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This is one of those videos I watch over and over. AI mission impossible trailer 🔊 up for 🎶 pic.twitter.com/QVDmaxjPPI — APOCTOZ (@Apoctoz) September 16, 2024On the satirical front, it doesn't get any funnier:The satirical trailer, by an artist who goes by the handle APOCTOZ, tracks the old Mission: Impossible opening credits, starting with Hunter Biden's flaming joint playing the role of the fuse, and various action sequences, spyings, science-fiction scenarios, and perils of the protagonists carried through as the famous music plays through.

The two IRS agents who blew the whistle on the Hunter Biden tax investigation and significantly altered the course of the case, on Friday night sued the first son’s lawyer Abbe Lowell for defamation. The two whistleblowers, Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, are suing for libel because of the alleged damage done to their careers, and are requesting a jury trial in Washington, D.C. The whistleblowers originally brought concerns to the House Ways and Means Committee that the Justice Department had provided preferential treatment to Biden during a probe into his alleged tax violations. Shapley and Ziegler alleged in Friday's...

The bogus judicial cases against Donald Trump have become so tangled that they're starting to interfere with each other. For some time now the Left has been salivating over the prospect that New York judge Juan Merchan would jail Donald Trump on September 18, before the election. Reports were that a cell in Riker’s was being readied for him and even that he’d be denied Secret Service protection (such as it is) while incarcerated. Not going to happen. The week stated off badly for Manhattan District attorney Alvin Bragg, the prosecutor of that case, when on a hidden camera Nicholas...

Hunter Biden shocked the California courtroom on Thursday as he officially entered a guilty plea while jury selection was underway for his federal tax evasion trial. In December Hunter Biden was hit with a 9-count indictment filed in the Central District of California: Tax evasion, failure to file/pay taxes, and false/fraudulent tax return. The charges were handed down by Special Counsel David Weiss after a sweetheart plea deal on tax charges fell apart last summer. The indictment details a “four-year scheme” to avoid the $1.4+ million tax obligations he owed between 2016 and 2019 and to file false returns. Hunter...

First son Hunter Biden appeared cheerful and upbeat Friday as he strolled into an upscale Malibu restaurant one day after pleading guilty to tax evasion charges in a Los Angeles courtroom. Hunter, flanked by Secret Service agents, was spotted grinning ear to ear as he fumbled with his cellphone while heading to Moonshadows Malibu for lunch. The restaurant boasts “award-winning ocean view dining” and invites patrons to “Indulge in a dining experience that will scintillate all your senses.” https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/hunter-biden-makes-way-moonshadows-89095792_7ea670.jpg?resize=816,1024&quality=75&strip=all Hunter, sporting a baseball cap emblazoned with Hawaii’s flag and several bracelets below his rolled-up sleeves spent about two hours inside...

On CNN This Morning, CNN Chief National Affairs Correspondent Jeff Zeleny uttered a very cynical "why not?" on the question of whether Joe Biden should pardon Hunter. The show had played the clip of Biden flatly telling ABC's David Muir that he would not pardon his son. But hey! That was then, when Biden was running for president. And this is now, with Biden out of the race. So, yeah, "why not?" Biden breaking his promise would give a new meaning to a favorite line of his: "On my word as a Biden." Zeleny used the tried-and-true MSM dodge of...

Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Attorneys for Hunter Biden, the son of President joe Biden, offered to settle a range of federal tax charges against him with an "Alford plea" during a court appearance Thursday in Los Angeles. The surprise offer came as proceedings began on Day 2 of Hunter Biden's trial on nine felony and misdemeanor charges of failing to pay $1.4 million in federal taxes from 2016 through 2019, ABC News and the Washington Post reported. U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi temporarily adjourned the trial, which is still in the pre-jury selection phase, after Biden's attorneys caught prosecutors by...

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...

Hunter Biden will accept a guilty verdict in his tax evasion case in California, his lawyer Abbe Lowell said Thursday, as jury selection was about to begin. Lowell said the president's son would submit what's known as an Alford plea, meaning he would accept a guilty verdict while maintaining his innocence. Court is in recess until 2 p.m. ET while the government reviews the law on this issue. Prosecutors said this is the first they're hearing of Biden's plea. Biden is charged with failing to pay at least $1.4 million in federal taxes while living an "extravagant lifestyle." In December,...

