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A delicious court filing this week in the case of United States vs. Biden in Delaware leaves Abbe Lowell, pricy lawyer to the president’s son, with egg all over his face. It was written by Derek Hines, one of two new pit-bull prosecutors subbed in at the last minute to take over the Hunter Biden gun case in Delaware in the wake of explosive revelations by IRS whistleblowers that the investigation had been compromised by political favoritism and obstruction. Judging by the tone of the new prosecution filings, miracles might happen. Hunter could end up being treated like every other...

A prosecutor who signed off on the documents charging Hunter Biden with tax and gun crimes previously worked with one of the First Son's business partners, DailyMail.com can reveal. Delaware US Attorney David Weiss officially filed charges against the president's son last Tuesday after a near five-year probe into his alleged tax crimes and foreign financial dealings. Weiss's deputy, Assistant United States Attorney Derek Hines, signed off on the charging documents alongside his boss and two other assistant US attorneys – indicating he has a central role in Hunter's criminal prosecution.

A prosecutor on the team that struck a sweetheart deal with Hunter Biden worked just years ago for a longtime Biden family friend who did business with the embattled first son, raising potential concerns about an investigation that has already been marred by whistleblower allegations of political favoritism. Derek Hines, a special assistant U.S. attorney on the Hunter Biden case, was special counsel to former FBI director Louis Freeh at Freeh's private consulting firm from August 2013 to February 2015, according to Hines's LinkedIn profile. Freeh has extensive ties to the Biden family. He was recruited by Hunter Biden in...