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Jordan and his ilk are all about a special counsel. Apparently if this dingus had anything he could bring a prosecution
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[h1]Did Hunter Biden Get a Sweetheart Deal? Prosecutors Weigh In[/h1] [h2][/h2] [h2]A look at whether Justice Departments agreement with presidents son is the same as it would have been for anyone else[/h2]
Pulitzer prize winning nat-sec, legal, law enforcement author from the [link=https://www.wsj.com/articles/did-hunter-biden-get-a-sweetheart-deal-prosecutors-weigh-in-2dc8656e]Wall Street Journal[/link]…reviewed more than a hundred federal court dockets and interviewed almost a dozen former federal prosecutors to see whether the deal struck with Hunter Biden was different than it would have been for anyone else.On the gun charge: In looking at a sample of more than 100 federal cases involving the same charge, few had facts directly analogous to Hunter Bidens case. Most of the time prosecutors seek to use the charge in situations where they have other concerns about the defendant.
On the tax charge: Former tax prosecutors said the Hunter Biden case likely presented the Justice Department with several challenges that cut in favor of negotiating a plea deal rather than taking the case to trial.
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Dan Abrams, NBC’s chief legal analyst had the same take.
On the gun charge he said {parphrase} ” I have looked around and I have been unable to find another similar case in which a defendant was charged with the false signature/durg use when prosecutors were not bringing other gun crime charges.”
and on the taxes {also paraphrase} – “If the IRS comes to you for back taxes and you pay them back, they fine you. They don’t proseccute you … unless they find evidence that you were intentionally trying to hide the money/evade taxes.”
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Abrams overall take on the Hunter Biden story is one I also agree:
The Hunter Biden story is, at its core, one of addiction and grifting, not government corruption.
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[h1]McCarthy May Push to Impeach Merrick Garland over Hunter Biden[/h1] Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans to open an impeachment inquiry into Attorney General Merrick Garland if House Republicans dont get what they consider satisfactory answers from the Justice Department on the criminal investigation of Hunter Biden, President Joe Bidens son, [link=https://punchbowl.news/archive/62623-punchbowl-news-am/]Punchbowl News[/link] reports.
Allegations made by IRS whistleblowers that senior Justice Department officials meddled in U.S. Attorney David Weiss investigation into tax and gun cases involving Hunter Biden have incensed Hill Republicans.
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of course it’s a sweetheart deal and he’s gotten every advantage in life. If he’s an average joe drug user anyone really think he’s just getting off? Let alone one with a gun? Also I think it’s a bad look having him schmooze around the White House at State dinners. You can love your son but it’s pretty clear he’s not facing discipline from the law or from papa Joe.
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[b][i]it’s a bad look having him schmooze around the White House at State dinners.[/i][/b]
Don’t stop there. Here is what is also a bad look:
Daddy recently in Connecticut talking about gun safety while your son has a gun issue.
Daddy telling everyone it is time for the rich to pay their share while his son avoided paying taxes.
Daddy on an Instagram telling everyone their all our kids when he has yet to see or acknowledge Hunter’s child in Arkansas and the support fight that went on including the child using the Biden name.
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I don’t know anything about the child you’re talking about. I can separate Biden values from his son tough.
Joe can have his values and talk about guns safety, taxes etc… That doesn’t seem to have rubbed off on Hunter and HB is his own man. I think it’s a fair argument he’s getting off easy because his dad is JB. Doesn’t mean it’s preferred because he’s POTUS but the Biden family has the kind of money to get the best lawyers etc…
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Supposedly Fox is now interviewing a second whistleblower who claims that the prosecutor in the Hunter Biden case was blocked from making charges.
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Weiss has disputed this account in a [link=https://twitter.com/KFaulders/status/1671244251693285379]June 7 letter[/link] to Jim Jordan. Weiss said Attorney General Merrick Garland granted him “ultimate authority” over the investigation, “including responsibility for deciding where, when, and whether to file charges.”
Garland has also disputed the whistleblowers account, testifying in March to Grassley that Weiss “had been advised that he has full authority to make those referrals you’re talking about or to bring cases in other districts if he needs to do that.”Garland also welcomed the testimony of Weiss to Congress.
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So here we are. It’s time for the House to call on Weiss to testify. That will give the clarity. If they don’t call him, and instead just rely on whistleblower allegations to throw poo, well, then I guess we know how well their story holds up.
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Cherry picking the story. There were 6 witnesses in the room. One of the whistleblowers took notes and Weisss comments were documented in the notes which were then distributed to the group via email. (I believe the email is exhibit 10 attached to his testimony) No one responded with a correction. The whistleblower actually asked at least one other individual in the room if he heard Weisss comments correctly and was told yes.
