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2023-07-26 Government Corruption

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Posted by Fred 2023-07-26 13:48|| || Front Page|| [18 views ] Top

#1 While Hunter was in court Joe Biden was attending a methane gas emissions party....the first ever at the White House.

Posted by crazyhorse 2023-07-26 14:14|| 2023-07-26 14:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Stunning details of how corrupt the deal was in a tweet by Sol Weisenberg:

Sol Wisenberg
@WisenbergSol
This just in: The judge won't accept the proposed plea deal at least for now.
Some thoughts: Now we know why DOJ didn’t show us the plea agreement terms. What didn't they want us to know ahead of time? A) a global immunity deal for Hunter; B) A binding plea (that is, the judge must accept the specific terms if she accepts the agreement); C) Misdemeanor probation; D) Other unusual plea terms.
1. A global immunity deal for Hunter while the overall investigation is “ongoing”, is stunning—a super-sweetheart deal.
2. A binding plea is extremely unusual in the vast majority of federal jurisdictions. It means for example, that if the agreement calls for probation the judge must give Hunter probation. It is binding.
3. That the prosecution and defense would disagree about the terms of the agreement in open court is a joke. Ambiguous terms in a plea agreements are construed against the government! There should be no room for disagreement on the key terms of the agreement. So, this was either astounding incompetence or corruption on DOJ’s part. I think it is corruption. This looks like a wink and a nod deal (as
@shipwreckedcrew
has noted) where DOJ would have plausible deniability if the judge asked no questions and accepted the deal. The scope of immunity is the most important feature of a plea deal. It is inconceivable that the prosecutors were incompetent here. Leo Wise has an excellent reputation for competence.
4. Think about this. DOJ was about to sanction a plea deal where Hunter would get misdemeanor probation on serious tax charges plus pretrial diversion (no time served or criminal record) on the felony gun charge. Hunter would also get complete immunity on all other charges. And he would not have to cooperate with the government’s ongoing investigation. Totally disgraceful. Merrick Garland and David Weiss should be ashamed. And where is Lisa Monaco? Why hasn't she been called to testify?
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Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-07-26 14:15|| 2023-07-26 14:15|| Front Page Top

#3 I think the DOJ realized that this was not going to wash with the American people.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-07-26 14:21|| 2023-07-26 14:21|| Front Page Top

#4 These are all federal charges, right? So the president has the power to pardon Hunter on all charges, present and future. So why doesn't he just do that and tell the DOJ to concentrate on Trump like they were told to do?

Yeah, yeah. I know. People will be upset because Hunter got a REAL sweetheart deal. No time, no record, not even probation. So what?

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2023-07-26 14:40|| 2023-07-26 14:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe some DoJ people are starting to grasp there will come a day when Bidet is not prexident anymore.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-07-26 14:48|| 2023-07-26 14:48|| Front Page Top

#6 This was the avenue to clear Hunter without a pardon. The pardon will make the actual impeachment vote interesting. What would Romney and Murkowski do?
The idea of the plea deal was to clear Hunter in a way that was acceptable to the CNN hosts. This adds full to the heat under Joes chair. He now has to pardon himself, Hunter and Archer. Archer is not going to want to do a long time in jail before he is sprung.
This leads to an interests set of questions that they are likely war gaming. How soon to resign? Who else needs pardons? Does he pardon the foreigners? Will a Republican president charge the CCP operatives rather than sanction them?

Posted by Super Hose 2023-07-26 15:10|| 2023-07-26 15:10|| Front Page Top

#7 I think their polls are telling them Kamala-lala-ding-dong would be beaten in 2024 by PeeWee Herman.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-07-26 15:14|| 2023-07-26 15:14|| Front Page Top

#8 New Conditions of Release-This should be interesting!

Hunter must also, "if directed by the pretrial services office or supervising officer," participate in a "program of inpatient or outpatient substance abuse therapy or counseling."

That means Hunter Biden is now, potentially, subject to random testing to ensure compliance with his conditions of release which, again, prohibit any consumption of alcohol or use of illicit drugs.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-07-26 17:23|| 2023-07-26 17:23|| Front Page Top

#9 I can proudly say that, unlike the President's son, I've never had to pee in a cup for law enforcement.

Posted by jpal 2023-07-26 17:37|| 2023-07-26 17:37|| Front Page Top

#10 Oh, I'm sure he'll have a "body man" for the pee duties...

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-07-26 17:40|| 2023-07-26 17:40|| Front Page Top

#11 The Judge and Prosecutor are Trump appointees.

Posted by Jeremiah Jomosing7109 2023-07-26 17:47|| 2023-07-26 17:47|| Front Page Top

#12 Stupidest thing in the deal was if Hunter messed up his probation, the Judge would have to bring charges which in the US only law enforcement and prosecutors in the US bring charges, not Judges. That is why the Judge said the deal was unconstitutional and the defense attorneys quickly withdrew the deal. The idiots were caught hoping the Judge was stupid.

Posted by Jeremiah Jomosing7109 2023-07-26 17:56|| 2023-07-26 17:56|| Front Page Top

#13 Never underestimate Hunter's ability to fuck things up.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-07-26 21:00|| 2023-07-26 21:00|| Front Page Top

#14 Judge also stipulates new Plea Deal must require Hunter to "Get a Job"...

Posted by Jeremiah Jomosing7109 2023-07-26 22:31|| 2023-07-26 22:31|| Front Page Top

#15 He’s going to need an explanation of what that involves.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-07-26 22:43|| 2023-07-26 22:43|| Front Page Top

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