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Sep 07 2023
Opinion
Hunter Biden's expected indictment: Never forget, they think we're idiots
That’s the main takeaway from Wednesday’s announcement by faux Special Counsel David Weiss that, by month’s end, he intends to indict Hunter Biden on a felony gun charge – the very same gun charge Weiss tried to make disappear just six weeks ago. By both regulation and performance, Weiss is unqualified to be a special counsel – which, naturally, is why Biden Attorney General Merrick Garland
Andrew C. McCarthySep 20 2023
News
Attorney for IRS Whistleblowers Responds to Lawsuit Filed by Hunter Biden's Attorneys
Katie wrote this week that Hunter Biden’s attorneys have decided to use the nuclear option: they’re suing the IRS for failing to protect their client’s privileged information. The legal drama for the president’s son doesn’t stop with the IRS. He was recently indicted on gun charges by Special Counsel David Weiss, the same felonies he almost skated away scot-free, based on a failed plea deal
TownhallAug 15 2023
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Special counsel rejects Hunter Biden 'misleading' plea deal claims
Special counsel David Weiss roundly rejected claims by Hunter Biden's defense team on Tuesday that part of a plea agreement between them had gone into effect, escalating a dispute in a case that could be headed for trial. Prosecutors working on behalf of Weiss wrote in a court motion that the federal government did not "renege" on the plea deal "as the Defendant inaccurately assert[ed]" in a
Washington ExaminerSep 17 2023
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JOSH HAMMER: Hunter’s Gun Charge Is A Big Problem For The Biden Crime Family
Thursday’s indictment of presidential prodigal son Hunter Biden on three gun-related criminal counts is the latest twist in the long, winding and rapidly escalating saga that is the Biden crime family. The indictment, served up by U.S. Attorney — and now “special counsel,” despite the fact 28 Code of Federal Regulations Sec. 600.3 requires that a special counsel be “selected from outside the
The Daily CallerAug 11 2023
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Garland names special counsel in Hunter Biden investigation
Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who has been investigating criminal allegations against President Biden's surviving son, Hunter Biden, has been named a special counsel, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Friday. Weiss made the request to be special counsel to Garland on Tuesday of this week.
Weiss, a Trump appointee as U.S. attorney who was retained during the Biden
NPR (Online News)Sep 15 2023
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‘Now They’re Going Full Bore at Hunter Biden’: CNN’s Elie Honig Predicts There’s ‘More to Come’ In Case
CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig predicted that there was “more to come” from Special Counsel David Weiss’s probe into Hunter Biden on Friday, one day after Biden was charged with three counts related to his alleged lie on a gun form and subsequent possession of a firearm. Asked by Poppy Harlow on CNN This Morning to explain Weiss’s change in heart from this summer, when he was prepared to
MediaiteSep 15 2023
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Former Neil Gorsuch Law Clerk: 'Don't Be Fooled' By These Hunter Biden Indictments
As Spencer wrote on Thursday, the looming gun charges that were part of that aborted sweetheart plea deal for Hunter returned in the form of new indictments, courtesy of Special Counsel David Weiss. Don’t be fooled. Hunter isn’t going to face any legal reckoning or jail time. It’s another legal shield supplied by Weiss, who’s been talking out of both sides of his mouth throughout this fiasco.
TownhallAug 12 2023
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Hunter Biden Special Counsel Shows AG Merrick Garland Is Clueless
After spending a half-decade investigating Hunter Biden, the U.S. Department of Justice has now decided that it needs a special counsel to finish the job. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday that he would name David Weiss, the U.S. Attorney for Delaware, as the special counsel for the prosecution of President Biden’s only surviving son after Weiss requested the appointment and in
Daily BeastSep 20 2023
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Hunter Biden Denied Request for Virtual Court Appearance
Magistrate Judge Christopher J. Burke denied Wednesday a request from Hunter Biden's legal team that he appear virtually for his arraignment on felony gun charges. Burke, hailing from the federal District Court in Delaware, sided with Department of Justice special counsel David C. Weiss' office, which issued a filing shortly before the decision opposing the request. Weiss' office had cited the
Newsmax (News)Sep 20 2023
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Hunter Biden prosecutors oppose bid for virtual hearing on gun charges
Special counsel David Weiss has formally come out against a request from lawyers for Hunter Biden to hold a virtual hearing on gun charges brought against the first son, arguing an in-person hearing would better ensure public confidence that the case was being handled properly. Weiss asked US Magistrate Judge Christopher Burke on Wednesday to deny Biden attorney Abbe Lowell’s request to hold a
New York Post (News)