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Hunter Biden’s Taxes and the Law
9Dec By adminNo Comments
Business

Hunter Biden’s Taxes and the Law

The U.S. legal system is premised on equal justice under the law, and that’s the lens through which to view the latest indictment against Hunter Biden. The President’s son faces legal peril from his own conduct, not because of his last name.Special Counsel David Weiss on Thursday indicted Hunter in California on nine charges for evading $1.4 million in federal taxes from 2016 through 2019. They include three felony and six misdemeanor charges related to tax evasion, failure to file and pay taxes, and filing false or fraudulent returns. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Special Counsel Jack Smith Seeks Gag Order On Trump
16Sep By adminNo Comments
Politics

Special Counsel Jack Smith Seeks Gag Order On Trump

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith is asking the federal judge presiding over Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 case to stop the former president from making inflammatory statements that he said are endangering witnesses and will make finding a fair jury difficult.“The defendant has repeatedly and widely disseminated public statements attacking the citizens of the District of Columbia, the court, prosecutors, and prospective witnesses,” Smith wrote in a Friday filing to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan. “The defendant knows that when he publicly attacks individuals and institutions, he inspires others to perpetrate threats and harassment against his targets.”Trump responded to the request barely an hour after it was posted by the court with a statement similar to the ones Smith spoke of in his ...
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Why Republicans Are Complaining About the Hunter Biden Special Counsel That They Asked For
15Aug By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

Why Republicans Are Complaining About the Hunter Biden Special Counsel That They Asked For

If you want to grasp just how cynical and performative Republican Party politics are these days, consider the reactions to Attorney General Merrick Garland’s decision to elevate the U.S. Attorney David Weiss, whose office has been investigating Hunter Biden for years, to the status of special counsel. In April of last year, more than ninety Republicans in the House of Representatives wrote to Garland and asked him to appoint a special counsel to investigate Biden, looking at such subjects as money he had received from overseas businesses, his alleged actions on their behalf, and his tax affairs. The letter-signers said they were concerned that President Biden’s Justice Department “has an actual conflict of interest” in investigating Hunter Biden and added that appointing a special counsel...
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