Hunter Biden Tinfoil issues

[njbill]

Did McCarthy make the same complaint about Durham?

[Brooklyn]

Interesting that Republicans are so concerned about Hunter Biden over his alleged "corruption" but nobody shows any such concern over allegations made against Clarence Thomas.


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Biden is not in political office while Thomas is. It follows that politicians should be concerned with his issues.

[ggait]

Did McCarthy make the same complaint about Durham?

Bingo!

Bill — does it seem like Hunters lawyer is just doing a terrible job?

How do you bungle from done plea deal to sc appointment in two weeks?

[Kismet]

Did McCarthy make the same complaint about Durham?

Bingo!

Bill — does it seem like Hunters lawyer is just doing a terrible job?

How do you bungle from done plea deal to sc appointment in two weeks?

Maybe ask his big-time defense counsel Abbe Lowell
https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/p ... david.html

[ggait]

I think hunters main lawyer is Chris Clark, recently of Latham.

He and Weiss seem to be having issues.

[a fan]

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/08/ ... s-a-farce/

Garland’s Special-Counsel Appointment in the Biden Probe Is a Farce

By ANDREW C. MCCARTHY, August 11, 2023 4:06 PM

To begin with, Weiss is not eligible to be a special counsel under the special-counsel regulations. To be clear, the attorney general has all the authority he needs to assign Weiss to the case (and, indeed, Weiss has been assigned to it throughout Garland’s tenure). But under the regulations that Garland purports to be applying, what makes a special counsel special is that he or she is a lawyer brought in from outside the government, not just outside the Justice Department. As Section 600.3 of the regulations states without ambiguity, “the Special Counsel shall be selected from outside the United States Government.” The point of the exercise is to bring in a scrupulous, experienced former prosecutor who does not work for the incumbent administration, because there is a connection between the president and the investigation that creates a profound conflict of interest for the Justice Department. There could not be a more serious, blatant conflict of interest than a situation in which the president’s Justice Department is conducting an investigation of the president’s son that implicates the president in potentially impeachable conduct.

Of course, if he were to deign to answer questions (as he declined to do today), Garland would point out that that last of the regulations, Section 600.10, makes clear that no one can sue him for refusing to follow the regulations. And that’s right: This is all theater. He is pretending to follow regulations while not following them, hoping you don’t notice but aware that even if you do notice there’s nothing you can do about it. Got that?

Weiss is an official of the government and the Biden Justice Department. In his statement this afternoon, Garland confirmed not only that Weiss had been asked in February 2021 to stay on with the Biden Justice Department, but that — notwithstanding today’s farcical appointment — Weiss will be continuing on as the Biden Justice Department’s top prosecutor in Delaware.

That is to say: Weiss is the vehicle by which the Biden Justice Department intends to maintain tight control over the so-called Biden investigation.

No surprise there. Weiss has all along compliantly acted as the vehicle by which the Biden Justice Department protects the president, and thus the president’s son, from a credible investigation.

It is Weiss who has already allowed the statute of limitations on any offenses arising out of the 2014–15 corruption — such as the Bidens’ dealings with Burisma — to lapse. Weiss well knew, when he was given the investigation in 2018, that the statute of limitations for the relevant tax counts was six years, and for other potential crimes it was five years. Because of the way Weiss has handled the investigation, any criminal offenses that occurred while Joe Biden was vice president are now time-barred. As I noted when the House Oversight Committee released its latest report on the $20 million-plus the Biden family raked in from agents of corrupt and anti-American governments, much of the conduct — and money — committee investigators have uncovered comes from transactions that took place prior to 2017.

It is Weiss who has never indicted Hunter Biden, even though his tax-evasion and gun crimes are straightforward and have been well known for many years. Weiss’s strategy is to resist obtaining a grand-jury indictment because such an indictment would stop the statute-of-limitations clock from lapsing on those crimes. The most outrageous revelation in the testimony of the whistleblower IRS agents who worked the Biden case was that Hunter’s defense lawyers were willing to waive any statute-of-limitations objections in the interest of getting a global plea agreement that would give him an immunity bath for all conduct from 2014 forward. It is Weiss who decided to just let the statute of limitations lapse instead.

