Posted on 07/26/2023 5:44:36 AM PDT by Red Badger
Attorneys for Hunter Biden are facing potential sanctions after allegedly lying to the clerk in the First Son’s criminal case, according to a report from the Daily Mail. Delaware Judge Maryellen Noreika has ordered Biden’s lawyers to explain themselves by 9 p.m. Tuesday or face sanctions.
Earlier today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith filed a motion urging the judge to toss Hunter Biden’s generous plea agreement on misdemeanor tax charges. Smith — like many critics — argued that the president’s son received preferential treatment.
According to the allegations, someone from the former law office of Biden’s attorney, Chris Clark, called the Delaware clerk, Sam Grimes, and pretended to be from the office of Smith’s attorney, Theodore Kittila. The individual allegedly asked the clerk to remove the original filing and with it, 448 pages of Congressional testimony from the two IRS investigators who worked on the case, the Daily Mail reported.
The documents were then taken down and sealed, prompting a “second outraged letter” from Kittila. “We promptly contacted the clerk’s office, and we were advised that someone contacted the court representing that they worked with my office and that they were asking the court to remove this from the docket,” Kittila wrote to the judge.
In a “fiery” email response, Clark denied the allegations and claimed that, “the clerk took the filing down on their own accord.”
Kittila, however, included a copy a copy of an email from the Delaware clerk, backing up his claims. He then identified the individual as Jessica Bengels and included her phone number. “She said she worked with Theodore Kittila and it was important the document was removed immediately,” the clerk wrote back.
Angered by the alleged shady activity, Judge Noreika ordered Hunter’s lawyers to explain themselves on Tuesday afternoon. “It appears that the caller misrepresented her identity and who she worked for in an attempt to improperly convince the clerk’s office to remove the amicus materials from the docket,” the order said.
“Therefore, it is hereby ordered that, on or before 9pm today on July 25, 2023, counsel for defendant shall show cause as to why sanctions should not be considered for misrepresentations to the court.”
The judge did place a temporary seal on Smith’s filing, however, meaning that it will not be made public until the conclusion of Hunter Biden’s plea hearing on Wednesday.
Smart money says that this judge will accept the sweetheart plea deal at hearing today, so the sanctions don’t really matter.
Jessica Bengels didn’t kill herself in Brandywine Creek State Park…
He’s turning his life around. Parents are so proud. Just like Carlee Russell’s parents.
Sanctions? How about some jail time for this lawless bunch.
Law? We don’t need no stinkin’ law. Law is for wussies, unless it can be turned into a weapon.
That game can be played both ways, but the opposition must take up the challenge.
No more Mr. Nice Guy. Go for disembowelment. That is part of the rules of engagement in this fight.
Sanctions = a sternly worded letter from the judge.
Yup.
It’s been a done deal since the very beginning.
Facts don’t matter. Go after Trump without evidence because “Orangeman bad”, let Hunter go because his last name is Biden (also applies to last name of Clinton, or having a “D” on the party affiliation).
Two-tiered Just-us.
Was the attorney named Tom hagan?
How about losing their license?
I am scared if she agrees with this deal, the defense will claim double jeopardy on any future cases.
Sanctions by this Dem judge will be meaningless on her way to accepting the plea. This sleazy activity by a lawyer is pretty serious Kittila needs to file a complaint with the DC bar against the Biden attorney to have his law license reviewed, Seems to me suspension at a minimum is a fitting punishment and possibly disbarment if he has a record of transgressions in the past
In a “fiery” email response, Clark denied the allegations and claimed that, “the clerk took the filing down on their own accord.
If so
Wink $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
As I said, these utterly amoral people really believe the rules don’t apply to them. They think they’re above the law.
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