Does anyone else find it interesting that there is a dramatic difference between how people want to treat someone that DISCUSSED deleting information and someone that actually DID delete information.
https://twitter.com/moxlosllc/status/1685328952288546816?s=46&t=Y4fVsDnz2q8uZ3VNKeco4A
Based on conversations with people who were in the courtroom today, and my experience as a former federal prosecutor, I think I know the full story of what happened with the Hunter Biden plea agreement blow-up this morning.
Bear with me, because this is a little complicated:
Typically, if the Government is offering to a defendant that it will either drop charges or decline to bring new charges in return for the defendant's guilty plea, the plea is structured under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1)(A). An agreement not to prosecute Hunter for FARA violations or other crimes in return for his pleading guilty to the tax misdemeanors, for example, would usually be a (c)(1)(A) plea. This is open, transparent, subject to judicial approval, etc.
In Hunter's case, according to what folks in the courtroom have told me, Hunter's plea was structured under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1)(B), which is usually just a plea in return for a joint sentencing recommendation only, and contained no information on its face about other potential charges, and contained no clear agreement by DOJ to forego prosecution of other charges.
Instead, DOJ and Hunter's lawyers effectively hid that part of the agreement in what was publicly described as a pretrial diversion agreement relating to a § 922(g)(3) gun charge against Hunter for being a drug user in possession of a firearm.
That pretrial diversion agreement as written was actually MUCH broader than just the gun charge. If Hunter were to complete probation, the pretrial diversion agreement prevented DOJ from ever bringing charges against Hunter for any crimes relating to the offense conduct discussed in the plea agreement, which was purposely written to include his foreign influence peddling operations in China and elsewhere.
So they put the facts in the plea agreement, but put their non-prosecution agreement in the pretrial diversion agreement, effectively hiding the full scope of what DOJ was offering and Hunter was obtaining through these proceedings. Hunter's upside from this deal was vast immunity from further prosecution if he finished a couple years of probation, and the public wouldn't be any the wiser because none of this was clearly stated on the face of the plea agreement, as would normally be the case.
Judge Noreika smelled a rat. She understood that the lawyers were trying to paint her into a corner and hide the ball. Instead, she backed DOJ and Hunter's lawyers into a corner by pulling all the details out into the open and then indicating that she wasn't going to approve a deal as broad as what she had discovered.
DOJ, attempting to save face and save its case, then stated on the record that the investigation into Hunter was ongoing and that Hunter remained susceptible to prosecution under FARA. Hunter's lawyers exploded. They clearly believed that FARA was covered under the deal, because as written, the pretrial diversion agreement language was broad enough to cover it. They blew up the deal, Hunter pled not guilty, and that's the current state of play.
And so here we are. Hunter's lawyers and DOJ are going to go off and try to pull together a new set of agreements, likely narrower, to satisfy Judge Noreika. Fortunately, I doubt if FARA or any charges related to Hunter's foreign influence peddling will be included, which leaves open the possibility of further investigations leading to further prosecutions.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/07/hunter-bidens-sweetheart-plea-deal-blows-up/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mccarthy-report/id1396508525?i=1000622567675
https://twitter.com/moxlosllc/status/1684535056155439107?s=46&t=Y4fVsDnz2q8uZ3VNKeco4A
In a speech on mental health on Tuesday, Biden made an outrageous claim that we have ended cancer as we know it.
Of course, in the “official“ transcript released after the speech by the White House they falsely claim he said “We can end cancer as we know it.”
Here’s a link of what he actually said: https://youtu.be/nAIHRXZwUwM
https://twitter.com/moxlosllc/status/1684185013481349120?s=46&t=Y4fVsDnz2q8uZ3VNKeco4A
Zelensky concerned over delayed F-16 pilot training.
"There is no schedule of training missions, this is being delayed. I don't know why (Western allies) are doing it," Zelensky said in a joint conference with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on July 1.
https://twitter.com/moxlosllc/status/1675195135636783104?s=46&t=Y4fVsDnz2q8uZ3VNKeco4A