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[i]”A similar request to prosecutors in the Central District of California, which includes Los Angeles, was also rejected, Mr. Shapley testified. A second former I.R.S. official, who has not been identified, told House Republicans the same story. [/i][i] [/i]
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[i]The attorney general denied the assertions made by the I.R.S. officials during a news conference at the Justice Departments headquarters, saying he had given Mr. Weiss complete authority to continue his investigation and to make a decision to prosecute any way in which he wanted to and in any district in which he wanted to. (NYT)[/i]
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The whistleblower claims that Weiss was stopped from bringing charges in Washington DC and in LA. Garland claims Weiss was not stopped as in quote above. The NYT last night has confirmed that Weiss was stopped from bringing charges in Los Angeles.
It is coming down to a showdown Weiss, whistelblowers, vs Garland. Does Garland even know what is actually going on in the DOJ?
There is much more to this story. You are selectively picking your copy paste,. Funny, if this was Trump and one of his kids your copy pastes would be non-stop and would include praise for whistleblowers. But what is interesting is the left leaning media is starting to cover the story.
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It is coming down to a showdown Weiss vs Garland
Im not sure where youre getting that. Thus far the two are singing from the same hymn book.
The discrepancy is between the whistleblower statements and Weiss / Garland statements.
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They are singing from the same hymn book in public. Weiss’s private comments tell a different story.
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They are singing from the same hymn book in public. Weiss’s private comments tell a different story.
That *could* be true.
But it would require believing that Weiss, a Trump appointed prosecutor, was willing to risk his entire future career … and criminal prosecution … by making false statements, in writing, to the House Judiciary Committee in order to cover up on behalf of Garland/Biden.
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[i][b]a Trump appointed prosecutor,[/b][/i]
Typical left leaning talking point. What the left never tells you he served in the Bush and Obama administration.
[b][i]by making false statements, in writing, to the House Judiciary Committee in order to cover up on behalf of Garland/Biden.[/i][/b]
Oh yeah and people never lie.
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That’s why I said it *could* be true.
But we’re in agreement that is what it would mean, right? This guy risking his career and prison for lying to Congress.
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I get that *someone’s* story (perhaps multiple peoples’ stories) aren’t correct.
I could see why one might doubt the statements of Merrick Garland. They’re not under oath and he is a political appointee. It sure seems out of context with his character and background, but sure… I get it.
We have previous GOP “whistleblowers” outed as disgruntled employees/ pro-Jan6ers. I haven’t seen any reporting to suggest ulterior motives, but it’s happened before on this story. Shapley seems like a good citizen … he’s still with the agency, no signs of behavioral stuff, etc. He does allege he’s been passed for promotion … so could be something there .. but I’ll wait for documentation.
The person who seems to have the *least* amount of reason of misrepresent here is Weiss. If he was getting pressure from up top then he could have easily exposed it. He’s a Trump appointee. – I don’t get what the motivation would be for him to risk everything to lie.
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[b][i]T[/i][i]his guy risking his career and prison for lying to Congress[/i][/b]
Same could be said about Shapley and the other individual that is backing his claims since they testified under oath.
And also, CBS news interviewed Shapley. CNN and the other network outlets are covering the story. NYT, although they buried in to paragraph 21 the LA story. You listen to Smercornish. If you heard him today w Halperin they both acknowledged that this story is starting to turn as the left media is getting involved.
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The risks of discussing against cherry picking factoids from a believer. Yes, maybe, but doesnt match the absolute beliefs of conspiracies.
[link=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/opinion/rfk-jr-joe-rogan.html]https://www.nytimes.com/2…/rfk-jr-joe-rogan.html[/link]
My mistake was attempting to debate and debunk Kennedy in the first place. At best, the effort was a waste of time and energy; at worst, a big bow-wrapped gift of the thing a conspiracy theorist desires most recognition that his arguments are important enough to merit serious debate.
You can come armed with all the facts in the world, but when youre dealing with a conspiracist, theres no real way to win an argument. For people whose views arent anchored to facts, winning is simply getting attention and when you publicly argue with someone like Kennedy, youve already lost.
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Put ’em all under oath in front of congress.
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The arguments get absurd when playing for a team instead of the truth.
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Devout Hunter Biden Clarifies He Was Sitting Next To His Heavenly Father, Who Is Always With Him
WILMINGTON, DE In a statement labeled by his critics as a poor attempt at damage control, Hunter Biden sought to clarify that when he wrote a text message to a Chinese government official saying he was “sitting next to my father,” he was actually referring to his Heavenly Father.
“I’m really into God…and all that stuff,” Hunter said from his bed when reached for comment at 2 P.M. after sleeping off a three-day bender. “Those text messages which may or may not actually be mine include me making very solemn references to God as my Father, because He’s, like, totally with me at all times. Or something.”
