No, you're missing the point. Prosecutors prosecute the cases they think they can win. snipes was an obvious case they could easily win...and he didn't pay the money back. 23.5 million. That ain't "hounding".cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 3:59 pmThat isn't the point MD. The feds hounded Mr Snipes for years. I don't think they offered him anything in the same league of a deal than they ever offered to Hunter. So for snips and giggles if this case had not been resolved do you think a republican POTUS and his DOJ would have cut the same deal? Your missing the bigger point. If the feds and the DOJ want to nail your ass to the wall they will do so with all of the resources available to them. If they don't think your case is worth their time and effort you get a slap on the wrist. Is that how equal justice under the law is defined? FTR, I'm glad for Hunter. I think he was very fortunate to cut the deal that he did.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 3:49 pmSee, I really don't think your characterization is accurate...if you haven't committed crimes it's darn hard to nail you to the wall when everyone's watching. We have this thing called a justice system that makes it extremely difficult to do without solid proof.cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 3:35 pmYour talking about a situation where Hunters sentence can easily be represented by Republicans as preferential treatment. When the Feds want to prosecute you bad enough they will find the way to nail you to the wall. I wonder how Wesley Snipes feels about this. They went after him relentlessly.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 3:30 pmmmm, the US Attorney made these decisions quite likely based on his own assessment, not any instruction from Garland or anyone else at the top of DOJ.cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 3:10 pmBut the whining if phrased properly, would revolve around the preferential treatment given by the DOJ in this matter. I think the DOJ made the perfect choice at exactly the right time. Maybe not so much in the ethical sense but adjudicating this case against Hunter Biden at this time is a brilliant move. By 2024 elections the vast majority of Americans won't even remember who Hunter is much less what he confessed to.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 1:13 pmof course not, babies whine.cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 12:46 pmDoes that come as a surprise to anyone?jhu72 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 11:38 am... even without this they will pick on Hunter, that is already baked in.cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 11:34 amI was thinking along the line of Hunters problems becoming campaign fodder for the Republicans.jhu72 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 10:08 am... just wait. Not the charges they wanted, no jail time (as expected by sane people). No effect on his father. The government prosecutor is a Trump appointee.cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 9:55 amWhy would they whine? Isn't that what they wanted all along? How this effects Bidens reelection in 2024 just got complicated for the POTUS.
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PS: the whining has begun. Both Trump and DeSantis whining.
Trump is a professional whiner, DeSantis sounds like he's whining no matter what he says....something in the pitch of his voice?
The decision to leave the Trump appointee in place was a decision to wall off that effort from any notion of political interference...had there been such presumably that US Attorney would have squawked.
That was a good call...and sure, fortunately the answer after 5 years of investigating was there was no more there there. So, rational to wrap it up.
If he hadn't done so and there really wasn't any justification other than partisan interest to do so, presumably others in that office would have eventually squawked; and if it was found out later he'd acted as a partisan, unless that's really who you want to be going forward, then it's a heck of a repetitional stain...so, let's give the benefit of the doubt to the prosecutor that he made this decision based on his own recognition of reality above any partisan interest. He's going to land the plane with a "win" on tax counts plea.
But as to "remember", I'll make another bet today that there's no way the right wing media world will let their viewers "not remember" Hunter. They'll make it sound like this was all a cover-up, and "the Biden crime family" doesn't deserve election. Yes, they'll gloss over what he actually confessed to...which he confessed long ago!
The "preferential treatment" is. massive projection by the Trump cult as to what they would do if they were in charge...they can't imagine not weaponizing the government against their political foes, so of course that explains everything...Yikes it's delusional for those who actually buy it, but it's the grifters peddling this swill that make me angry.
As to Snipes, he was recalcitrant, fought conviction and was found guilty of committing fraud and tax evasion...$23.5 million. Sentenced on 3 counts, 3 years. Did 2.5 years.
https://www.newsweek.com/wesley-snipes- ... mp-1534637
If you want to see a double standard, take a look at what Trump has gotten away with for decades.
But even there, Trump was practically in the business of and an expert in manipulation and tax evasion, and his numbers and complexity are staggering, making it so much more daunting to try to untangle.
Snipes' crimes were very straightforward. He didn't file his returns and later claimed he didn't need to because the income was earned off shore..but that ain't the way it works. Very simple case.
Trump was a massively large criminal enterprise, but extremely complex, and purposefully difficult to untangle.
But it's your notion that a POTUS has anything to do with what cases should be prosecuted and what not...that's egregiously out of bounds...yes, this new MAGA world projection crappola has betrayed all of that, Trump blew it up, but the Biden Admin is trying rather hard to re-instill public confidence.
And that's blowing MAGA-world's minds, but I predict history will look back kindly on this period of reversal, hopefully from a perspective where Presidents once again stay the heck away from prosecutions.
In the meantime, expect the assault on DOJ's integrity to continue until MAGA is spent and sent to the dust heap of history.
Meanwhile, We should applaud and reward those who are resisting MAGA's corruption.
BTW, do you think that some part of Obama wouldn't have loved to have "weaponized" the DOJ to go after the guy most responsible for the "birther" nonsense? Of course, he'd have loved to have buried Trump, whether in jail, or investigative defense costs, or under concrete...but he obviously cared more about the rule of law and an independent DOJ.
As we should expect and demand from any POTUS.