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| Hunter's Sweetheart Deal Goes Up In Smoke |
| 2023-07-28 |
| BLUF: [ZERO] 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. Basically, Hunter's lawyers tried to get him immunized against any future prosecutions related to his foreign influence peddling, and they failed, at least for now, thanks to an honest judge. Maybe rule of law in America isn't dead yet. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #11 For now… |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2023-07-28 17:33 |
| #10 /\ That which attends the estate, stays at the estate. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-07-28 15:41 |
| #9 Kunstler's Friday article has a couple of remarkable thoughts, a worthy read today: "It’s rumored that the rascally, discarded plea deal was cooked up by alpha blobette, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco herself, the Blob’s consiglieri. Nice try, Sugar, but no cigar." "...Ms. Monaco has chiefly served as Barack Obama’s “fixer,” the clean-up gal who makes problems magically go away. The problem here is that sooner or later news will enter some legal channel that Mr. Obama was not unaware of all the grifting going on around his vice-president’s family, and might himself be inculpated as an accessory to acts of treason." " A later report said that Mr. Obama might have been present at the estate that evening without Michelle. Was he Mr. Tafari’s paddle-board companion? Did he make the 911 call? Mr. Tafari was reportedly no longer in the Obama’s employ and was writing a book about his experiences as the first family’s cook. One reported morsel attributed to the book is that Barack and Michele Obama almost never had meals together." https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/no-way-out/ |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-07-28 15:29 |
| #8 ^ 328 months "supervised release" |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-07-28 14:36 |
| #7 I don’t think Hunter will end up serving time. The DOJ and Hunter’s lawyers are both working together on this against our interests. They will figure out a different solution that the judge can’t stop. Their collective goal is to give the appearance of Hunter being held accountable - i.e. there is no two-tiered system of Justice. A new plea is also important for the Bidens in and out of government to provide a stronger basis for the argument that there was nothing on the laptop except consensual and non-consensual nudes. This case is not about justice; it is about talking points. Surrogates need to be able to say that Hunter has accepted responsibility and been punished. Let’s move on. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-07-28 14:32 |
| #6 Bet they wished they had the court of a Hawaiian Judge |
| Posted by: Frank G 2023-07-28 12:35 |
| #5 I would also like to be immunized against any future prosecutions. Where do I go to get this deal? |
| Posted by: Tom 2023-07-28 11:43 |
| #4 I'm pretty sure that there's an appeals court justice somewhere that just got told to override this. Just guessing here... |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-07-28 08:25 |
| #3 I believe the 87th Attorney General of the United States has just been found. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-07-28 08:10 |
| #1 A desperate move by very desperate people. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-07-28 07:31 |