{"id":1563527,"date":"2022-07-20T19:35:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T23:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1563527"},"modified":"2022-07-20T20:12:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T00:12:14","slug":"report-doj-mulling-charges-for-hunter-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-doj-mulling-charges-for-hunter-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: DOJ Mulling Charges For Hunter Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-doj-mulling-charges-for-hunter-biden%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1563527&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1240068398-scaled-e1654777566745.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Department of Justice (DOJ) is considering if tax and gun-related charges will be brought against President Joe Biden\u2019s son, Hunter Biden, in connection to a federal investigation into his business dealings.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/02\/hunter-biden-nicholas-mcquaid-justice-department-criminal-division\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigation<\/a> into Hunter Biden, led by U.S. District Attorney David Weiss, has \u201cintensified\u201d recently as officials discuss moving forward in a politically delicate case as the midterms loom, sources <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/20\/politics\/hunter-biden-investigation-critical-juncture\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a>\u00a0CNN.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The federal investigation into Hunter Biden\u2019s business activities is nearing a critical juncture, but sources say no final decision has been made on whether to bring charges against the President\u2019s son. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pvc1mC4dYY\">https:\/\/t.co\/pvc1mC4dYY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNN (@CNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/status\/1549866014753669120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The DOJ initially investigated <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/11\/4chan-hack-hunter-biden-nude-photos-videos-texts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hunter Biden<\/a> for possible financial crimes, including money laundering and campaign finance laws, while Joe Biden was vice president, CNN noted. But the DOJ has reportedly limited its scope to focus solely on allegations the president\u2019s son committed tax and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/29\/hunter-bidens-involvement-in-firearm-incident-raises-important-legal-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gun<\/a>-related crimes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/05\/doocy-presses-jean-pierre-bidens-voicemail-hunter-biden-business-dealings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Biden<\/a> was not included in the investigation into Hunter Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/02\/hunter-biden-laptop-rudy-giuliani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">business dealings<\/a>, according to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/13\/house-judiciary-letter-attorney-general-merrick-garland-memo-fbi-schools-ethics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Merrick Garland<\/a> reminded DOJ employees how the department expects political cases in an election year to be handled in a May 25\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/22089098\/attorney-general-memorandum-election-year-sensitivities.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">memo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDepartment of Justice employees are entrusted with the authority to enforce the laws of the United States and with the responsibility to do so in a neutral and impartial manner,\u201d Garland wrote in the May memo. \u201cThis is particularly important in an election year.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/05\/ron-klain-asked-hunter-biden-money-2012-vice-presidents-residence-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED:\u00a0\u2018Keep This Low Low Key\u2019: Biden\u2019s Current Chief Of Staff Reportedly Asked Hunter Biden For Money In 2012)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The memo told investigators to be careful with \u201celection year sensitivities\u201d and to avoid \u201ctiming of public statements (attributed or not), investigative steps, criminal charges, or any other action in any matter or case for the purpose of affecting any election, or for the purpose of giving an advantage or disadvantage to any candidate or political party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans in the House have <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/12\/kevin-mccarthy-training-sessions-house-gop-staff-investigations-joe-biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">promised<\/a> to investigate the President and Hunter Biden\u2019s business dealings if the party takes back control of the House after the midterm elections, going so far as to set up \u201cInvestigation 101\u201d seminars to teach members the procedures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;This is particularly important in an election year&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":495,"featured_media":1574760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1563527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1563527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/495"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1563527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1563527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1574760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1563527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1563527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1563527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}