And Adam Schiff claims a witch hunt.

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BREAKING NEWS: Hunter Biden pleads guilty to all charges and is sentenced to promise to never ever get caught doing it again.

Yeah, the judge's decision today gives us some hope, but I doubt Hunter, or any of the Biden crime syndicate for that matter, will ever see any jail time.

What, is Hunter Biden's legal team high or something?

https://www.washingtonexaminer...am-high-or-something

After scoring the sweetheart plea deal of the century, Hunter Biden's legal team ended a brutal day in court with no legal immunity, the old and renegotiated deals now dead, and a stark warning that the president's son is indeed under investigation for his failure to register as a foreign agent.

Between today's disaster in court and revelations that Hunter Biden knew his attorney, millionaire Kevin Morris, was secretly purchasing his "artwork," I couldn't help but wonder: Is the first son's legal team high or something?

Let us focus for a moment on Wednesday's legal proceedings. The original plea deal brokered by Biden's team would have Hunter skirt jail time by pleading guilty to tax fraud and completing a diversionary program to erase a gun charge. While Hunter's defenders claimed that most civilians would never actually be charged for these crimes, Hunter took the unusual step of bragging about these crimes (and others, if you include his serial drug and alcohol abuse and solicitation of prostitutes in potential violation of international human trafficking law) in his memoir.

But like Icarus flying too close to the sun, the hubris of the Biden bunch ultimately got the best of Hunter. After discovering that the plea deal would not protect Biden from further prosecution for acting as a foreign agent, Biden's attorney blew up the deal, telling the prosecutor to "just rip it up." In the end, the prosecutors did, after one failed attempt to craft a replacement deal. The judge worried that the gun diversion program, which was offered in lieu of jail time in the original deal, was not even constitutional. When prosecutor Leo Wise was asked whether there was any precedent for the diversion program workaround, Wise said there was not.

Hunter, who evidently did not understand the details of his own plea deal, ended the day reversing course and pleading not guilty.

One would never expect Hunter Biden, the most flagrant failson of a dynasty of dilettante drunks, to prove himself a worthy or competent defendant. But Biden's legal team somehow blew a 3-1 lead. Perhaps the affair of the paintings may provide an explanation as to why.

Remember at the start of his father's presidency, Hunter launched his third act (as well as this third wife) as a professional artist. Despite zero previous experience in the craft, Biden scored a debut opening at the prestigious Georges Berges Gallery in SoHo.

At the time, the White House promised that neither Joe nor Hunter would be learning who exactly would purchase the latter's paintings. Although Berges selling Hunter's work said he would be expected to attend his own opening, the White House asserted that "the president has established the highest ethical standards of any administration in American history."

Alas, no.

On Monday, Business Insider revealed that Hunter Biden knew that patrons of his newfound painting hobby included Democratic donors Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali and ... Morris. You know, the same Morris who saw Biden's plea deal fall apart. The same Morris who loaned Biden his private jet so he could go to Arkansas to fight being forced to pay child support to his illegitimate daughter. The same Morris who footed the bill for the same overdue taxes that landed Hunter in hot water in the first place!

With lawyers like these, who needs enemies? If Hunter were Donald Trump Jr., there's little doubt the media would be asking what kompromat Morris has on this troubled, middle-aged man.

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Originally posted by Rightwire:
BREAKING NEWS: Hunter Biden pleads guilty to all charges and is sentenced to promise to never ever get caught doing it again.

Yeah, the judge's decision today gives us some hope, but I doubt Hunter, or any of the Biden crime syndicate for that matter, will ever see any jail time.

Oy

It's a joke, man.

Tell me what Hunter Biden plead guilty to today. Specifically

Oh mannnn, poor fella has to get a job!

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Oh mannnn, poor fella has to get a job!

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Originally posted by Russ59:
"We ended cancer as we know it," the president declared.

And on top of that, he claims over 100 people died in the pandemic.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/...112?dicbo=v2-YgEHNnI

I realize everyone here knows it, but if Trump said this stuff...

Instead, these people delight in living up inside President Two Scoops' asshole and enjoy the fragrance.

Just incredible. Apparently, he can say- literally- anything and the news media is OK with it. Just incredible.