Hunter’s 2017 text messages to a member of the Chinese Communist Party have caused significant controversy, bolstering allegations that Hunter and his father, President Joe Biden, have been peddling political influence in exchange for money. “Totally not true,” Hunter said. “That Chinese dude is a member of my prayer circle. I was letting him know I expected him to fulfill his commitmentto our Bible Jesus meeting, or something. And when I warned him about my ability to hold a grudge, I was actually talking about holding a grudge againstsin, or whatever. Yeah.”
The explanation was met with skepticism from Republicans in Congress. “Hunter Biden has got to be the least-religious person I’ve ever seen,” said Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri. “If I were him, I’d be watching out for lightning bolts the next time I try to use God as an alibi.”
At publishing time, Hunter Biden was reportedly on his way to Church to meet with a Ukrainian “associate” over a few bottles of sacramental wine.
[link=https://babylonbee.com/news/devout-hunter-biden-clarifies-he-was-sitting-next-to-his-heavenly-father-who-is-always-with-him]https://babylonbee.com/ne…who-is-always-with-him[/link]
The Bee is on FIRE lately!
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Satire is fun. I think the Onion does a better job but BB has some funny things. Either way its getting harder to figure out what is and isnt satire these days. Some of the words coming out of peoples pie holes is stranger than fiction.
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[link=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-weiss-u-s-attorney-defends-hunter-biden-probe-amid-gop-accusations/]https://www.cbsnews.com/n…-amid-gop-accusations/[/link]
[h1][b]U.S. attorney defends Hunter Biden probe amid GOP accusations[/b][/h1]
“As the U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, my charging authority is geographically limited to my home district. If venue for a case lies elsewhere, common Departmental practice is to contact the United States Attorney’s Office for the district in question and determine whether it wants to partner on the case. If not, I may request Special Attorney status from the Attorney General,” Weiss wrote, “Here, I have been assured that, if necessary after the above process, I would be granted § 515 Authority in the District of Columbia, the Central District of California, or any other district where charges could be brought in this matter.”In his letter on Friday his first since charging Hunter Biden Weiss reiterated his defense of the investigation that he made weeks ago, in which he wrote at the time, “I have been granted ultimate authority over this matter, including responsibility for deciding where, when and whether to file charges and for making decisions necessary to preserve the integrity of the prosecution, consistent with federal law, the Principles of Federal Prosecution, and Departmental regulations.”
“I stand by what I wrote,” Weiss told Jordan Friday.
“The only person with authority to make somebody a special counsel or refuse to make somebody a special counsel is the attorney general. Mr. Weiss never made that request to me,” Garland said earlier this month, “He had and has complete authority to bring a case anywhere he wants, in his discretion.”
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I wonder whos cocaine they had to evacuate the White House for
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Pretty sure it was Don jrs leftover stash
Many people are saying
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Its pretty rough watching Don Jr do videos. He can talk BS on Biden Jr. But that dude looks like hes getting higher than the Goodyear blimp.
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Yes
He looks like an abuser pre-cirrhosis type
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Lol what about trump!
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It’s fair criticism to both of the fail sons.
Back to Biden, or Biden’s lawyer. Chairman of ways and means is a about as big a d1ck slap across the face as it gets. It’s worth a read.
[link=https://www.axios.com/2023/06/30/hunter-biden-lawyer-letter-irs-whistleblower]https://www.axios.com/202…tter-irs-whistleblower[/link]-
Trump says that cocaine is Jack Smith’s
[link=https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/110663249322897070]https://truthsocial.com/@…sts/110663249322897070[/link]
Does anybody really believe that the COCAINE found in the West Wing of the White House, very close to the Oval Office, is for the use of anyone other than Hunter & Joe Biden. But watch, the Fake News Media will soon start saying that the amount found was very small, & it wasnt really COCAINE, but rather common ground up Aspirin, & the story will vanish. Has Deranged Jack Smith, the crazy, Trump hating Special Prosecutor, been seen in the area of the COCAINE? He looks like a crackhead to me!-
that would be easily disproven as I’m guessing the white house visitor logs are no longer missing under Biden admin.
Also I don’t think it’s a stretch that someone either working in or visiting the WH lost their cocaine. Calling Smith a crack head is pretty far out.-
The package was found in the public area … where you go to start tours or get press passes etc. It wasn’t in the “working” areas or in the residence.
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Don’t know don’t care about the cocaine. So what if it is HB’s? He’s a known addict. Only issue is HB is becoming a political liability for his father. Not that that’s fair, but it’s politics. I expect Biden admin is trying to keep as tight a leash as possible on HB at the moment.
