{"id":1677949,"date":"2022-10-07T09:23:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T13:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1677949"},"modified":"2022-10-07T09:28:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T13:28:24","slug":"doj-leak-says-theres-evidence-to-charge-hunter-biden-with-tax-and-gun-offenses-but-will-they","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-leak-says-theres-evidence-to-charge-hunter-biden-with-tax-and-gun-offenses-but-will-they\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Leak Says There&#8217;s Evidence to Charge Hunter Biden With Tax and Gun Offenses &#8211; But Will They?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fdoj-leak-says-theres-evidence-to-charge-hunter-biden-with-tax-and-gun-offenses-but-will-they%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=1677949&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--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Leaks from the Department of Justice that charges are imminent against Hunter Biden over tax and gun offenses suggest he is getting a sweet deal after a four-year investigation by Delaware US Attorney David Weiss.<\/p>\n<p>Missing from the Washington Post account of the DOJ case against the president\u2019s son is any mention of previously <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/04\/hunter-biden-defrauded-me-jim-biden-called-me-during-fbi-interview-ex-biz-partner\/\">mooted charges over money laundering<\/a> and violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), both of which could lead prosecutors to inspect the president\u2019s involvement in an<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/04\/fbi-agent-timothy-thibault-hid-intel-from-whistleblower-on-hunter-the-big-guy-joe-biden\/\"> influence-peddling scheme<\/a> run by his son and brother Jim Biden during Joe\u2019s time as vice president.<\/p>\n<p>But a source close to the president\u2019s son alleges the leaks have come from \u201crogue investigators\u201d in the DOJ who are <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/06\/federal-agents-have-evidence-to-charge-hunter-biden-report\/\">concerned that Weiss is not going to indict Hunter.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey want the scalp [and] they\u2019re putting Weiss in a box. He\u2019s in a horrible, horrible spot. The case has been going for four years and nothing has happened with it \u2026 They\u2019ve investigated [Hunter] thoroughly \u2026 These people have tried to find everything. These are Trump prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it was going well, they would have indicted Hunter. You can indict a ham sandwich \u2026 They are trying to back Weiss into a corner by leaking [to] set the table for if [Hunter] does get exonerated \u2014 they get this s\u2013t out there. So when Weiss looks at the decision and decides not to prosecute, they\u2019ve gotten out in front of it with all this smoke.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__header\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"button inline-slideshow__nav inline-slideshow__nav--prev inline-slideshow__nav--disabled\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Previous<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span>1<\/span> of <span>2<\/span>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"button inline-slideshow__nav inline-slideshow__nav--next\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Next<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"393\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/devine-254.jpg\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Hunter Biden&#039;s laptop\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/devine-254-1.jpg 786w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/devine-254-2.jpg 589w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/devine-254.jpg 393w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/devine-254-3.jpg&amp;w=196 196w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/devine-254-3.jpg 1024w\" \/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA source close to Hunter Biden alleges the leaks come from &#8220;rogue investigators&#8221; in the DOJ who are concerned Weiss is not going to indict him.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"393\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/devine-255.jpg\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Hunter Biden laptop\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/devine-255-1.jpg 786w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/devine-255-2.jpg 589w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/devine-255.jpg 393w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/devine-255-3.jpg&amp;w=196 196w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/devine-255-3.jpg 1024w\" \/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAn image from Hunter Biden&#8217;s infamous laptop. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1241760528.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1241760528.jpg\" alt=\"The report didn&#039;t mention of previously mooted charges over money laundering and violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.\" class=\"wp-image-24159108\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1241760528-1.jpg 1236w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1241760528-2.jpg 927w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1241760528-3.jpg 618w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1241760528-4.jpg 309w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1241760528-5-scaled.jpg 1024w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Hunter Biden is potentially facing charges on tax and gun offenses. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hunter would say that, wouldn\u2019t he? He still believes he has done nothing wrong, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/05\/ex-hunter-business-partner-tony-bobulinski-takes-on-the-biden-machine\/\">overwhelming evidence<\/a> on his abandoned laptop and from former business partner Tony Bobulinski that he was involved in a Biden family scheme to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/08\/hunter-biden-told-bulger-hed-introduce-biz-associates-to-chinese-official\/\">sell his father\u2019s influence<\/a> for millions of dollars to America\u2019s adversaries, including in China and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The source said President Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland have kept out of legal decisions regarding Hunter.