Posted on 07/27/2023 10:56:31 AM PDT by DallasBiff
Mark July 26 on your calendar. It's the day Beltway journalists realized they can't dismiss President Joe Biden's son Hunter's legal problems as a GOP chew toy.
Wednesday morning when he showed up at a federal court in Wilmington, Hunter Biden, 53, expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of failing to pay his taxes for 2017 and 2018. (He later paid the taxes due.) Prosecutors would recommend a sentence of probation, according to The Washington Post.
A side deal included a diversion agreement for a third charge, unlawful possession of a firearm, a felony that can result in a sentence of 10 years.
But then the deal blew up.
U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika decided not to rubber-stamp the deal Biden thought his lawyers reached with the feds, as lawyers sparred over how much immunity the president's son could expect in the future.
Biden attorney Chris Clark said in a statement that the federal investigation of his client was "resolved," but U.S. Attorney David Weiss said that the investigation will continue.
On Fox News, George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley marveled that the judge "asked one question and the whole darn thing fell apart."
With no deal on the table, Biden pleaded not guilty.
Multiple news reports introduce Noreika as a "Trump-appointed judge," which is true.
I don't recall any references to the Biden-appointed Attorney General Merrick Garland even though his Department of Justice backed the no-jail deal.
After weeks of dismissing the seriousness of the case against Hunter Biden as hyper-partisan, the news media bore witness to the serious and historic specter of a president's son facing criminal charges in federal court.
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Dan Boingino basically said that there is a pardon on the way.
I like how the judge said either the trial goes forward or “prosecution drops the charges.” Wanna guess which happens?
F A I L ......Judge is pretty sharp....Heard Hunter was absolutely stunned....
They have 30 days for a new deal. If GOP doesn’t show proof of other crimes, they’ll make the deal.
How much pressure you think is being brought bear on this judge right about now?
When you have Hunter Biden’s lawyers and the Biden Department of (NO) Justice working on a deal together in order to hide other Hunter Biden crimes and Joe Biden crimes and Biden family money laundering and tax evasion and also hiding all the investigation and related laptop evidence, it is plain that this country is doomed. The media helps obfuscate it all and covers up the whole sordid mess.
Are the thug wing of the dim party doxing the judge yet?
Posted outside her home in 3.2.1.....
It is my understanding that Hunter Biden had a third party pay his taxes, not that he payed them like the article states.
Noreika as a “Trump-appointed judge,” which is true.
Yes and she’s a democrat some web sites tried to flip it but got busted and had to GASP report the truth.
She’s pretty sharp....Like...How can you pass out immunity when investigations are on going. Tells me the prosecution is on Hunter’s side...lol...
Nope...they have to cut out ALL immunity. She’s not stupid.
So all we need is one photo of Hunter doing things he shouldn’t be doing......Someone will sell it to the media at a nice high price.
The judge is the only one that’s not in on the Humper felony scam
Compare all this with the way the innocent J6 marchers are being jailed without trial.
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