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Hunter Biden changes his plea to GUILTY as his $1.4million tax evasion trial kicks off in LA
Daily Mail UK ^ | September 5, 2024 | Josh Boswell

Posted on 09/05/2024 9:08:38 AM PDT by Morgana

Hunter Biden is pleading guilty to at least some of the nine tax charges against him, in a stunning last-minute reversal at his criminal trial in Los Angeles.

The change was not due to a plea deal, with prosecutor Leo Wise telling Judge Mark Scarsi on Thursday: 'this is the first we're hearing of this'.

The stunning revelation was made by Hunter's attorney Abbe Lowell in front of the judge, while 120 potential jurors waited next door to be selected for his trial.

Lowell cited legal cases and precedents suggesting that by pleading guilty, the judge would have to decide on the facts of the case rather than a jury, and the judge could only use material that has already been filed in the case.

Wise said he needed time to review the legal case Lowell cited, and the judge allowed them to take a break until 11am.

The shocking U-turn may is an apparent Hail Mary strategy by the defense to try to stop damaging and embarrassing evidence being presented to the jury.

Hunter's lawyers did not clarify whether he was pleading guilty to all nine charges including three felonies, or just some of them.

'We'll have to wait and see what they do,' Hunter's attorney Mark Geragos told DailyMail.com outside the courtroom.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: abbelowell; alfordplea; bidencrimefamiy; hunterbiden; markscarsi
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1 posted on 09/05/2024 9:08:38 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Pardon incoming.


2 posted on 09/05/2024 9:09:52 AM PDT by xoxox
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To: xoxox

Joe is going to go full scorched Earth.


3 posted on 09/05/2024 9:11:24 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: xoxox

I wondered why the change of plea so soon. That figures. Dad is on the way out in January.


4 posted on 09/05/2024 9:11:45 AM PDT by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul )
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To: xoxox

Exactly. Cut off the attorney fees, plead, and get pardon.


5 posted on 09/05/2024 9:17:52 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: Morgana

There is some bad blood between the Brandons and Kammie. They can’t count on her to come through with a pardon.


6 posted on 09/05/2024 9:19:41 AM PDT by xp38
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To: Morgana

Everyone knows Hunter is a perverted, druggie scumbag so he isn’t pleading guilty to hide that. He’s pleading guilty to hide how much of the money went to Joe and the family. Between 10% for the Big Guy and Hunter complaining that half his income was to support the family, there were a lot of clear foreign bribes being laundered through him.


7 posted on 09/05/2024 9:24:40 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (7/13/2024:The day the Democrats and their SA chose assassination as their primary political tool.)
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To: KarlInOhio

Yup.


8 posted on 09/05/2024 9:26:52 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: Morgana

ZERO hoosegow.


9 posted on 09/05/2024 9:28:14 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? ECheck! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: Morgana

What the hell does the judge have to ‘decide’, apart from the sentence?
He pleads guilty. That used to mean admitting to the details of the indictment. There is nothing left to ‘decide’...
Lowell makes no sense.


10 posted on 09/05/2024 9:30:57 AM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
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To: Morgana

Thank your dad. He traded a non-sentence for his presidency.


11 posted on 09/05/2024 9:35:54 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: Morgana
"Dad is on the way out in January."

DAddy is on his way out sooner than that I think...
12 posted on 09/05/2024 9:37:54 AM PDT by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
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To: xoxox

Yep!
This is why Biden refuses to resign.
Hunter spends 2 months in jail and that is it.


13 posted on 09/05/2024 9:46:18 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: Morgana

That’s because a pardon is part of the deal that Joe took to stop running. Once Joe pardons his family, he can step down and let Kamala be the president. Then, Kamala will be 47 and Trump will have to change his campaign accordingly.
A while back, I heard that Jill was demanding pardons for the family $2 billion for a library and 240 million already collected in campaign funds. Did you notice that Thomas and I got 500 million almost overnight in “small donor”donations?


14 posted on 09/05/2024 9:54:42 AM PDT by tinamina (Remember when Biden said “we have developed the most sophisticated voting fraud system ever”? )
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To: PubliusMM

OK...Now it’s cleared up.
He’s entering an Alford plea.
That explains the need for the judge to determine the details.


15 posted on 09/05/2024 9:59:16 AM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
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To: Morgana

Make the President’s family (i.e. “the Rich!”) pay their “fair share” in taxes.


16 posted on 09/05/2024 9:59:27 AM PDT by steve in DC
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“What the hell does the judge have to ‘decide’, apart from the sentence?
He pleads guilty. That used to mean admitting to the details of the indictment. There is nothing left to ‘decide’...
Lowell makes no sense.”

Except that no one except the lawyer and judge know if he is pleading guilty to all or only a few of the charges. If only a few then the trial can proceed to find guilt or innocence for the remaining charges.


17 posted on 09/05/2024 10:20:16 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (We are very sorry, Mr. Franklin. We were not able to keep it! ;-()
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To: xp38

or win...

she’s not a shoe in even with their cheat machine.


18 posted on 09/05/2024 10:28:35 AM PDT by cableguymn (They don't want peace they want skeletons )
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To: Morgana

Those 30 days of house arrest and weekend community service of stuffing envelopes for the Kamala campaign are sure to be rough.


19 posted on 09/05/2024 10:31:23 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: cableguymn

indeed


20 posted on 09/05/2024 10:37:55 AM PDT by xp38
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