The president's son was indicted in December on three felony and six misdemeanor counts alleging that he failed to pay his taxes over several years. LOS ANGELES — Hunter Biden intends to change his plea in the federal tax-related charges against him, his attorney Abbe Lowell said on Thursday. The reversal was made shortly before jury selection was expected to begin in what would have been Biden's second trial this year. The only surviving son of President Joe Biden, Hunter Biden is the first offspring of a sitting president to stand trial on criminal charges. Shortly after the announcement, the...

A lawyer for Hunter Biden told a federal judge in Los Angeles on Thursday morning that there was no reason to proceed with jury selection in his criminal tax case because the son of President Joe Biden intends to change his plea. Hunter Biden had previously pleaded not guilty in the case. This is breaking news. Please refresh for updates.

Hunter Biden sought the State Department’s help for a Ukrainian energy company while President Joe Biden was vice president, according to the New York Times, which obtained the information from the agency via a FIOA request dating back to 2021. The release of the document is significant for three reasons. First, the agency released the document after Joe Biden announced he would not seek reelection, underscoring concerns among Republicans that the Biden administration covered up Hunter’s foreign business dealings that enriched the Biden family while Joe Biden was vice president. Second, Hunter did not register as a foreign agent for...

Hunter Biden accepted $3,101,258 from Romanian partner Gabriel Popoviciu to “influence U.S. government agencies” when President Joe Biden served as vice president, Special Counsel David Weiss said in a Wednesday court filing. Weiss, who stopped short of accusing Hunter of having “improperly coordinated with the Obama administration,” failed to indict him on Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) violations in 2023, opting instead to indict the president’s son on alleged tax violations, potential wrongdoing that Republicans claim falls short of justice. Weiss could still charge Hunter with violating FARA because his sweetheart plea deal, which was negotiated to give Hunter sweeping...

Hunter Biden plans to change his not guilty plea in his federal tax case, his defense attorney said Thursday just as jury selection was set to begin. Defense attorney Abbe Lowell announced Hunter Biden's plans to change his previous plea, just months after the president's son was convicted of gun charges in a separate case, but did not provide further details. The latest case accuses Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, of a four-year scheme to avoid paying at least $1.4 million in taxes while pulling in millions of dollars from foreign business entities. He is already facing potential...

Hunter Biden’s tax trial is slated to begin this week in a California federal court. Hunter Biden faces up to 17 years in prison for nine charges — three felonies and six misdemeanors — related to his alleged failure to pay over $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019. Rather than paying his taxes, prosecutors allege he spent his substantial income on an “extravagant lifestyle,” including “drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing, and other items of a personal nature.” Like his gun trial in June, where prosecutors secured a conviction on all three...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in an interview published Monday said he believes Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will be remembered “poorly,” while noting he could save some of his reputation by getting “the old Republican Party back.” Schumer told Punchbowl News that he has recently been “more friendly” with McConnell in light of the Republican’s efforts to shore up GOP votes for bipartisan legislation under President Biden, including the most recent aid package for Ukraine. This, however, may not have been enough to change McConnell’s legacy, Schumer added.

The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee dismissed Chairman James Comer’s Wednesday morning release of bank records that appear to show Hunter Biden was paid millions by Eastern European oligarchs. The 19-page memo, which provides screenshots of redacted financial records, says millions of dollars in payments came from Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings, Russian oligarch Yelena Baturina and Kazakhstani oligarch Kenes Rakishev. The records also suggest Joe Biden attended dinners with Baturina, Rakishev and a representative from Burisma while he was vice president.

Remember Eric Ciaramella? He’s the Ukraine whistleblower who lobbed a report sent to Rep. Adam Schiff’s (D-CA) office in 2019, which set off the first Trump impeachment effort. It’s where the whole drama started between Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky, and the perfect phone call where the crux of the charge against Trump is that there was an attempted quid pro quo arrangement: Zelensky would investigate Biden’s alleged felonious activities during the Burisma investigation, where a top Ukrainian prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, was fired, in return for the United States not cutting off military aid. [snip] Ciaramella’s role – including high-level discussions...

House Oversight, Judiciary, Ways and Means committees have led impeachment inquiry against Biden

Wait till you get a gander at the NYT's latest groundbreaking, earth-shattering, absolutely-not-years-late revelation about Hunter Biden!.Suddenly the New York Times has just had an epiphany. Hunter Biden, son of the President, might have been doing some not-so-kosher stuff with foreign countries! Gasp! Shock! Awe! Who could have possibly seen this coming? Oh, right. Everyone who's been paying attention for the last four years.With this month’s revelations that Hunter Biden directly contacted American officials for the benefit of foreign clients in Ukraine and allegedly Romania, and with Mr. Biden facing a new trial next month stemming from charges of tax...