The only thing to come out of the HB stories that bother me re: his dad are the granddaughter things (well, and of course the money stuff if it’s every shown that his dad knew about it, which I doubt). The granddaughter thing seems pretty crappy. Would like to hear Joe Biden’s side, but he isn’t talking.
Finally, re HB: There’s a reason there’s no such thing as a “former addict”, only “recovering addicts”; when you’ve done as much as HB you’re always a risk to relapse. Sad reality.-
there is no side to take. You have the Jordan/Comer/Mace etc… just spreading manure. Joe Biden did something bad because they feel it in their bones. They just know he did it. I’ve seen enough of the hearings to see it’s a lot of BS. If they have and real evidence than show something.
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re: the granddaughter? My info on that came from NYT article. Nothing to do with hearings.
I assumed it was some crack baby situation, but no, the mom seems like a responsible person, etc. Obviously she and HB don’t get along, but weird that the Biden’s have refused to have anything to do with the granddaughter.
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It reads like a complex family situation. This is from that article. So it sounds like they had some sort of arrangement worked out. it looks like he’s paid a lot of $ in support. HB that is.
We worked it out amongst ourselves, Lunden Roberts, the girls mother, said in an interview with The New York Times. It was settled in a discussion with Mr. Biden, she said.-
Doesn’t explain why the Biden family refuses to acknowledge the child or have anything to do with her. Pretty awful IMO.
Not going to influence my decision to vote for Joe Biden– character matters, but even if the opponent isn’t Trump policy matters more.
But I know several unpleasant mother-father situations, unfortunately, and in no case did the grandparents refuse to have anything to do with the child. Quite the opposite.-
well they say we worked it out ourselves. It’s their decision. However, I can totally understand not wanting to. Politics now would put a target on that kids back and people are nuts. So the flip side of the coin is it’s probably great not to be closely associated to JB etc…
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Every family especially large and extended family have things that have happened or are happening that they arent proud of
Many good families lose kids to overdoses every day, have children out of wedlock, fight over money or other stupid things
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones
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well they say we worked it out ourselves. It’s their decision. However, I can totally understand not wanting to. Politics now would put a target on that kids back and people are nuts. So the flip side of the coin is it’s probably great not to be closely associated to JB etc…
did you read the NYT article? What was worked out was a financial settlement between the mom and HB. It’s clear that the family wants the child to have a relationship with her paternal family (which she should), and they refuse. So, no, not “their” decision.
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You can like and support Joe Biden without acting like he walks on water or defending everything he does. I realize of course that it’s standard practice in US politics to reflexively defend every action of politicians you support and reflexively attack every action of those you oppose.
Reminds me of a comment I saw about Osama bin Laden after he was killed. Some low-level intelligence official made the offhand comment (brought on by all of the kids at the house) that OBL was actually a pretty dedicated family man. Of course that didn’t fit with him being the world’s worst terrorist and a gleeful mass murderer, and some people criticized the statement. But that’s reality.
Donald Trump can suck even though, AFAIK, he doesn’t strangle puppies as a hobby. He probably even has some redeeming qualities in there somewhere.
People are complex. No one is perfect.
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well they say we worked it out ourselves. It’s their decision. However, I can totally understand not wanting to. Politics now would put a target on that kids back and people are nuts. So the flip side of the coin is it’s probably great not to be closely associated to JB etc…
did you read the NYT article? What was worked out was a financial settlement between the mom and HB. It’s clear that the family wants the child to have a relationship with her paternal family (which she should), and they refuse. So, no, not “their” decision.
Biden acknowledges 6 grandchildren and says he talks to them every day. Refuses to acknowledge the 7th. That is terrible.
I did. This is right where this quote from the mom was from. We worked it out. They got money, and it appears hefty monthly child support. It doesn’t go into detail as to what was worked out. It also goes onto to indicate the kid is a happy youngster. I guess I don’t see why their family relationship is anything to me. Just like I’d expect people to stay out of my business. If Hunter is the baddy maybe it’s all for the best any way. It would be more fair game if you said it’s a bad look that he had his other grand daughter married at the WH. That’s some pretty iffy behavior for the office.
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We worked it out amongst ourselves, Lunden Roberts, the girls mother, said in an interview with The New York Times. It was settled in a discussion with Mr. Biden, she said-
[link=https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/redirect-to/?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fj6-masterminds-also-fabricated-hunter-biden-laptop-lies-%25E2%2580%2594-and-ex-tea-party-republican-has-proof%2Far-AA1dE6kI]J6 Former GOP Congressman Denver Riggleman joins Hunter Biden legal team, Claims to have evidence that laptop data is ‘fabricated’ [/link]
Riggleman explained he has been working on the “technical and analytical report compared to phone forensics” as it pertains to the infamous laptop. “And I’ve been tracking data over the past two years.”