Leftists are the world's biggest hypocrites and that is no exaggeration.

another view of what the 'prosecutors" tried to pull

https://twitter.com/willscharf.../1684331594864025602

Typically, if the Government is offering to a defendant that it will either drop charges or decline to bring new charges in return for the defendant's guilty plea, the plea is structured under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1)(A). An agreement not to prosecute Hunter for FARA violations or other crimes in return for his pleading guilty to the tax misdemeanors, for example, would usually be a (c)(1)(A) plea. This is open, transparent, subject to judicial approval, etc.

In Hunter's case, according to what folks in the courtroom have told me, Hunter's plea was structured under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1)(B), which is usually just a plea in return for a joint sentencing recommendation only, and contained no information on its face about other potential charges, and contained no clear agreement by DOJ to forego prosecution of other charges.

Instead, DOJ and Hunter's lawyers effectively hid that part of the agreement in what was publicly described as a pretrial diversion agreement relating to a § 922(g)(3) gun charge against Hunter for being a drug user in possession of a firearm.

That pretrial diversion agreement as written was actually MUCH broader than just the gun charge. If Hunter were to complete probation, the pretrial diversion agreement prevented DOJ from ever bringing charges against Hunter for any crimes relating to the offense conduct discussed in the plea agreement, which was purposely written to include his foreign influence peddling operations in China and elsewhere.

So they put the facts in the plea agreement, but put their non-prosecution agreement in the pretrial diversion agreement, effectively hiding the full scope of what DOJ was offering and Hunter was obtaining through these proceedings. Hunter's upside from this deal was vast immunity from further prosecution if he finished a couple years of probation, and the public wouldn't be any the wiser because none of this was clearly stated on the face of the plea agreement, as would normally be the case.

Judge Noreika smelled a rat. She understood that the lawyers were trying to paint her into a corner and hide the ball. Instead, she backed DOJ and Hunter's lawyers into a corner by pulling all the details out into the open and then indicating that she wasn't going to approve a deal as broad as what she had discovered.

DOJ, attempting to save face and save its case, then stated on the record that the investigation into Hunter was ongoing and that Hunter remained susceptible to prosecution under FARA. Hunter's lawyers exploded. They clearly believed that FARA was covered under the deal, because as written, the pretrial diversion agreement language was broad enough to cover it. They blew up the deal, Hunter pled not guilty, and that's the current state of play.

And so here we are. Hunter's lawyers and DOJ are going to go off and try to pull together a new set of agreements, likely narrower, to satisfy Judge Noreika. Fortunately, I doubt if FARA or any charges related to Hunter's foreign influence peddling will be included, which leaves open the possibility of further investigations leading to further prosecutions.

If you don't follow Julie Kelly on substack she's doing the Lords work reporting on, among other things J6 related issues.

Most here will probably recognize Capitol police officer Aquilino Gonell, whose testimony has been instrumental in the conviction and sentencing of most of the J6 defendants.



https://www.declassified.live/...op-appears-uninjured

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J6 Celebrity Cop Appears Uninjured in New Video Despite Testimony He Was Going to "Die" on January 6
For nearly two years, Capitol police officer Aquilino Gonell was off the job or on partial duty, insisting the severe physical and mental injuries he sustained on January 6, 2021 prevented him from doing his job as a federal law enforcement officer.

In news interviews and on social media, Gonell has told his sob story about how violent rioters inflicted debilitating foot, shoulder, and head injuries that day. He routinely posts images of those alleged injuries, including several photos of a foot with stitches and surgical tape and pictures of his ongoing shoulder therapy.

A regular at the D.C. federal courthouse, which is the site of every January 6-related trial and hearing, Gonell—who is occasionally a government witness—said in a victim impact statement filed in May that he was “bleeding from both hands, [had] a maimed foot, hit on the head, sprayed with pepper and bear spray, beaten, punched, pushed, pulled, and assaulted by many other rioters” on the afternoon of January 6.

But new video published by reporter Joe Hanneman at The Epoch Times this week contradicts Gonell’s claims. For more than seven minutes, Gonell, highlighted in the video below, is seen moving and walking with no sign of pain. (This segment begins at roughly 4:50 p.m. after confrontations with police and protested had ended.)

Both shoulders appear to have full mobility; he is seen at one point kicking a medical kit and walking around without any indication either foot is injured. His hands look unscathed.

Video at link.
Federal prosecutors have been hiding these videos from the J6 defendants...

