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Hunter Biden's attorney blames his ADDICTION for WhatsApp message invoking dad Joe in business deal - and insists his actions have 'no connection to anyone in his family'
Daily Mail ^ | 6/23/23 | Geoff Earle

Posted on 06/24/2023 3:55:00 AM PDT by Libloather

Hunter Biden's lawyer has blasted the account of an IRS whistleblower who testified about a WhatsApp message where he appeared to threaten a Chinese businessman and claiming to be seated with his powerful father.

Lawyer Chris Clark, who negotiated a plea agreement on Hunter's behalf with the Justice Department, called the whistleblower 'biased' and claimed the account covered 'a time of turmoil and addiction' for the president's son.

He also disputed the veracity of Hunter's claim about now-President Biden in the WhatsApp message, saying his words have 'no connection to anyone in his family.'

'An extensive, five-year-long investigation conducted by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) concluded this week, which resulted in my client taking responsibility for two instances of misdemeanor failure to file tax payments, as well as a firearm charge, which will be subject to a pretrial diversion agreement,' wrote Clark, following House GOP charges that it amounted to a 'sweetheart deal.'

Then he took on the claim about the WhatsApp message itself, on a day when White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre was bombarded with questions about it.

'As his attorney through this entire matter, I can say that any suggestion the investigation was not thorough, or cut corners, or cut my client any slack, is preposterous and deeply irresponsible,' Clark said.

'The DOJ investigation covered a period of time which was full of turmoil and addiction for my client. Any verifiable words or actions of my client, in the midst of a horrible addiction, are solely his own and have no connection to anyone in his family.'

Then he went after the whistleblower, supervisory IRS agent Gary Shapley, whose testimony was released by House Republicans this week, and who claims to have run up against resistance while trying to push the Hunter Biden tax probe...

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy; History
KEYWORDS: addiction; business; hunter; whatsapp
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Hunter sure was addicted to a lot of stuff. WhatsApp ain't one of 'em. Has anyone asked him about any of this?
1 posted on 06/24/2023 3:55:00 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Is it raining ?? My leg is getting wet!!


2 posted on 06/24/2023 3:57:10 AM PDT by shadeaud (We have to discover the real truth and ho did all the funding. This is American ....Defend )
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Hunter Biden is seen smirking in a photo taken at Joe’s Delaware home the SAME day he sent Chinese business partner damning text saying, ‘I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father’

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12227585/Hunter-Biden-seen-photo-taken-outside-Joes-Delaware-home-day-sent-damning-text.html


3 posted on 06/24/2023 4:09:39 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Libloather

Good enough excuse for a judge to buy. He will walk. They will all walk.


4 posted on 06/24/2023 4:12:54 AM PDT by glimmerman70
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To: Libloather
Why would anyone listen to what someone's attorney says about anything?

They are paid to fabricate slippery stories to put their clients in a favorable light.

The only people who might learn something from such a lawyer is another lawyer trying to learn how to become a good liar.

5 posted on 06/24/2023 4:14:29 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (See my FR homepage for a link to the entire Bible narrated by David Suchet on youtube. FREE!)
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To: Libloather

In Vino Veritas. Same goes for meth or crack cocaine.


6 posted on 06/24/2023 4:19:58 AM PDT by know.your.why
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To: Libloather
Has anyone asked him about any of this?

No. Garland and Wolf didn't permit questions and shut down investigations, so agents couldn't follow up.

7 posted on 06/24/2023 4:21:49 AM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." — M. O'Neal, USMC)
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Remember when ‘Billy Beer’ was about as big of a scandal that a close relative of a president could pull off?

We’ve come a long way, baby!


8 posted on 06/24/2023 4:27:14 AM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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To: Libloather
Hunter Biden's attorney blames his ADDICTION for WhatsApp message invoking dad Joe in business deal - and insists his actions have 'no connection to anyone in his family

I still don't understand how the attorney's addiction has anything to do with what Hunter did?!?

9 posted on 06/24/2023 4:30:14 AM PDT by Fish Speaker (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Oh, and, "Let's Go Brandon!")
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To: Libloather

There are methadone and buprenorphine/naloxone treatments available for opiate addiction.


10 posted on 06/24/2023 4:33:09 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (Support a Spending Strike to support Trump)
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To: Libloather

his actions have a clear connection when money ends up in limited partnerships they receive distributions from.


11 posted on 06/24/2023 4:34:57 AM PDT by avital2
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To: Libloather

Of course that’s the reason—being the crack addict smartest man Joe knows is why he was paid millions.


12 posted on 06/24/2023 4:37:44 AM PDT by DaBroasta ("An armed society is a polite society" Heinlein)
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To: Libloather

Recall WhatsApp being recommended as a way to send messages you wish to keep private...


13 posted on 06/24/2023 4:42:33 AM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: Libloather

Addicted to $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$£££££££££££££££€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ et cetera et cetera et cetera!


14 posted on 06/24/2023 4:44:43 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Libloather

I disagree

Hunter needed his Chinese counterpart to uphold his end of a bargain.

Hunter is not capable of applying leverage.
Bluff, or actual consequences, the Globalist’s know what’s coming if you cross Joe Biden.

Hunter understands what happens to those who cross Papa Joe


15 posted on 06/24/2023 4:58:24 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: All

16 posted on 06/24/2023 5:01:45 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: Libloather

“...his actions have ‘no connection to anyone in his family’...”

Huhhhh? Is it the Flip Wilson defense??

https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=9058ef78a79c0043JmltdHM9MTY4NzU2NDgwMCZpZ3VpZD0zMDVkNWZlOC01OTlkLTZiMzUtMWI0Zi01MDA2NThmZjZhM2QmaW5zaWQ9NTQ0OA&ptn=3&hsh=3&fclid=305d5fe8-599d-6b35-1b4f-500658ff6a3d&u=a1L3ZpZGVvcy9zZWFyY2g_cT0lMjJUaGUrZGV2aWwrbWFkZSttZStkbytpdCUyMitDb21lZGlhbiZ2aWV3PWRldGFpbCZtaWQ9NkRFRjEwRjA0MDNBQ0NGREU5QTA2REVGMTBGMDQwM0FDQ0ZERTlBMCZGT1JNPVZJUkU&ntb=1


17 posted on 06/24/2023 5:05:47 AM PDT by SMARTY (“Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.” Thomas Sowell)
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To: RoosterRedux

You can’t spell lawyer without the word “liar”


18 posted on 06/24/2023 5:15:47 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Libloather

Just drop a subpoena on Hunter and drag his ass in front of a few Congressional Committees like the Dems did to Trump and his associates.

L


19 posted on 06/24/2023 5:19:28 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: shadeaud

when there is a tingle running up the leg it’s usually because it’s being pissed on.


20 posted on 06/24/2023 5:22:07 AM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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