I’d add an observation about the curious timing of the indictment. Weiss could have charged Hunter Biden with tax-evasion charges anytime during the past several months or years. He has chosen to indict him on December 8, when Hunter is under subpoena to be deposed by the House impeachment inquiry on December 12. Hunter already had a live Fifth Amendment privilege to refuse to answer questions (as I explained in a recent post) because (a) he was under indictment in Delaware federal court on gun charges, and (b) the Justice Department had indicated that its investigation of potential tax and other charges was continuing. But obviously, a new indictment just a few days prior to the House deposition gives Hunter and his counsel added reason to tell the public that he couldn’t possibly be expected to testify because, as they’ll spin it, Republicans have pressured the Justice Department into indicting him again.
How convenient. I suppose we should be surprised any charges were brought at all considering that the DOJ dragged its feet for so long on the tax charges that the statute of limitations lapsed on the early years of Hunter's tax evasion.
3 comments:
Philip Bump:
"This is the same dumb argument they made about a Devon Archer sentencing letter this summer and then Archer sat for his deposition anyway. Then they presented Archer's testimony as damning while ignoring the obviously exculpatory stuff he said."
Rep. James Comer:
"You can loan people money. If they pay you back, then you benefitted directly."
That's a direct quote. Spoken aloud on television by your mastermind.
He is the intrepid sleuth in charge of the investigation who's gonna nail Joseph R. Biden dead to rights.
Viking Pundit's concern about possible tax evasion and illicit payments is obviously sincere and honest.
Now do Clarence Thomas.
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