Posted on 12/04/2024 7:00:15 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
The federal judge who oversaw Hunter Biden’s tax case blasted President Joe Biden for trying to “rewrite history” in his justification for pardoning his son.
District Judge Mark Scarsi wrote in a five-page order Tuesday that some of the “representations contained” in the president’s Sunday statement announcing the pardon “stand in tension with the case record.” Scarsi specifically took issue with Biden’s rationale that his son’s tax problems were all caused by his struggle with alcohol and drug addiction.
“The Constitution provides the President with broad authority to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States … but nowhere does the Constitution give the President the authority to rewrite history,” Scarsi wrote.
Hunter Biden pleaded guilty in September to nine tax offenses, stemming from $1.4 million in taxes that he didn’t pay. He was also convicted by a jury in June of illegally buying and possessing a gun as a drug user. The president’s pardon explicitly granted clemency for the tax and gun offenses from Hunter Biden’s existing cases, plus any potential federal crimes he may have committed “from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024.”
In the pardon announcement Sunday night, Joe Biden claimed his son was one of many Americans “who were late paying their taxes because of serious addictions.” But, as the judge pointed out, as part of Hunter Biden’s guilty plea, he admitted to not paying his tax debts even after regaining his sobriety, and even though he had the funds to pay.
The judge also rebuked the president for claiming his son was “singled out” for prosecution because of political reasons. Earlier this year, Scarsi rejected this exact argument from Hunter Biden, who wanted the indictment tossed on those grounds. (The judge in Hunter Biden’s gun case also rejected the selective-prosecution theory.)
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It’s not too late for DOJ to get Joe Biden. Hur report.
IOW the judge is,quite judiciously,calling The Big Guy a crook and a liar.
Pedo Joe has played by his own rules since the RATS installed the bass turd in the White House. Trump needs to start playing by his own rules. Screw the fags and commies in Congress.
Pedo Joe has played by his own rules since the RATS installed the bass turd in the White House. Trump needs to start playing by his own rules. Screw the fags and commies in Congress.
Pedo Joe has played by his own rules since the RATS installed the bass turd in the White House. Trump needs to start playing by his own rules. Screw the fags and commies in Congress. They are just a bunch of tantrum-throwing whiners anyway.
Sorry about the three bagger. Not sure what happened.
How do you square unlimited presidential pardon power with equal treatment and bills of attainder? If no man should be convicted without due process neither should he be exempt from prosecution. Need a test case here.
One major issue:
HUNTER probably will live LONGER than Joe-—
Hunter is incapable of realizing he isn’t “SPECIAL”
Hunter will screw up endlessly in his future, and he will end up behind bars.
Other cases are still hanging out THERE-—THAT are state issues.
Now that the, what should have been easily anticipated, pardons have been signed, they can no longer hide behind the “ongoing investigation/criminal proceeding” crap.
If anyone thought he was going to let his go to prison they need some counseling.
That being said, the incoming admin should allow Judicial Watch to get anything it wants and expose everything. Paying attention to his behavior with young girls. The pardons are only for federal charges.
President pardons have no sway over state level charges or cases
Did he owe state taxes too?
Like when they said "no reasonable person" would prosecute Mrs. Bill Clinton for giving the Russians 10,000 Secret and Top-Secret documents? (and anyone else who wanted them)
Hunter and Uncle Jim don’t know what else to do besides sell access to the name. Once Chomo Joe assumes room temperature, they have zero protection. Zalensky is getting billions to protect them now. But that dries up soon. I can see why Trump wouldn’t drop the hammer on those crooks but I’m sure some enterprising State’s AGs or foreign governments would. There will never be a “Biden” dynasty to sell once the chomo is out of office.
Depending on who else needs a pardon in that family circle, maybe they have a lot of insurance with United HC.
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