It was Weiss’s subordinates who instructed agents to avoid asking witnesses questions about “the big guy” and “dad,” in order to ensure the investigation didn’t incriminate the president. It was Weiss’s subordinates who tipped off Hunter Biden’s lawyers that Hunter had transferred relevant documents to a storage locker for which Weiss knew the IRS agents were planning to seek a search warrant, thus frustrating the investigators’ ability to seize key evidence.

It was Weiss who, on behalf of the Biden Justice Department, collaborated with Hunter Biden’s lawyers in the design of an indefensible plea agreement that, in violation of Justice Department standards, sought to trade away the government’s capacity to indict Hunter Biden in exchange for his admission of guilt to two misdemeanor tax offenses — in connection with which Weiss promised to recommend a sentence without jail time, in addition to the eventual dismissal of a gun felony punishable by up to ten years in prison.

It was Weiss’s prosecutors who told Judge Maryellen Noreika that they were running an “ongoing investigation” in which Hunter Biden could still be charged. Hunter’s lawyers objected that he had been promised immunity, which is what blew up the plea bargain. And we know Hunter’s lawyers were telling the truth about the terms: No prosecutor who had a serious political-corruption investigation on his hands would, in the midst of that supposedly “ongoing investigation,” gift one of its main subjects a plea to two misdemeanor tax charges.

It was Weiss who agreed to a factual recitation in Hunter’s plea proceeding that stated that the millions of dollars Hunter took in came from his legitimate work as a high-end lawyer and consultant, and that Hunter failed to pay his taxes because he was drug-addled. This would never conceivably be agreed to by a prosecutor who was running an “ongoing investigation” that indicated that the millions of dollars actually came from bribery and influence-peddling, and that Hunter didn’t pay his taxes as part of an overarching strategy by which the Bidens tried to hide the sources and amounts of the money transfers.

I could go on, but the bottom line is that Weiss is not eligible under the regulations to be a special counsel. He has been abra-cadabra stamped as one so he can continue killing the “ongoing investigation” he is running.

And why “special counsel”? Because unlike normal Justice Department prosecutors, special counsels get to write a final report. Weiss’s appointment is designed to allow him to write a report that says President Biden had no involvement in the yearslong Biden-family influence-peddling scheme of profiting from his power — a scheme that that could not have gone on for two days if the now-president had honored his public trust, followed government ethics rules, and told his family to knock it off.

Joe Biden never did that because he is the business. Garland has now branded Weiss a special counsel to persist in his thus far very effective job of burying that fact.

+1 Garland could have chosen any one to be the SC. He chose the guy who created this mess for him in the first place. Meet the new boss same as the old boss. With the SC label tagged on Weiss he is no longer available to testify in front of Congress. You all know the drill, Weiss can't testify in front of Congress because he is now involved in an 'ongoing investigation" This is one of those opportunities to start over brand new with a fresh pair of eyes. Weiss is damaged goods even though he was a trump appointee. Funny how every liberal worth his/her salt has to keep saying Weiss was a trump appointee. Given trumps track record of poor judgement it should be no surprise that Weiss threw him under the bus.

So now we've added to the Deep State list? Now both Bill Barr AND Weiss---both appointed by Trump------are covering for Hunter?

Neat-o. Gee, why is Trump about to get reelected? I'm sure it has NOTHING to do with the fact that Republican voters that were reasonable, thoughtful Americans before Trump arrived, now see conspiracies everywhere.

And all of the conspirators who are working against Trump? They were all appointed by Trump. You can't make this stuff up.

Best of luck with your latest conspiracy fellas! I missed the Bingo card selection of "we're going to investigate Hunter for a full decade, and act like this makes perfect sense".

[njbill]

Did McCarthy make the same complaint about Durham?

Bingo!

Bill — does it seem like Hunters lawyer is just doing a terrible job?

How do you bungle from done plea deal to sc appointment in two weeks?

I agree. Never practiced criminal law so I’m not very conversant in how plea negotiations go, but if it were me, I would’ve made 1000% certain that I didn’t walk out of that court room without a plea bargain deal that was agreed to by the prosecutor and the judge.

In theory, I understand Hunter’s concern about some Trump prosecutor down the road claiming he violated probation, but as I understand it, that issue could still be brought before a judge, presumably this very same judge who didn’t want to serve as the “arbitrator” in the first instance. So let the Trump prosecutor claim a probation violation. Then take it back to this judge and argue no violation occurred. It seems to me you get to the very same endpoint that way. If the arbitrator-judge wasn’t going to rule it a violation, then the judge-judge wouldn’t either. On the other hand, if she thinks a violation did occur, then you are in deep doo doo which is precisely where you’d be under the initial deal that got blown up.

