Doubt this changes any minds but putting out there as information for the discussion: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/us/politics/hunter-biden-thomas-sobocinski-testimony.html F.B.I. Agent Undercuts Claims of Political Interference in Hunter Biden Inquiry Thomas Sobocinski, an F.B.I. agent, told House investigators that the prosecutor overseeing the investigation into the president’s son never said he did not have full authority to pursue charges. high-ranking F.B.I. agent has provided testimony to the House Judiciary Committee that contradicts a key claim made by an I.R.S. agent who said that political interference had hampered the investigation into the taxes of Hunter Biden, the president’s son, dealing a blow to House Republicans’ wide-ranging inquiry into the Biden administration. In closed-door testimony last week, Thomas Sobocinski, the special agent in charge of the Baltimore Field Office of the F.B.I., told House investigators that David C. Weiss, the U.S. attorney for Delaware overseeing the Justice Department’s inquiry into Hunter Biden, never said he did not have full authority to pursue charges against the president’s son, according to a transcript obtained by The New York Times. The testimony undercut a key claim from Gary Shapley, a veteran I.R.S. agent turned whistle-blower who has accused the Justice Department of giving Mr. Biden preferential treatment. It also buttressed the account of Mr. Weiss himself, who said he had “never been denied the authority to bring charges in any jurisdiction.” more at link
Good. Justice served. Now I want everyone here who owns a gun that has done drugs to turn yourself in to the Harris county police station by tomorrow at noon.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy...m-distant-to-frigid-e2b81f5d?mod=hp_lead_pos3 Ties Between Joe Biden and Merrick Garland Deteriorate From Distant to Frigid Attorney general’s vaunted independence has put a pall on relations between the White House and Justice Department By Aruna Viswanatha and Sadie Gurman Sept. 16, 2023 at 10:00 am ET WASHINGTON—The already frosty relationship between President Biden and his attorney general, Merrick Garland, is now in a deep freeze. Respect and admiration among White House aides for Garland, a longtime federal appeals-court judge chosen to underscore the independence of the Justice Department, has shifted for some into resignation and distrust. They point to Garland having appointed not just a special counsel to investigate former President Donald Trump, but two others as well: one looking into Bidenand another probing his son, Hunter Biden. On Thursday, the latter indicted the younger Biden on gun charges. Some Biden aides have said they see Garland’s handling of the inquiries into the Biden family as driven less by a dispassionate pursuit of justice than by a punctilious desire to give the appearance that sensitive investigations are walled off from political pressure, people familiar with the matter say. Those aides point out, for example, that prosecutors closed within months an inquiry into classified documents found at former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home, but assigned a special counsel—with wider latitude and more independence—to examine similar issues for Biden, also a former vice president. That probe remains open. As for the Hunter Biden case, a lawyer for him said the decisions to appoint a special counsel and indict the president’s son after he had agreed to a plea deal reflected “partisan interference in this process.” A spokeswoman for Garland declined to comment. White House spokeswoman Olivia Dalton said Biden appointed Garland “because of his decades of fidelity to the rule of law consistent with his commitment when he ran for president to restore the independence of the Justice Department, free from political interference.” The attorney general’s allies say those appointments aren’t him bending to pressure, but rather insulating the probes that touch on Biden—Garland’s boss and the man who appointed him. Garland has pledged to lawmakers not to interfere with the Hunter Biden investigation, and President Biden has repeatedly said any decisions about the investigations are “up to the Justice Department.” “He’s doing what the president asked him to do, and that is restore justice to DOJ, and follow the facts and follow the law and keep the politics out of decision-making,” said Anthony Coley, Garland’s former spokesman, who said Garland has never been a frequent presence at the White House. Hunter Biden’s plea deal, agreed to in June, raised hopes among President Biden’s allies that his yearslong legal and personal drama could largely be resolved and not hang over the 2024 presidential campaign, in which Biden is running for re-election. After the agreement imploded in court, though, Garland made the Trump-appointed Delaware U.S. attorney, David Weiss, a special counsel to continue the five-year probe. That left some White House aides believing Garland had mismanaged the inquiry, the people said. Some Biden aides also felt Garland should have taken a firmer hand after agents working on the case came forward to Republican lawmakers with allegations of improper interference in the investigation, which the aides viewed as agents improperly leaking investigative information. Hunter Biden’s lawyers have argued as much directly to the Justice Department, while the agents have said they were reporting concerns through appropriate channels. The agents’ accounts have fueled criticism of the Hunter Biden investigation among Republicans, who plan to grill Garland about the case next week during what is expected to be a fiery hearing of the House Judiciary Committee. Speaker Kevin McCarthy earlier this week announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden, which the White House has dismissed as evidence-free and “extreme politics.” Adding to the fraught relationship between the Justice Department and the White House, special counsel Robert Hur has been negotiating with President Biden’s lawyers for weeks over the contours of an interview with the president, according to people familiar with the matter. Hur was appointed by Garland in January to investigate why classified documents ended up at a Washington think-tank office used by Biden after he left the vice presidency, and at his Wilmington, Del., home. The two sides are still discussing many details of the interview, including what the scope of questions would be, the people said. more at the link
The White House shouldn't be strict on guns and simultaneously let Hunter Biden slide. It's also very hypocritical for any legitimate 2A rights supporter to think Hunter Biden should be punished for this.
