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Hunter indictment designed specifically to avoid Joe Biden
The New York Post ^ | 12/08/2023 | Jonathan Turley

Posted on 12/08/2023 12:27:40 PM PST by thegagline

The 56-page indictment of Hunter Biden for tax evasion makes for racy reading, with the special counsel describing a four-year criminal pattern directed at maintaining Biden’s “extravagant lifestyle.” *** The steps taken by Hunter to evade taxes are impressive, but not nearly as impressive as the efforts of the Justice Department to evade any direct implications for his father, President Biden.

In that sense, the indictment itself is a marvel of evasion.

There are three glaring omissions in the indictment that tend to shield critical payments and conduct that implicate the president.

The Burisma-Ukrainian money

First, the special counsel only indicts tax evasion that occurred in recent years.

That’s because the long “investigation” into Hunter inexplicably allowed the statute of limitations to expire on the most controversial payments from Ukraine gas company Burisma. *** Hunter the foreign agent

Also missing in the indictment is any charge against Hunter Biden as an unregistered foreign agent.

Recently, the Justice Department added a charge to the indictment of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) that he ran afoul of FARA, the Foreign Agents Registration Act. FARA also was used to go after Donald Trump associates such as Paul Manafort. *** The unindicted co-conspirator

By focusing on tax evasion alone, Weiss again avoids any direct reference to the focus of the influence-peddling used to raise these millions of dollars.

Even without mentioning the president, the implications of the indictment are devastating for the narrative and denials of Joe Biden. ***

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: corruption; garland; law; weiss
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Weiss and Merrick Garfinkel will be sharing this year’s Otto Georg Thierack Ministry of Justice Award.
1 posted on 12/08/2023 12:27:40 PM PST by thegagline
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To: thegagline

Welcome to the view from beneath the buss Hunter.


2 posted on 12/08/2023 12:29:40 PM PST by Fai Mao ( Starve the Beast and steal its food)
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To: thegagline

Don’t forget that Lisa Wolff from Cheltenham was the gate keeper for everything in or out of the DOJ office in charge. She was the hands dirty expunger.


3 posted on 12/08/2023 12:30:27 PM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: thegagline

Of course it is.


4 posted on 12/08/2023 12:31:00 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Proudly Clinging To My Guns And My Religion)
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To: Gay State Conservative

He can run, but he can’t hide.


5 posted on 12/08/2023 12:31:46 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Fai Mao

If the trial is in DC, the jury will acquit Hunter.


6 posted on 12/08/2023 12:32:16 PM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: Carl Vehse

Hunter is white. Blacks like to “stick it to whitey” so maybe not. Also the demonrats need to allay their image as crooks


7 posted on 12/08/2023 12:36:31 PM PST by Fai Mao ( Starve the Beast and steal its food)
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To: thegagline

Doesn’t Hunter have info on dear ol dad to trade for leniency?


8 posted on 12/08/2023 12:48:18 PM PST by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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To: thegagline
I suspect Hunter, Treasonous Joe and the whole Biden Crime Family subscribe to the Leona Helmsley school of taxes -
"We don't pay taxes; only the little people pay taxes"
9 posted on 12/08/2023 12:49:54 PM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Piss Off a Lib - MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!)
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

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10 posted on 12/08/2023 1:06:39 PM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: Az Joe
Doesn’t Hunter have info on dear ol dad to trade for leniency?

what a story that could become! holy mackeral!

11 posted on 12/08/2023 1:09:47 PM PST by SGCOS (not vaccinated for covid and never will be)
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The steps taken by Hunter to evade taxes are impressive, but not nearly as impressive
as the efforts of Biden’s DOJ to evade any direct legal implications that target Joe Biden.

In that sense, the indictment itself is a marvel of evasion.
There are glaring omissions in Hunter’s indictment
<><>that tend to shield critical payments like Burisma
<><>and shields conduct that implicates the president.


12 posted on 12/08/2023 1:26:12 PM PST by Liz (Women have tremendous power — their femininity, because men can't do without it. Sidney Sheldon)
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To: thegagline

Hunter doesn’t have to pay taxes on the chicom bribes?


13 posted on 12/08/2023 1:33:33 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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dailymail.com——excerpt

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Prosecutors allege President Joe Biden’s son spent millions on an ‘extravagant lifestyle’ while avoiding paying taxes for years. The Justice Department says Hunter faces up to 17 years in prison.

The 53-year-old is also facing up to 25 years in prison on felony gun charges in Delaware in the second trial that could have a devastating impact on his father’s 2024 campaign.

