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2023-12-09 Home Front: Politix
LARRY KUDLOW: David Weiss just made Hunter Biden 'untouchable' for quite some time
[FoxBusiness] Hunter Biden was indicted in California on Thursday on nine tax charges

All right, folks, from what I can gather, conservatives are rejoicing over the nine charges filed in the 56-page grand jury indictment against the president's son, Hunter Biden, filed by federal prosecutor David Weiss and it's a pretty seamy indictment, as Jonathan [Hunt] just said. I'm not sure Hunter's not too happy about this, and I'm sure his father is not thrilled about it either.

Okay. I get that. But speaking as a non-lawyer, really just as a poor, impoverished news host, I'm not so sure about this alleged Christmas present, because now Hunter is going to use this as an excuse to avoid any private deposition under oath before any the congressional oversight or judicial or Ways and Means committees or worst case, he'll take the fifth if he has to go up there. But what he will not be forced to do is to reveal all the details of the alleged influence peddling and bribery crimes that might just happen to come up in a discussion about his failure to register as a foreign agent.

May I italicize that foreign agent part? Because the Weiss indictment didn't include that for some reason, maybe an oversight. The whole world knows that Poppa Biden was involved with his son's business. That is way too easy now, but the world doesn't yet know precisely how he was involved and Hunter ain't going to talk about that because he's already been busted for not paying his taxes, right. Since, if he just got busted for three felonies and six misdemeanors, and yes he could go to jail for 17-years, and no, Hunter, he's not going to have any fun in jail, but he won't go to Capitol Hill either.

And my non-legal suspicion is that this whole series of events actually brings GOP oversight investigators further away from Joe Biden, because Hunter's going to be untouchable for quite some time. And if I were really a cynic, I would say that special counsel David Weiss, who has zero credibility, decided to put Hunter on ice for exactly this reason.

I mean, I can just imagine the phone calls between Weiss and Attorney General Merrick Garland: Look, we've got to do something here because these IRS whistleblowers made such a strong case and Judge Noriega in Wilmington blew up the first phony deal beyond repair, so let's protect their ultimate boss, Joe, by throwing Hunter under the bus just for a little while, put him on ice for the rest of the election period.
Posted by Skidmark 2023-12-09 00:35|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ]  Top

#1 Weiss indictments made no mention of Biden's 'foreign agent' activities. "An oversight" as Kudlow suggests but rejects ?

There's likely much more to this story, and yes, we are likely being led away from something.


Posted by Besoeker 2023-12-09 01:15||   2023-12-09 01:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Led, out of the pan and into the fire.
Posted by Skidmark 2023-12-09 05:40||   2023-12-09 05:40|| Front Page Top

#3 I wouldn’t be touching him anyway. The guy is like a walking bedspread from a p0rn movie. I guarantee his detail is carrying Narcan.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-12-09 10:18||   2023-12-09 10:18|| Front Page Top

#4 ^ Thx for that thoughtful visual Supe.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-12-09 10:51||   2023-12-09 10:51|| Front Page Top

#5 We are now at farce levels in assessing the "lawfare" stalls and protections of the Pampered Prince-ling in the guise of DoJ's Special Counsel, whose own appointment violates DoJ guidelines against government employee's holding that position.

The real crime here is the ongoing subversion of law to protect a sitting "President" by a hyper-partisan Justice Department and the obsequious Attorney General.
Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-12-09 13:53||   2023-12-09 13:53|| Front Page Top

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