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another view of what the 'prosecutors" tried to pull

https://twitter.com/willscharf.../1684331594864025602
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Very interesting indeed. The Bidens are certainly furious! Thanks, sdy.

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Very interesting indeed. The Bidens are certainly furious! Thanks, sdy.

The Bidens tried to FA

They just FO

Looks like the DOJ and Hunters lawyers are on the same team. This judge has some serious stones.

This resource has a good analysis of the Biden Plea deal transcript.

https://twitter.com/jenvanlaar.../1684404270542782464

Great posts SDY and Stoic.

Everyday I pray these criminals will be exposed and held accountable not just for their crimes, but for the terrible things they’ve done to our country while holding power.

https://www.breitbart.com/poli...g-joe-bidens-claims/

Hunter Biden’s lawyer, Chris Clark, admitted in court Wednesday the president’s son received $664,000 from CEFC China Energy Co. in 2017, contradicting President Joe Biden’s claim Hunter Biden never received money from a Chinese entity.

During a hearing before U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika, Clark revealed Hunter made over one million dollars in foreign business transactions, including $664,000 from CEFC, a company linked to the CCP and Chinese intelligence.

“During calendar year 2017, Biden earned substantial income, including: just under $1 million from a company he formed with the CEO of a Chinese business conglomerate [BHR Partners]; $666,666 from his domestic business interests; approximately $664,000 from a Chinese infrastructure investment company[CEFC]…” Clark told the judge, according to the court transcript obtained by not-for-profit Marco Polo.

Clark confirmed additional income from Hunter Biden’s business ventures, including $500,000 in director’s fees from his ventures with Burisma Holdings, a company whose executive told an FBI informant he bribed Hunter and President Joe Biden each with $5 million:

From 2017 to 12 2019, he served on the board of a Ukrainian energy company and a Chinese private equity fund. He further negotiated and executed contracts for business and legal services that paid millions of dollars of compensation to him and/or his domestic corporations, Owasco, PC and Owasco, LLC. Through at least early 2017, he also was employed by a prestigious multi-national law firm in an ‘of counsel’ capacity. For this work, he earned substantial income, totaling more than $2.3 million in 2017 and $2.1 million in 2018.

Clark also said the younger Biden made” $70,000 relating to a Romanian business; and $48,000 from the multi-national law firm.”

The money received by Hunter Biden contradicts Joe Biden’s claims his son never received money from a Chinese entity .

“Hunter Biden’s business associate sent over a million dollars to three of your family members. Any reaction to that?” a reporter asked Joe Biden in March.

“That’s not true,” the president said.

In the 2020 election cycle, the president told voters on the debate stage he nor his son ever made money from a Chinese entity. Instead, Biden accused former President Donald Trump of making money from China.

“My son has not made money in terms of this thing about, what are you talking about, China,” Biden said. “The only guy who made money from China is this guy [Donald Trump]. He’s the only one. Nobody else has made money from China.”

The House Oversight Committee James Comer (R-KY) revealed the Biden family business, over the course of several years, received over $10 million from business schemes in Romania and China in return for what appears to be influence peddling. In addition, Burisma paid the Biden family business $7.3 million over the course of many years, including when Joe Biden was vice president, IRS agent Joseph Ziegler told Congress last week.

The committee is investigating the entities that accepted and passed money through to the Biden business. The Biden business opened more than 20 shell companies to hide payments and launder money, Comer said in July.

one more

https://www.breitbart.com/poli...ugs-since-june-2019/

Hunter Biden claimed under oath that he has not taken illegal drugs since June 2019 , though he was recently spotted visiting his lawyer, who was smoking a water bong.


"When was the last time that you used, ingested, or were under the influence of any drug , legal or illegal, medication, or alcoholic beverage of any kind?” the judge asked.

“June of 2019, Your Honor,” Hunter replied.

“All right. And so, just to be clear, you are not presently under the influence of any drug, legal or illegal, medication, or alcoholic beverage of any kind, is that correct?” the judge inquired.

“Yes, Your Honor,” he stated.

Hunter Biden could be jailed if he consumes any drugs or alcohol, according to the conditions of his release signed by the judge. The hearing ended, and Hunter was released after pleading not guilty.

Hunter Biden’s testimony under oath comes a few days after he was spotted at the California house of his lawyer, Kevin Morris, who was photographed by the UK Daily Mail apparently smoking a substance from a water bong while on the balcony.