He explained that a big reason he wanted to take on the role is “[link=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/nancy-mace-hunter-biden/]I hate bullies[/link].” Another point he realized is that many of the people pushing the Hunter Biden conspiracy theories are the same people pushing Jan. 6 conspiracies, like Steve Bannon, Rudy Giuliani, Peter Navarro, and others.
“There are some things I can’t talk about, unlike the grifters. I have to have transparency and verification to stand up in a court of law, but I can tell you this,” Riggleman continued. “What we want to look at first is the data out there purported to be Hunter Biden’s laptop, and we wanted to see if there was any forensic format, and make sure there was no forensic validity to it and Jim, was there none. Jim, if you’re looking at 4chan or from a site like MarcoPolo, [link=https://www.rawstory.com/hunter-biden-outrage-debunked/]you have to have forensic validity[/link]. And I am shocked that anybody in Congress would use that data, or any journalist would use those sources because [of] what we found out. We do have the data, we have the 1s and 0s. We do have the facts based on the 1s and 0s that we have found that it’s the very same folks. We have videos. We have them self-identifying and manipulating the data. We have people like Steve Bannon using words like ‘editorial creativity,’ and we have specific instances of fabrication and manipulation of the data.
He went on to say that Congress should know that whatever data is in the public domain “has no relation to any forensic copy attached to a Hunter Biden laptop. And it looks like, to us, that most of the data is curated. It’s almost like a mixtape of multiple data sources that’s gone through the hands of 30 or 40 people.”
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“The thing is, if it’s just a flank to an election, that’s an awful thing that you want to use,” he continued. “So, I’ll say this, for any type of whistleblower, you’ve got to have proof. You’ve got to have validity. And now that we know that there’s even text messages that were made up, and I think Jim, May 24, 25 and 26 of 2018, we had text messages that were actually made up. Fabricated between a United States Secret Service agent and were reported by the New York Post, which said they had forensic validity. That was just BS.”
He went on to say that it’s possible that the IRS agents perhaps “weren’t trained properly” or “they’re credulous idiots, other liars, or their grifters or some kind of combination of all of that.”
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[b]U.S. Attorney Denies He Sought Special Counsel Status [/b]
David Weiss, the U.S. attorney from Delaware overseeing the federal criminal investigation into Hunter Biden, is denying allegations from an IRS whistleblower that he sought special counsel status but was blocked by senior Justice Department officials, [link=https://punchbowl.news/archive/71023-punchbowl-news-midday/]Punchbowl News[/link] reports.
Weiss statement, made in a letter to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), appears to undermine one of the major claims made by the whistleblower, Gary Shapley. Shapley told House Ways and Means Committee investigators that Weiss reportedly informed IRS and FBI agents during an Oct. 7, 2022, meeting that he sought special counsel status but was denied.-
[link=https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/redirect-to/?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FJim_Jordan%2Fstatus%2F1678473295564251155]https://twitter.com/Jim_Jordan/statu…73295564251155[/link]
Jim Jordan:
“David Weiss says he wasnt limited on where he could bring charges in the Hunter Biden case. Two IRS whistleblowers say the opposite was true. Do you trust Bidens DOJ to tell the truth?”
now weiss is part of biden’s doj? … lolI bet he’s reconsidering his party registration
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Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) was [link=https://www.mediaite.com/tv/holy-moly-maria-bartiromo-wowed-by-gop-congressmans-wild-claim-biden-family-could-have-taken-in-100-million/]interviewed on Fox Business[/link] by Maria Bartiromo, where he accused the Bidens of taking massive bribes with no evidence.
BIGGS: Maria, were talking literally, its not $10 million. Its its well over 20, $30 million. And some estimates as high as $100 million flowing through these accounts.
BARTIROMO: Holy moly!
BIGGS: And so, we have to get to the bottom of it. But were getting slow-walked ourselves from the administration, obviously, and their partisans and their supporters but this looks more and more sinister every time we look at it
BARTIROMO: Unbelievable. As much as $100 million taken in by the Biden family is what you just said.
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why was it that Biden can’t file a suit for defamation?
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Comer’s latest “Bombshell!” falls flat.
[link=https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/redirect-to/?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwapo.st%2F3DjVt4G]https://wapo.st/3DjVt4G[/link]
50 days later, the Biden bribery allegation is no more credible[/h1]
We should not be surprised, then, that we get [link=https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1671564520735506476]baseless accusations[/link] like this, from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).[blockquote]
[FBI Director] Christopher Wray spit in our faces and disrespected our Oversight Committee and our Chairman Comer by forcing us to see redacted versions of UNCLASSIFIED 1023 forms that gave proof of then VP Joe Biden taking a $5 million dollar bribe.
