Hunter: Plea Deal
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I guess we do have systemic racism after all.
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@Mik said in Hunter: Plea Deal:
I guess we do have systemic racism after all.
I mentioned Wesley Snipes and Lauren Hill.
Here's another story of laws being enforced:
https://reason.com/2023/06/20/hes-facing-life-in-prison-for-owning-firearms-without-a-license/
tl;dr version:
Guy shoots and kills a man who attacked him. He's being prosecuted, not for the killing, which was justified, but for improper registration of his firearms.
Fire-ARMS - police searched his apartment and found that the guns were unlicensed.
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BTW, see where Huhter's lawyer said the laptop was never mentioned in discussions?
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@Jolly said in Hunter: Plea Deal:
BTW, see where Huhter's lawyer said the laptop was never mentioned in discussions?
Why should it? FBI's only had it for four years. It's old news...
Actually, he said he "doesn't recall" if it was mentioned. That's different.
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Seems highly unlikely that the Trump appointee would do that or let it be done to him without quitting publicly.
On the other hand, to thoroughly exhaust every lead on several years (decades?) worth of a professional name-grifter’s email does seem like it would take an awfully long time, especially all the international interactions.
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G George K referenced this topic on
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Wise and Hines are have been called prosecutorial "terminators"
They are described as hardliners who “pursue stern sentences and prosecute even small-time crooks.”
Their reputation comes from bringing some of the biggest public corruption cases in Maryland history.
Wise helped bring the biggest racketeering case in Maryland history in 2016.
Wise and Hines would later prosecute corrupt Baltimore cops who robbed drug dealers and ran interference for a million-dollar heroin ring.
The importance -
In 2018, these prosecutors charged a defendant with failing to file/pay taxes (26 USC 7203) - the same charges brought against Hunter Biden.
The 2018 defendant only owed $60K.
But Wise and Hines demanded 1 year in jail. (He got 10 months)
In the 2018 case -
These prosecutors made sure the Court was informed of the particular details by which that defendant (1) failed to pay taxes and (2) used false deductions.
Their filings were thorough and complete.
 demand Hunter receive probation.
These prosecutors, via an Exhibit to the plea, also agree that that Hunter “miscategorized" prostitutes and sex clubs as "legitimate business expenses.
In doing so, they downplay an easily provable felony (26 USC 7206, also not charged) as a mere mistake.
And by (apparently) allowing Hunter Biden's lawyers to draft plea documents, they omitted key facts underlying much of the uncharged conduct (deductions, etc.).
Such deference was not seen in these prosecutors' similar 2018 tax case.
Wise and Hines even agreed to the claim that Hunter received $1 million from Patrick Ho (a Chinese national convicted for bribery) “as a payment for legal fees” –
without even thinking to question whether that payment was a bribe masked as legal fees.
In sum, the Hunter Biden deal just isn't a departure for the DOJ -
It is out of character for these public corruption prosecutors who earned their reputation as being tough on even minor offenders.