The indictment states that despite receiving millions in personal income and financial support from a friend, Hunter ‘spent this money on drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing, and other items of a personal nature, in short, everything but his taxes’.

Between 2016 and 2020 Hunter allegedly spent more than $683,000 on ‘various women’ and almost $400,000 on ‘clothing and accessories’

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link-— Biden ignores questions after son Hunter was indicted

link-—How first son spent $200,000 on prostitutes

‘The Defendant engaged in a four-year scheme to not pay at least $1.4 million in self-assessed federal taxes he owed for tax years 2016 through 2019,’ it reads.

These latest allegations come as Biden’s son already faces three felony charges that carry a maximum combined 25 years incarceration and $250,000 fine.

The first count is for lying on a 2018 gun purchase form that he was not an illicit drug user, and has a top sentence of 10 years. The second count is for lying to the gun store about it, which could net him up to five years. The third is for possessing the firearm while being an addict, which could land him another 10 years.

The latest indictment alleges Hunter attempted ‘to evade the assessment of taxes for tax year 2018 when he filed false returns in or about February 2020.’

As well as failing to file and pay his taxes he has also been accused of including ‘false business deductions’ in his 2018 returns to reduce his tax bill.

Investigators are set to argue that Hunter ‘spent millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle rather than paying his tax bills’.

‘The Defendant spent approximately $1 million in 2016, $1.4 million in 2017, $1.8 million in 2018, and $600,000 in 2019’ the indictment alleges.

Hunter is said to have made more than $7 million in gross income between 2016 and 2020, according to the documents.

In addition, prosecutors allege Hunter receives around $1.2 million ‘in financial support to fund his extravagant lifestyle’ in 2020 alone.

The documents argue that none of this financial assistance was used to pay ‘any of his federal individual income tax liabilities for 2016-2019.’

Nine new criminal charges were filed against Hunter Biden in California on Thursday

They include:

- Two felony charges for filing a false return in 2018, both for Hunter Biden personally and for his company Owasco

- One felony charge for tax evasion in 2018

- Four failure to pay charges for tax years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019

- Two charges for failure to file for 2017 and 2018

Adding: ‘Between 2016 and October 15, 2020, the Defendant spent this money on drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing, and other items of a personal nature, in short, everything but his taxes.’

Between 2016 and 2020 the indictment argues that Hunter spent more than $683,000 on ‘various women’ as well as almost $400,000 on ‘clothing and accessories’.

It also alleges that he spent $188,000 on ‘adult entertainment’ throughout that period.

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House Oversight Chair James Comer claims he’s traced some $20 million from foreign actors into Biden family members’ bank accounts through a series of complex shell accounts that were calculatingly designed to minimize scrutiny.

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14 posted on 12/08/2023 1:40:32 PM PST by Liz (Women have tremendous power — their femininity, because men can't do without it. Sidney Sheldon)
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To: thegagline

Hunter indictment designed specifically to avoid Joe Biden

Obama is the winner of that deal he has as much to hide as Biden does they were a team Biden was his insurance policy.

All departments in mum mode.


15 posted on 12/08/2023 1:40:35 PM PST by Vaduz (....)
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To: Carl Vehse

If the trial is in DC, the jury will acquit Hunter.


No doubt, but since he is charged in California, the trial, if it occurs, will be in California. The Big Guy can pardon him any time to spare him the expense of mounting a defense.

Since state income taxes are pretty much based on Federal income tax returns, California might well have a case against him as well. Newsom might well be motivated to use the threat of state charges to help knock Brandon off.


16 posted on 12/08/2023 1:47:55 PM PST by hanamizu ( )
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To: Fai Mao

“I can see your Honor doesn’t pull his punches, and it looks a trifle fishy I’ll admit, but for on whole week I went without my lunches, and it mounted up your Honor bit by bit”


17 posted on 12/08/2023 1:55:33 PM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreams)
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To: thegagline

IT is my understanding that IF the IRS catches you in any kind of evasion/lies, they can go back as far as they please & look at your returns.

The 3 year rules vanish.


18 posted on 12/08/2023 3:37:59 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Fai Mao

Remember blacks bitching about old white man running for president


19 posted on 12/08/2023 5:17:13 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: Liz
Between 2016 and 2020 Hunter allegedly spent...almost $400,000 on ‘clothing and accessories’

He got ripped off! Big TIME!!


20 posted on 12/08/2023 5:19:08 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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