It’s negotiating 101. You ask the other side, here the USA and the judge, what they want, what would be acceptable. If you can live with it, you give it to them. Sometimes, really almost always, you have to give up something in a negotiation you didn’t want to.

Now Pandora’s box has been opened up. Who knows where this thing is going to go.

P.S. Wonder if the gun charges will now go away since under Clarence’s decision, they appear to be unconstitutional. Looking forward to Andy’s article on that.

[RedFromMI]

And the BS about both Durham’s pick as SC and Weiss’ pick as same is absolutely wrong - the section of law cited does require outside of government pick of a special counsel, but that is NOT the section used by MG for the second pick, and Barr for the first one…

H/T to PMM (emptywheel)

[a fan]

And the BS about both Durham’s pick as SC and Weiss’ pick as same is absolutely wrong - the section of law cited does require outside of government pick of a special counsel, but that is NOT the section used by MG for the second pick, and Barr for the first one…

H/T to PMM (emptywheel)

Weiss was appointed by Trump. And Bill Barr directed Weiss to lead the work in DC.

And they are protecting Hunter. Because of course they are. Wonder if they had whiskey or beers in their secret meetings?

[OCanada]

And the BS about both Durham’s pick as SC and Weiss’ pick as same is absolutely wrong - the section of law cited does require outside of government pick of a special counsel, but that is NOT the section used by MG for the second pick, and Barr for the first one…

H/T to PMM (emptywheel)

Weiss was appointed by Trump. And Bill Barr directed Weiss to lead the work in DC.

And they are protecting Hunter. Because of course they are. Wonder if they had whiskey or beers in their secret meetings?

Did you ever try to calculate the number of people involved in an the deep state global conspiracy to do everything attributed to them and still be amorphous and hidden from view without a leak?

I xid hear thete was gin made out west

[a fan]

And the BS about both Durham’s pick as SC and Weiss’ pick as same is absolutely wrong - the section of law cited does require outside of government pick of a special counsel, but that is NOT the section used by MG for the second pick, and Barr for the first one…

H/T to PMM (emptywheel)

Weiss was appointed by Trump. And Bill Barr directed Weiss to lead the work in DC.

And they are protecting Hunter. Because of course they are. Wonder if they had whiskey or beers in their secret meetings?

Did you ever try to calculate the number of people involved in an the deep state global conspiracy to do everything attributed to them and still be amorphous and hidden from view without a leak?

Better still, you'll find that nearly everyone in their Deep State was either a Republican, or appointed by a Republican. And they are all risking their careers to protect Hunter Biden, and to go after Republicans in office. Oh, and hiding it all from the public, yes, you're right.

Meanwhile? Not one single new idea as to how to help their Republican base-----working class Americans------is on the docket. Not one.

It's depressing, sad, and hilarious, all at the same time.

[njbill]

And the BS about both Durham’s pick as SC and Weiss’ pick as same is absolutely wrong - the section of law cited does require outside of government pick of a special counsel, but that is NOT the section used by MG for the second pick, and Barr for the first one…

H/T to PMM (emptywheel)

Thanks. I was too lazy to look that up.

I suspect Andy dictated his column into his phone while his toes were curled up in the sand and he was sipping a Bud Lite. Oh, wait, righties don't drink Bud Lite anymore. Maybe it was a Shirley Temple.

[ggait]

And the BS about both Durham’s pick as SC and Weiss’ pick as same is absolutely wrong - the section of law cited does require outside of government pick of a special counsel, but that is NOT the section used by MG for the second pick, and Barr for the first one…

H/T to PMM (emptywheel)

Red -- so that means that Garland and Barr were BOTH in compliance when appointing DOJ insiders Durham and Weiss? Which, of course, is exactly what you'd expect. That the USAG knows his DOJ rules.

So that means McCarthy is a clue-less hack for complaining about this. For two reasons.

First, because he has the law completely wrong. And second, because he raised no objection when Barr did the same thing with Durham.

Bahahahahahahahahahaha. Classic!!!

So Salted Caramel's go-to legal advisor is an idiot hack. Just like the Saltine. Like we didn't already know that.

