| | | "Millions of drug addicts all across America should be able to relate to Junior's struggles"
And alcoholics, along with their families.
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"Brandon Jr., in comparison, is a poor victim of the evil Republicans"
Addicts are primarily the victims of their own inner demons, but they can be victims of others, too. We wouldn't be charged with his crimes. I wish him well in battling both sets of demons, but I'm not gonna vote for him for political office. I could certainly be persuaded to vote not guilty by a lawyer who argues this in court, however.
The charges in Hunter Biden's indictment are rarely brought, legal experts say (nbcnews.com)
June 20, 2023,
WASHINGTON — The charges brought against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden are rarely prosecuted, legal experts say....
The federal gun charge, which makes it unlawful for a drug addict to possess a weapon, is a rarely used statute that is facing legal challenges and has recently been used as a catch-all charge against white supremacists.
Like the gun charge, the tax charges are rarely brought against first-time offenders and even more rarely result in jail time, Andrew Weissmann, a former FBI general counsel and NBC News contributor, tweeted Tuesday. "This is if anything harsh, not lenient," he wrote.
Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti agreed. "It insults the intelligence of the American people to compare misdemeanor tax charges to a scheme to steal Top Secret documents and obstruct justice when the government asked for them back," he tweeted, comparing the charges against Hunter Biden to the recent federal indictment against former President Donald Trump. "If anything, Hunter Biden was treated harshly — those crimes are rarely charged.".
The case is being overseen by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Delaware, which is headed by Donald Trump appointee David Weiss, who was named special counsel in the case.
The gun charge itself is under legal threat. A federal appeals court ruled in June that the government cannot ban those convicted of nonviolent crimes from possessing a weapon, and a federal court in Texas recently ruled — following a major Supreme Court case last year that expanded gun rights — that the ban on drug users possessing weapons violates the Second Amendment.
The charge, when brought, has often been used in high-profile cases where the underlying conduct doesn't violate any obvious federal criminal statute. Last week, the mother of a 6 -year-old boy who shot his teacher in Newport News, Virginia, pleaded guilty to the charge — possessing a firearm while using marijuana — along with a charge of making a false statement.
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Hunter Biden paid off tax bill in 2021, but investigation ...
New York Post
Mar 17, 2022 — Hunter Biden paid off a tax liability of over $1 million a year after he announced he was under investigation for defrauding the IRS -- but ... |
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