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI know his father doesn\u2019t get involved at all,\u201d the source said. \u201cNeither does Garland. It\u2019s all done from Baltimore and Delaware and is a co-thing between the IRS and the US Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe heard they went nuts [several months ago] the day the tax payment came in because it f\u2013ked their case up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hunter is believed to have paid the IRS $2.8 million in overdue taxes.<\/p>\n<p>The gun charge relates to whether Hunter lied on a mandatory background check form when he bought a gun in Delaware in October 2018, which subsequently his widowed sister-in-law threw into a trash can at a time when their romantic entanglement had turned sour.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/devine-253.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/devine-253.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Biden speaks at IBM\" class=\"wp-image-24159408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/devine-253-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/devine-253-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/devine-253-2.jpg&amp;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>\u201cI know his father doesn\u2019t get involved at all,\u201d the source said. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Hans Pennink<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/1428150941-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1428150941-1.jpg\" alt=\"The president has also remained silent reportedly.\" class=\"wp-image-24159121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1428150941-1-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1428150941-1-2.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1428150941-1-3-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1428150941-1-3-scaled.jpg&amp;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A source says Attorney General Merrick Garland has kept out of legal decisions regarding Hunter.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Gun-form lie a felony<\/h2>\n<p>The form, obtained by Politico, showed that Hunter allegedly answered \u201cNo\u201d to a question asking if he was \u201can unlawful user of or addicted to\u201d illegal drugs. At the time, according to material on his abandoned laptop and his own memoir, Hunter was addicted to crack cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ previously has jailed people for lying on the form, which is a felony.<\/p>\n<p>A Hunter friend says the gun charge came \u201cout of the blue\u201d earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe claim is he didn\u2019t admit he was an alcoholic and had a drug problem in his application. It\u2019s hardly the first time that\u2019s ever happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another source, a former associate who still keeps in touch with Hunter, says the first son\u2019s team regards the leaks \u201cas a desperation move because the DOJ case is falling apart.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/USA-BIDEN_TREASURY-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/USA-BIDEN_TREASURY-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Biden has claimed about knowing nothing about his son&#039;s business dealings.\" class=\"wp-image-24159124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/USA-BIDEN_TREASURY-2-2.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/USA-BIDEN_TREASURY-2-3.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/USA-BIDEN_TREASURY-2-4-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/USA-BIDEN_TREASURY-2-4-scaled.jpg&amp;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Hunter Biden arranged meetings between his father and business partners. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chris Clark, Hunter\u2019s lawyer, responded to calls, emails and text messages yesterday with a one-word response, \u201cIgnoring,\u201d but later pointed to a previous statement lambasting the leakers and saying: \u201cWe believe the prosecutors in this case are diligently and thoroughly weighing not just evidence provided by agents, but also all the other witnesses in this case, including witnesses for the defense \u2026 They should not be pressured, rushed or criticized for doing their job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sources familiar with the case say prosecutors wanted Hunter to agree to a plea deal but he refused to plead guilty to a felony.<\/p>\n<p>If he refuses a plea deal, the US attorney could indict him and include extra charges, including for FARA and money laundering, with the potential for a trial in Delaware that could involve witnesses such as his <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/15\/hunter-biden-raged-at-hallie-after-she-trashed-his-gun-report\/\">former lover, sister-in-law Hallie Biden<\/a>, and uncle Jim Biden, who also is under federal investigation on separate matters.<\/p>\n<p>Such a trial would be a grave political risk for the president, so it is difficult to see Hunter holding out for long against the sweet deal.<\/p>\n<p>But then again, as a former prosecutor puts it: \u201cHunter suffers from hubris, fatal arrogance. He has always received what he demands.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaks from the Department of Justice that charges are imminent against Hunter Biden over tax and gun offenses suggest he is getting a sweet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1363926,"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-1677949","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\/1677949","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1677949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1677949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1363926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1677949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1677949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1677949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}