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This is inherently contradictory: How do you know the documents contain proof of a bribe if they were redacted? But, then, Greene has in the past [link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/greene-qanon-house-trump-republicans/2021/01/30/321b4258-623c-11eb-ac8f-4ae05557196e_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_29]failed[/link] to duly consider the available evidence before reaching a conclusion.Its been 50 days and the allegation against Biden is where it was at the outset. Or, really, its a bit further away, given the lack of new evidence, the indications that it is intertwined with Giuliani and the admission even by Republicans that the alleged tape recordings proving the scheme might not exist.
But its something to talk about besides the indictment of Trump, so here we are.
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the 1023 forms are also not proof of anything.
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Hunter Biden trafficked prostitutes across state lines, paid for them from his law firm’s bank account, and then tried to write it off on his taxes.
This is called TAX FRAUD. Of the highest degree.
The IRS was investigating Hunter Biden for this tax fraud until Merrick Garland and the Biden DOJ BLOCKED them from prosecuting.
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He also tried to steal the mona lisa and puts regular gas in unleaded tanks.
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Again, the FBI verified the contents of the laptop. Everything I said is undeniably true.
But you people dont care. Because your team is more important to you than your integrity.
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That’s how they know he’s the one leaving the K-cups in the Keurig.
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[link=https://twitter.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/1683616808295706624]https://twitter.com/MacFa…us/1683616808295706624[/link]
U.S. attorney David Weiss, who has led the Hunter Biden criminal probe, has offered to testify at a public congressional hearing this fall, [link=https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/24/politics/david-weiss-testify-congress-hunter-biden-irs-probe/index.html]CNN[/link] reports.
House Republicans have demanded that Weiss a Donald Trump appointee answer questions about allegations from two IRS whistleblowers that the tax investigation was tainted by political interference.
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Democrats claim the GOP is withholding evidence contradicting claims in Hunter Biden probe
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WASHINGTON (AP) House Democrats are demanding the release of a transcript from a new FBI witness that they say contradicts Republicans claims in the expanding congressional inquiry into President Joe Bidens son, Hunter Biden.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on House Oversight Committee, sent a letter Friday to Rep. James Comer, the Republican chair of the committee, asking him to produce the transcribed interview this month with an FBI agent who worked on the investigation into the younger Bidens taxes and foreign business dealings. The witness was interviewed on July 17.
This failure to release a transcript is the latest in your troubling pattern of concealing key evidence in order to advance a false and distorted narrative about your investigation of Joe Biden that has not only failed to develop any evidence of wrongdoing by President Biden but has, in fact, uncovered substantial evidence to the contrary, Raskin wrote in the letter, which was obtained by The Associated Press.
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[link=https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/31/politics/devon-archer-house-testimony/]CNN
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[b]Former business partner tells House Committee that Hunter Biden sold illusion of access to Joe Biden[/b][/h1]Devon Archer told the House Oversight Committee on Monday that his former business partner, Hunter Biden, was selling the illusion of access to his father, according to a source familiar with the closed-door interview, the latest development in the Republican-led congressional investigations into the presidents son.
The source also reiterated that Archer provided no evidence connecting President Joe Biden to any of his sons foreign business dealings.
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Archers testimony came as House Republicans appear to be shifting their focus away from trying to impeach members of President Joe Bidens Cabinet and instead prioritizing efforts to impeach the president himself by linking him to his sons controversial business dealings, with House investigations related to Hunter Biden now expected to take center stage.[/QUOTE]
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Another GOP “smoking gun” witness fizzles, this time Devon Archer –
Do you have any basis to disagree with the conclusion that “Vice President 18 Biden carried out U.S. foreign policy in the interest of the United States”?
19 A I have no basis to judge.
20 Q Or to disagree with that.
21 A Or disagree.
22 Q You have no knowledge — nothing based on your knowledge or experience 23 contradicts this conclusion.
24 A No.
25 Q Does anything in your knowledge or experience contradict the conclusion
1 that “there was no corruption, wrongdoing, or impropriety on the part of Vice President
2 Biden”?
3 A I have no basis to know.
4 Q The report also found, quote, “No –”
5 Mr. Goldman. I’m sorry. You have no basis to know or is that a no?
6 Mr. Archer. I have — I have — I would have no idea.
7 Mr. Goldman. No basis —
8 Mr. Schwartz.
[b]Are you aware of any wrongdoing by Vice President Biden?[/b]
[b]9 Mr. Archer. No, I’m not aware of any.[/b]
[b]https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Devon-Archer-Transcript.pdf[/b]
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Devon Archer did not testify that they were selling the illusion of access to Joe Biden.
The illusion of access phrase came from representative Goldmans questioning. Not from Devon Archers mouth.
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🛑✋If you watch anything today, watch this.