Other than the White House press secretary stating there will be no pardon if Hunter is convicted of making a false statement on a gun application about not using illegal drugs and possessing a firearm while using a narcotic, what else has the administration said? While I'm generally against over-prosecution, I support establishing a precedent here, as I believe no one should own a gun while using narcotics. Prosecutors should charge anyone who possesses a firearm while using narcotics or who falsifies their gun application about drug use. Congress should pass legislation to make this a consistent prosecution policy.
Hunter suing IRS for not paying taxes lol..... Hunter Biden Sues IRS After Whistleblowers Reveal He Was Given Sweetheart Deal for Not Paying Taxes on Millions in Illicit Business Deals https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/09/hunter-biden-sues-irs-after-whistleblowers-reveal-he/ "Hunter Biden sued the IRS after whistleblowers revealed he did not pay taxes on millions of dollars in international money schemes and was given a sweetheart deal from far left investigators."
Biden fears he might die before Hunter’s legal woes are resolved: report https://nypost.com/2023/09/18/joe-fears-he-might-be-dead-before-hunters-case-is-resolved-report/ excerpt: The president and first lady Jill Biden are “resigned to the fact that Hunter’s legal problems will likely worsen in the months ahead,” according to the outlet — with a source close to the family saying Joe Biden has lamented out loud “that he might be dead before his son’s case would be resolved.” more at the link
These impeachment hearings will be the greatest gift ever to the Biden campaign. The entire nation will see how ****ing crazy @Os Trigonum was and how ridiculous @StupidMoniker claim was that biden is guilty of anything. Itl be one of those moments in history folks will always remember. A huge gift Did biden remove the trump appointed prosecutor who's charging his son? No?
Indeed. They almost always are a terrible idea. They were with Clinton, they were with Trump, they will be with Biden. There is no point in impeaching a President when his party controls the Senate unless he has been caught murdering children or something.
No idea. All I'm saying is that the the president previously avoided the "should his son be charged" statements (understandable) when the White House was clear about upholding gun laws such as charging drug users in possession. Seems like this latest charge was due mainly to his plea deal falling apart. This thing is just weird when many Republicans want Hunter in prison for things many Republicans would find unconstitutional according to current 2A doctrine.
Hunter Biden received payments from China, with beneficiary address listed as President Biden's Delaware home. Joe Biden's Delaware home was listed as the beneficiary address on two wire transfers Hunter Biden received from China, a top Republican says. House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer says he obtained bank records through a subpoena that showed Hunter received payments from Beijingwhen Joe was vice president. The records state that Joe's Wilmington, Delaware, home was listed as the beneficiary address. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...s-Republican-says-obtaining-bank-records.html
Do the right wing MAGATs know Trump literally had a bank account in china while he was president lmao. good god you MAGAts are literally the dumbest folks on planet earth. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/us/trump-taxes-china.html Utter morons
There's literally checks written out to Joe Biden from Hunter stating he was paying rent. Their gotcha allegations are so ****ing lame @Salvy Their so damn dumb
