Posted on 07/29/2024 10:39:28 AM PDT by CFW
When last we left Hunter Biden and his legal team, they were busy being scorched by U.S. District Court Judge Mark Scarsi in the California criminal tax case pending against Biden (and currently set to go to trial in September). As I noted in our reporting on the matter:
But there's an even bigger problem with the motion than that: Biden's lawyers contended in the motion that Weiss only brought charges against Biden after he was appointed as Special Counsel. Which, as Scarsi very pointedly notes in his order, is false (emphasis mine):
"The Court orders Mr. Biden’s counsel to show cause why sanctions should not be imposed for making false statements in the motion.
...
In support of his motion, Mr. Biden asserts, several times, that Special Counsel Weiss “brought no charges [against Mr. Biden] until after he received the Special Counsel title . . . .” (Mot. 5; accord id. at 6 (“Special Counsel Weiss . . . brought no charges in this investigation with his U.S. Attorney position but, as Special Counsel, initiated legal proceedings on both sides of the country against Mr. Biden in Delaware and California . . . .id. at 7 (“Mr. Weiss . . . sought Special Counsel status before bringing any charges.”).) These statements, however, are not true, and Mr. Biden’s counsel knows they are not true."
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
"“We have also considered that, at trial, Mr. Biden('s counsel) would likely present himself to a jury... as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,” It's worked before!
“Nevermind!”
TL;DR: Weiss had already been confirmed by the Senate. Smith wasn’t. That’s the difference.
U.S. District Court Judge Mark Scarsi memorably wrote:
“The misstatements in the current motion are not trivial. Mr. Weiss’s institution of charges against Mr. Biden in his capacity as U.S. Attorney offers a meaningful distinction between this case and the nonbinding district court decision on which Mr.Biden bases his motion.
But Mr. Biden’s motion does not engage with this distinction; instead, counsel avoids the issue by misrepresenting the history of the proceedings. This Court has little tolerance for lack of candor from counsel.”
Hunter Biden’s well-paid legal team is squirming. They got caught
with their hands in the cookie jar by a very wise, discerning judge.
Could also explain Joe’s hunkering down in the basement again,
invisible to the naked eye, conniving to save Hunter’s rear.
Hunter “never tried to mislead” the court, they lied, as they stupidly
piggybacked Hunter’s case on the S/C decision WRT Trump.
District Judge Mark Scarcsi told them to go fly a kite, succinctly writing:
“Hunter Biden’s attorneys falsely claimed U.S. Attorney David Weiss did not bring charges against until after he was appointed special counsel. But Mr. Biden’s motion does not engage with this distinction; instead, counsel avoids the issue by misrepresenting the history of the proceedings. This Court has little tolerance for lack of candor from counsel.”
Judge Scarsi pointed out that Weiss brought the initial charges against Biden
“as a U.S. Attorney” and before being appointed “Special Counsel.”
Scarsi accused the lawyers of “filing misstatements.”
The budding lawyer’s lesson first day in Law School ........”never lie to a judge.”
Tilted Irish Kilt pointed out that the U.S. Atty’s office should have been
<><>severely reprimanded
<><>enjoined from further investigation
<><>and considered for possible disbarment.
But this concerned “daddy’s boy” Hunter.......unlike innocent J6
defendants who received harsh unjust treatment by the U.S. Attorney.
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