Great reporting on the Devon Archer transcribed interview from @CBS_Herridge. 👇 pic.twitter.com/OyP3QSDxpd
— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) August 3, 2023
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Hour long interview of Devon Archer, with Tucker.
[link=https://twitter.com/tuckercarlson/status/1687436522625159168?s=46&t=Rf5Slh6vTdZ1HlG6L2Fkcw]https://twitter.com/tucke…Rf5Slh6vTdZ1HlG6L2Fkcw[/link]
Ep. 13 Part 2. Devon Archer pic.twitter.com/R1sxSuPrKq
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) August 4, 2023
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Joe Biden bragged on camera that he got a Ukrainian prosecutor fired by threatening to withhold $1 billion in aid to Ukraine. And it just so happens that that prosecutor was investigating Burisma, the company the then vice presidents son was receiving $80,000 monthly to serve on the board.
What about that?
Youve seen that video with Joe bragging, correct? If not. Let me know and I will link it for you.
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Pretty fascinating the difference between sworn testimony and talking to Tucker.
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Joe Biden bragged on camera that he got a Ukrainian prosecutor fired by threatening to withhold $1 billion in aid to Ukraine. And it just so happens that that prosecutor was investigating Burisma, the company the then vice presidents son was receiving $80,000 monthly to serve on the board.
What about that?
Youve seen that video with Joe bragging, correct? If not. Let me know and I will link it for you.
The Archer testimony actually undermines the Comer/Jordan/Hannity/Tucker talking point that Burisma thought having Shoking fired was a good thing and/or that it would be helpful to Hunter and/or that Zlochevsky paid a bribe and/or that Joe Biden was involved in any of it.
Feel free to read his testimony on the Oversight Committee [link=https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-releases-devon-archers-transcribed-interview-transcript%ef%bf%bc/]transcript[/link] :
Archer actually testified that Shokin was an asset to Burisma.
Mr. Goldman. So was it — Shokin was ultimately removed from office. 107 1
Mr. Archer. Right.
2 Mr. Goldman. Was that a bad thing for — and the Burisma leaders felt like that 3 would be bad for them?
4 Mr. Archer. That was what I was told.
5 Mr. Goldman. Okay. Maybe go to the —
6 Mr. Schwartz. Not by the Burisma leaders.
7 Mr. Archer. Exactly. Not by the Burisma leaders. I was told by the D.C. team.
8 Mr. Goldman. Got it.
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Q So there was a lot of talk about the December 2015 phone call that you 11 made.
12 A Uh-huh.
13 Q So I want to kind of zoom out and kind of take stock of what was going on at 14 that time.
15 A Sure.
16 Q January 2015 is when Zlochevsky’s assets in the U.K. were unfrozen. 17 A Uh-huh. 18 Q Do you remember that?
19 A Yes.
20 Q And it was widely reported that that was because of a lack of cooperation 21 from the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office.
22 A Correct.
23 Q And so this goes to this idea that Shokin, who was prosecutor general in 24 2015, was good for Burisma.
25 A Uh-huh.
Now, Vice President Biden was vocal about his concerns about corruption in the 3 prosecutor general’s office in Ukraine during this time period.
4 A Correct. 5
Q And called for the removal of Shokin from office. Is that correct?
6 A Yes. That was very well publicized.
7 Q Okay. And the Senate minority report, which I referenced earlier, 8 described how Vice President’s public calls for the Ukrainian Government to remove 9 Shokin as prosecutor general was part of an anticorruption policy of the U.S. Government 10 with broad bipartisan support, as well as support from allies and international institutions 11 like the EU and the International Monetary Fund. 12 Do you agree with that conclusion?
13 A Sorry. Can you repeat that?
14 Q Yeah. The Vice President’s public calls for the removal of Shokin was part 15 of this broad bipartisan, international anticorruption effort in Ukraine.
16 A Yes, I believe that was — that was part of the conversation.
Q But it was bad for Burisma. That was the perception at Burisma, because 18 they had Shokin under their control. 19
A No. Burisma never informed me of that. I just was — that’s what was I 20 told, that it was bad for Burisma. But I don’t know. I don’t know if it was good or bad.
21 Mr. Schwartz. Told by the D.C. team.
22 Mr. Archer. Yeah, by the D.C. team
. 23 Mr. Goldman. But you knew that the funds were unfrozen —
24 Mr. Archer. I did know that, yes. 25
Mr. Goldman. — because of lack of — 109
1 Mr. Archer. Cooperation.
2 Mr. Goldman. — cooperation from the Ukrainian prosecutor.
3 Mr. Archer. Yes.
4 Mr. Goldman. So if you heard that from the D.C. team and then you thought 5 about your understanding of what happened with those funds, your own personal 6 knowledge was consistent with what you were hearing — 7 Mr. Archer. Right.