[SCLaxAttack]

And the BS about both Durham’s pick as SC and Weiss’ pick as same is absolutely wrong - the section of law cited does require outside of government pick of a special counsel, but that is NOT the section used by MG for the second pick, and Barr for the first one…

H/T to PMM (emptywheel)

Weiss was appointed by Trump. And Bill Barr directed Weiss to lead the work in DC.

And they are protecting Hunter. Because of course they are. Wonder if they had whiskey or beers in their secret meetings?

Did you ever try to calculate the number of people involved in an the deep state global conspiracy to do everything attributed to them and still be amorphous and hidden from view without a leak?

Better still, you'll find that nearly everyone in their Deep State was either a Republican, or appointed by a Republican. And they are all risking their careers to protect Hunter Biden, and to go after Republicans in office. Oh, and hiding it all from the public, yes, you're right.

Meanwhile? Not one single new idea as to how to help their Republican base-----working class Americans------is on the docket. Not one.

It's depressing, sad, and hilarious, all at the same time.

Somebody must have some AMAZING damning photos to keep all these people in line.

[a fan]

And the BS about both Durham’s pick as SC and Weiss’ pick as same is absolutely wrong - the section of law cited does require outside of government pick of a special counsel, but that is NOT the section used by MG for the second pick, and Barr for the first one…

H/T to PMM (emptywheel)

Thanks. I was too lazy to look that up.

I suspect Andy dictated his column into his phone while his toes were curled up in the sand and he was sipping a Bud Lite. Oh, wait, righties don't drink Bud Lite anymore. Maybe it was a Shirley Temple.

TeamTinFoil isn't listening to the whistleblowers. And I don't think the whistleblowers understand what they are saying, either, frankly. Which leads me to believe that they are in the dark, and don't know what the lawyers were doing.

This all lands firmly on the Desk of two Trump appointees: Barr and Weiss. The idea that they are protecting Hunter seems more than a little weird. But that's what's being claimed, even though no one wants to hear that.

Here's his testimony transcript. Read his opening statement. All the complaining started BEFORE the 2020, and BEFORE Joe Biden showed up.

If I saw TeamTinFoil discussing this? I'd stop calling them TeamTinFoil. Because we haven't heard from Bill Barr on these points, and no one is smart enough to ask him questions about his choices in 2020. And no one is smart enough to ask him "what did your DoJ folks find in the DoJ report that chased down Hunter and Joe's alleged Ukraine financial shenanigans? You had that on your desk in Aug of 2020".

And why isn't he House asking for that report to be released? If Joe is on the take? Let's hear it, FFS.

Instead, we get to waste our time with nonsense, instead of discussing what actually happened.

I'll say it one last time: Weiss was appointed by Trump. What possible motivation would he have to risk his career to protect Hunter or Joe? He'd be a freaking HERO if he got the goods on them.

https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/ ... timony.pdf

[ggait]

It’s negotiating 101. You ask the other side, here the USA and the judge, what they want, what would be acceptable. If you can live with it, you give it to them. Sometimes, really almost always, you have to give up something in a negotiation you didn’t want to.

I'm a deal lawyer, not criminal/litigator. But this feels like HB's team turned a small problem (what if Trump wins and has his USAG target me a couple years from now on a de minimis gun charge) into a big problem. No deal, no resolution, and now I have to start over with an SC with unlimited time, resources and jurisdiction. Doh!

I see Weiss is now withdrawing the tax charges charges in DE. Smells like new charges will be coming in DC and CA. Ruh roh Hunter.

GOP should be happy AF with this new twist. Of course, they'll spin it as more Illuminati cover up for the BCF.

While all this is bad for Hunter, two things are still true:

1. HB is not, and never has been, a public official.

2. Still zero evidence of Grandpa Joe (purported head of the BCF) getting a dime out of any of this.

And to be clear, I'm totally fine with whatever the career DOJ-ers eventually do with HB.

[a fan]

I see Weiss is now withdrawing the tax charges charges in DE. Smells like new charges will be coming in DC and CA. Ruh roh Hunter.

GOP should be happy AF with this new twist. Of course, they'll spin it as more Illuminati cover up for the BCF.

Count on it.

And to be clear, I'm totally fine with whatever the career DOJ-ers eventually do with HB.

That were appointed by Trump.

Isn't that weird, Ggait? How come we're not claiming "conspiracy" when the DoJ lawyers involved were appointed by Trump?

We need to get our acts together, and get with the program.

