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I think tax evasion by an attorney should require some jail time. I hope the Judge rejects the plea deal.
ETA: You snipped my post without making it known. Those words are copied and pasted from a linked article and are not my words.
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ETA: You snipped my post without making it known. Those words are copied and pasted from a linked article and are not my words.
It seems clear that someone is being untruthful. hmmm
Hunter Biden was at Joe’s Delaware home the same day he used his dad as leverage in China biz text, laptop photos reveal
The same day that he used his father as leverage in a text message sent to a Chinese business associate to close a deal, first son Hunter Biden was at the president’s home in Wilmington, Del.
First son Hunter Biden was at father Joe’s Wilmington, Del., home the same day he used the future president as leverage in a text message sent to a Chinese business associate to close a deal, photos found on his abandoned laptop show — and other evidence suggests the elder Biden was around as well.
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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Council spokesman John Kirby repeatedly refused to comment on the president’s whereabouts on July 30, 2017, during a raucous briefing Friday.
“It’s not an unreasonable question to ask whether the president of the United States was involved, as this message seems to suggest, in some sort of a coercive conversation for business dealings by his son … If he wasn’t, then maybe you should tell us,” said New York Times reporter Peter Baker.
Jean-Pierre claimed in response that White House counsel’s office spokesman Ian Sams had addressed the matter — though journalists were unable to immediately locate Sams’ response.
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When Jean-Pierre repeated her answer, saying Sams “has dealt with this,” a reporter for The Post pressed further, “Yes or no, was the president involved in the shakedown attempt?”
“I just answered the question … It’s not up to you how I answer the question,” Jean-Pierre snapped.
Weijia Jiang of CBS News followed up, “Can you just remind us what your colleague said?”
“I would refer you to them and they will share their statement with all of you,” Jean-Pierre said.
The Post again pressed, “There’s evidence that the first son was at the president’s home and that the president was there two days prior.”
Jiang, whom the press secretary was calling on, took up the line of questioning, saying, “To follow up on my colleague … was the president there or not?”
“I would refer you to my colleagues at the White House counsel. They have addressed this and I would refer you to them,” Jean-Pierre said.
A journalist sitting in NBC’s front-row seat took a slightly different approach, asking Jean-Pierre if she had asked President Biden about “whether he was there with his son on July 30.”
“This is not a conversation that I’ve had with the president. Again, I would refer you to the White House counsel,” Jean-Pierre replied.
Sams, the much-cited spokesman for the counsel’s office, did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for him to share the comment following the briefing.
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I hope they are having a nice restful weekend.
I object to the preferential treatment he seems to be getting because he's the son of the President. According to the IRS whistleblowers, they wanted to charge him with felonies but the U.S. Attorneys appointed by Biden refused. These agencies need to be allowed to do their jobs and keep politics out of it.
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What I object to is the preferential treatment. I have a real aversion to corrupt politicians and their families. lolAny felony charges won't hold. Because he didn't evade or obstruct. Prosecutors would know that they have to prove evasion or obstruction.
A misdemeanor failure to pay can be escalated to a felony in some cases. According to the Department of Justice manual, those involve individuals who fail to file tax returns or pay a tax “but who also commit acts of evasion or obstruction.” In that case, the charges would be brought as felonies under sections 7201 or 7212(a). That’s not the case here—likely because Biden paid the tax due and was cooperating with authorities.
Checks & Imbalances: Why Hunter Biden Likely Will Not Go To Jail
Today we look at Hunter Biden’s plea deal.
Oh, we got audited once. Took a year to get it resolved. I had inadvertently made a typo in our daughter's SS number. One digit wrong. I'm betting if my Daddy was President, it wouldn't have taken a year to prove our daughter really was a dependent. lolYes, I know.
I just don't know that it is preferential treatment. If they arrived in court on felony charges, I think it is likely a judge would say "so, he has paid his back taxes and he is cooperating with you, why are we here on felony charges?"
As I explained earlier, there are lots of people who owe back taxes. They don't get charged or go to court. When the tax dept catches up with them, they opt for a payment plan.
It might be anti-preferential treatment that Hunter is up on misdemeanor charges. Because, to me, those charges are more severe than the general population would receive, from my working experience.
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It wasn't that Hunter wasn't filing taxes because he was stoned. He was, but neglecting to report this income from Ukraine, That is a conscious decision. And while he was heavily using drugs, he was also, at least according to him, negotiating these high end deals to earn these millions. And sense when does being stoned get you out of trouble for gun crimes? It doesn't anyone else, because voluntary intoxication is specifically not a defense. This administration has made a big deal about gun crime and keeping guns out of the wrong hands. But apparently you get a pass if you were stoned when you illegally obtained the weapon. I'm sure that argument wont work in 99.99% of criminal cases pending.
