Posted on 07/26/2023 8:56:55 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
Hunter Biden's plea deal has appeared to collapse in a stunning turn of events in a federal court in Delaware.
The president's scandal-hit son has said 'yes, your honor' when asked by the judge if he was going to plead guilty, and admitted he's been to rehab six times in 20 years for addiction to drinking and drugs.
But then the judge demanded a recess when an agreement between prosecutors and attorneys for the president's son appeared to fall apart.
He said he was first treated for alcohol abuse in 2003 and was last in an in-patient facility in 2018, but insisted he's been sober since 2019 when warned he faces random drug testing under the conditions of his release.
Prosecutors recommended probation for Hunter for not paying between $1.1 million and $1.5 million in federal taxes in 2017 and 2018, despite his substantial income from Ukrainian and Chinese energy companies.
They also scolded him for continuing to 'spend wildly' on his lavish lifestyle while he had the funds to pay back what he owed.
Hunter could have faced up to 12 months in prison for the tax crimes, and ten years for lying about his crack cocaine addiction on a federal form when buying a gun.
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You're right. It had been many years that anyone had been charged, let along convicted of the charge. Mueller let Tony Podesta off for not having filed as a foreign agent while his old lobbying company, Podesta Group was still in business. I believe I read they allowed him to post-date a registration. He started up a new company last year called Podesta.com.
Here's the link to a story about it from last year. Shows who he's been working for:
BTTT!!!
NO DEAL! HUNTER PLEA DEAL FALLS APART! – ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS THE AGREEMENT IS “NULL AND VOID” – INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING!
Good ole Fakeway Pundit. ALL CAPS EXCLAMATION POINTS!!! ERRORS OF FACT!!!
Hunter's lawyer, in fact, called the deal null and void.
Well, then, the cocaine found in the White House OBVIOUSLY couldn’t have been Hunter’s!/sarc
This.
Orchestrated fake news.
Secret Service Says Eight-Ball Of Cocaine Found In Courtroom Chair Hunter Was Sitting In Probably Left By Tour Group
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