Weiss gets to dig for another five years. Whatever works. Protip: if you don't file your taxes for two freaking years, expect rough waters.

[SCLaxAttack]

I see Weiss is now withdrawing the tax charges charges in DE. Smells like new charges will be coming in DC and CA. Ruh roh Hunter.

GOP should be happy AF with this new twist. Of course, they'll spin it as more Illuminati cover up for the BCF.

Count on it.

And to be clear, I'm totally fine with whatever the career DOJ-ers eventually do with HB.

That were appointed by Trump.

Isn't that weird, Ggait? How come we're not claiming "conspiracy" when the DoJ lawyers involved were appointed by Trump?

We need to get our acts together, and get with the program.

Weiss gets to dig for another five years. Whatever works. Protip: if you're the child of a politician and you don't file your taxes for two freaking years, expect rough waters. If you're John Q Public and don't file, expect the IRS to be mad and make you pay your taxes, plus interest, and then case closed.

Fixed it for you.

[a fan]

I see Weiss is now withdrawing the tax charges charges in DE. Smells like new charges will be coming in DC and CA. Ruh roh Hunter.

GOP should be happy AF with this new twist. Of course, they'll spin it as more Illuminati cover up for the BCF.

Count on it.

And to be clear, I'm totally fine with whatever the career DOJ-ers eventually do with HB.

That were appointed by Trump.

Isn't that weird, Ggait? How come we're not claiming "conspiracy" when the DoJ lawyers involved were appointed by Trump?

We need to get our acts together, and get with the program.

Weiss gets to dig for another five years. Whatever works. Protip: if you're the child of a politician and you don't file your taxes for two freaking years, expect rough waters. If you're John Q Public and don't file, expect the IRS to be mad and make you pay your taxes, plus interest, and then case closed.

Fixed it for you.

Totally true. I'd amend that to add: 1%ers We watched how we were treated in the American judicial system vs. how employees without assets and education were treated. It's two systems. As I said before....whoever the guy was who paid Hunter's back taxes? Gross. Disgusting corruption.

I will say that I'd expect that given the fact that Weiss is now in the spotlight, and he now has a second crack at Hunter (pardon the pun)?


....mess with the bull, and you'll get the horns. I'd imagine Weiss will throw everything he can at Hunter.

[old salt]

I see Weiss is now withdrawing the tax charges charges in DE. Smells like new charges will be coming in DC and CA. Ruh roh Hunter.

GOP should be happy AF with this new twist. Of course, they'll spin it as more Illuminati cover up for the BCF.

Count on it.

And to be clear, I'm totally fine with whatever the career DOJ-ers eventually do with HB.

That were appointed by Trump.

Isn't that weird, Ggait? How come we're not claiming "conspiracy" when the DoJ lawyers involved were appointed by Trump?

We need to get our acts together, and get with the program.

Weiss gets to dig for another five years. Whatever works. Protip: if you're the child of a politician and you don't file your taxes for two freaking years, expect rough waters. If you're John Q Public and don't file, expect the IRS to be mad and make you pay your taxes, plus interest, and then case closed.

Fixed it for you.

Totally true. I'd amend that to add: 1%ers We watched how we were treated in the American judicial system vs. how employees without assets and education were treated. It's two systems. As I said before....whoever the guy was who paid Hunter's back taxes? Gross. Disgusting corruption.

I will say that I'd expect that given the fact that Weiss is now in the spotlight, and he now has a second crack at Hunter (pardon the pun)?

....mess with the bull, and you'll get the horns. I'd imagine Weiss will throw everything he can at Hunter.

The Hunter saga is simply mind boggling. Look at what he tried to get away with. This lays it out in detail :
https://whyy.org/articles/delaware-hunt ... urt-trial/

...& he still has not paid anything out of his own pocket. His past tax liability (including penalties) & child support is being covered by an unsecured loan from a political crony in which he has yet to make a payment. Yet Weiss was going to let him walk on a misdemeanor plea.
We're supposed to sympathize because he's an addict ? He's been to rehab 6 times.

...& Papadop served 12 days in Fed lockup (& went broke from legal fees) because he flubbed the dates he met with Mifsud when ambushed by the FBI at the airport.

Is Weiss going to be able to file those charges in DC & CA before the SOL runs, or is this just more slow rolling like for the 2014 & 2015 taxes that will never be recouped ?

How can Hunter fight this at trial ? What's his defense ?