8 Mr. Goldman. — from the D.C. team.
9 Mr. Archer. Right.
Archer agreed that the fact that Shokin did not pursue corruption investigations against Burismas owner, effectively shielding the owner from prosecution.”
Q In other words, Hunter Biden would take credit for his father’s actions, even 23 though he had no role or influence in those actions. 24
A He would take credit for them. 25
Q Despite having no role in them or no influence over them. 116 1
A Yeah. 2
Q Is that fair? 3
A Yeah, I can’t — I don’t know —
4 Q Based on what you knew — 5
A Based on what I knew, yes.
[b]6 Q Did Hunter Biden ever tell you, “I can get my dad to change U.S. policy”? 7 A No.[/b]
[b] 8 Q Are you aware of Hunter Biden ever asking his dad to change foreign policy? 9 A No. [/b]
[b]10 Q Are you ever — were you ever privy to any conversations between Hunter 11 Biden and Joe Biden in which they discussed how — 12 A No. [/b]
[b]13 Q — Joe Biden would — 14 A No.[/b]
[b] 15 Q — take official actions on behalf of Hunter Biden? 16 A No.[/b]
[b] 17 Q So is it fair to say that Hunter Biden was selling the illusion of access to his 18 father? 19 A Yes.[/b]
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Pretty fascinating the difference between sworn testimony and talking to Tucker.
Its almost as of he knows that he can lie on Tuckers show but if he lies to Congress he goes to prison
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Isn’t that the requirement for appearing on Tucker’s show? The actual business plan?
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[link=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/vivek-ramaswamy-suggests-us-may-aiding-ukraine-hunter-biden-deal-rcna98359][b]Vivek Ramaswamy says U.S. only aiding Ukraine because of Hunter Biden[/b]
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The purpose of the U.S. military [is] to advance American interests, to protect the homeland. Not to aimlessly fight some random war thats arguably a repayment for a private bribe that a family member of the United States received, $5 million from Burisma, said Ramaswamy, speaking at a campaign event to a crowd of about 60 Iowans in Council Bluffs.
Ramaswamy, whos crisscrossing Iowa in a bid to win the Republican nomination, has been highly critical of U.S. foreign policy in Ukraine while on the trail.
Was the payment to Hunter Biden corrupt? Absolutely it was. Do I think that it has some relationship towards our posture toward Ukraine? I think its likely that it does, Ramaswamy said.
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Two nearly simultaneous happenings in the Hunter Biden story
Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed David Weiss to be special counsel overseeing investigations into Hunter Biden.
Also: Fifth Circuit just struck 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) {the gun possession by an addict} as unconstitutional in US v. Daniels, the same statute Hunter Biden is charged under (and many others).Supreme Court’s Bruen is cited here, once again.
[link=https://twitter.com/kaelandc/status/1689428013966913536?s=46&t=wj-kQtLCLPNb9xDTKbHRvQ]https://twitter.com/kaelandc/status/1689428013966913536?s=46&t=wj-kQtLCLPNb9xDTKbHRvQ[/link]
JUST IN: Fifth Circuit just struck 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) as unconstitutional in US v. Daniels, the same statute Hunter Biden is charged under (and many others).
Supreme Court's Bruen is cited here, once again. pic.twitter.com/vKjPARUQ8f
— Kaelan Deese (@KaelanDC) August 10, 2023
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Well this is some interesting stuff. First, Garland under the regs cannot appoint Weiss as special counsel and let him still function as a the US Attorney in DE, which he said he would continue. From the regs:
[b][i]The Special Counsel shall be selected from outside the United States Government.[/i][/b]
So now it raises more questions. Is this an effort by Garland’s corrupt DOJ to slow walk the investigation w an upcoming election? Weiss was scheduled to appear before Congress in the fall. Does this now give him cover to avoid answering any questions about the Hunter investigation?
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And now there are reports Weiss has w/d action on the Hunter charges claiming an impasse has occurred. He and the DOJ already slow walked 2014-2015 tax fraud case so the limitations ran out.
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Well this is some interesting stuff. First, Garland under the regs cannot appoint Weiss as special counsel and let him still function as a the US Attorney in DE, which he said he would continue. From the regs:
[b][i]The Special Counsel shall be selected from outside the United States Government.[/i][/b]
So now it raises more questions. Is this an effort by Garland’s corrupt DOJ to slow walk the investigation w an upcoming election? Weiss was scheduled to appear before Congress in the fall. Does this now give him cover to avoid answering any questions about the Hunter investigation?
Since Weiss requested the change, I presume he will step down as US Attorney to take on the role of Special Counsel. (He should have been long gone by now anyway, but Biden kept him on solely to continue the Hunter case)
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