind." /4
Hunter's attorneys were meeting with prosecutors from both Weiss's office *and* DOJ's Tax Division, because the Tax Division held the keys to whether Weiss's office would have freedom to pursue the charges or not. DOJ Tax could deny Weiss's ability to bring charges. /5
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Had the DOJ Tax Division approved charges against Hunter Biden, Weiss would have had the ability to file charges wherever he wanted. Why was that denied, given the clear evidence that existed that Hunter Biden had failed to lawfully pay his taxes, never mind the alleged fraud he committed in doing so (i.e., claiming a sex club membership as a golf club membership)?
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But in addition to the conflict of Delaware having to work through other Biden-appointed U.S. attorneys (hardly the independence Garland implied), Hunter's team was working ALL the refs--and making everything about Hunter Biden's tax crimes a political issue re: Donald Trump. /8
AUSA Lesley Wolf had already pulled punches in the 2018-2021 investigation, and now in 2022 she was more than sympathetic to the arguments from Hunter's legal team, who she met with regularly without investigators. Clark told her charging Hunter would be "career suicide." /9
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Hunter Biden's legal strategy was to pressure and coerce the DOJ into not prosecuting. That was accomplished through the aforementioned threat of calling Joe Biden to testify, but also through a series of moves to politicize the probe, including inserting Donald Trump into the discussion. You may recognize the name Lesley Wolf, as that's the same Assitant U.S. Attorney who essentially scuttled the IRS' investigation into Hunter Biden. I can only assume she took the threat of "career suicide" from Hunter Biden's lawyers very seriously given her actions regarding the case.
Pressure also appears to have been applied to the U.S. Attorneys in other districts, including in the districts that would ultimately not file charges and rebuff Weiss' request for cooperation.
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In case the letter to Weiss wasn't enough, Clark starts requesting in-person meetings. He gets one with Weiss in Jan. 2023, where the lawyer for the son of the most powerful man in the world tries to gaslight Weiss about where the true pressure to succumb was coming from. /12
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Things didn't stop there, though. Hunter Biden's lawyers then sought to go over the head of Weiss.
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But back to Delaware--aside from the bullying from Hunter Biden's legal team, why would Weiss go to AG Garland for special charging authority after Estrada rejected partnering in the CDCA when he's now been told the President might testify to undermine any case he brought? /14
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It wasn't long before the very same associate attorney general who Clark appealed to decided to force Weiss to have yet another meeting with Hunter Biden's legal team. That's when the timeline gets really crazy.
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One of the top officials at the DOJ forced Weiss to meet with Hunter Biden's primary lawyer, and just four days later, the IRS whistleblowers (Shapley and Ziegler) were removed from the case. The rest is history. The sweetheart plea deal would then be formulated and pursued by both sides.
It's impossible to ignore how corrupt this entire process was, and it's also impossible to believe that Weiss could still be trusted to handle this probe in an unbiased fashion. When a U.S. Attorney has already succumbed to so much pressure, including pressure that looks incredibly corrupt, there's no reason to believe that person has what it takes to be the special counsel in charge.
Every last person in the DOJ that had any dealing with this matter, no matter how slight, should be Criminally Prosecuted as a Co-Conspirator for every criminal act the crackhead committed.
When a U.S. Attorney has already succumbed to so much pressure, including pressure that looks incredibly corrupt, there’s no reason to believe that person has what it takes to be the special counsel in charge.
“Seems this”, “appears that”, “looks corrupt” — this is not a criticism of the article. It is only to show how cleverly organized crime covers tracks, hides evidence and ensconces itself in plausible deniability. Garland’s words before congress were classic.
The most used is the "accuse your political opponent if your own conduct, thus insulating yourself from scrutiny" approach to their offense is the best defense, operations.
How much more corrupt can this liberal run government become?
You know our country is over and the corrupt swamp rules when these crimes go 100% unpunished.
Judges have let the clock run out on some of Hunters charges it’s just a matter of time before the do the same for the rest of them.
Socialism Marxism communism democrat party only the names change results always the same.
Trump will be indicted for putting ketchup on his steak today ...
As well he should. Money can't buy class...
Why would anyone care if somebody puts ketchup on their steak? If they try to force you to put it on yours, that would be a different story.
Do we know who the leaker is and what their motivation was? The leak gives a truly revealing look into the sausage factory.
And the biden crime family continues unabated …… no wonder the prisoners in prisons are jealous
“INDICT TRUMP AGAIN!”
What does an average Board of Director get paid for the top 10 US companies? Then you will realize why Hunter got paid so much money to be on burisma’s board.
Why was Hunter Biden paid so much money to be on the burisma Board of Directors. When you look at it. It doesn’t pass the sniff test
I’m not sure why the house of representatives have not picked up on the fact that he was being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars more than most directors of public companies, like Apple, Disney, Chevron, Exxon, and any of the top 10 public companies in the United States.
I think that the house and the senate needs to make this an issue why would somebody be paid that much money for not having any experience and where did the money go. When they get into that question Joe Biden will be finished.
U R spot-on.
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