{"id":1951959,"date":"2023-06-20T14:25:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T18:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-responds-to-hunter-biden-case-sweetheart-deal\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20T14:26:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T18:26:40","slug":"desantis-responds-to-hunter-biden-case-sweetheart-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-responds-to-hunter-biden-case-sweetheart-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis reacts to Hunter Biden case: &#8216;Favorable agreement&#8217;"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fdesantis-responds-to-hunter-biden-case-sweetheart-deal%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=1951959&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 class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0620\/5e233f79-d0c8-4538-98d4-02d67c57f84b\/audio.mp3?length=2642157&#038;duration=220\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Slams Hunter Biden Plea Agreement<\/h2>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has strongly criticized the reported plea agreement of Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, stating that it highlights a two-tiered standard of justice in the United States.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLooks like Hunter received a sweetheart deal and is not facing any charges on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-plea-desantis-slams-sweetheart-deal-as-double-standard\/\" title=\"DeSantis criticizes Hunter Biden's plea as unfair.\">massive corruption allegations<\/a>. If Hunter was not connected to the elite DC class he would have been put in jail a long time ago,\u201d DeSantis, a GOP presidential candidate, wrote on Twitter Tuesday. \u201cIf Hunter were a Republican, he would have been in jail years ago,\u201d DeSantis added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Hunter Biden&#8217;s Plea Agreement<\/h3>\n<p>Earlier today, Hunter Biden confirmed through his lawyer that he will plead guilty to federal tax offenses, while avoiding prosecution on a separate gun charge, as part of a deal with the Department of Justice (DOJ). This agreement has raised concerns about the fairness of the justice system.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hunter Biden, 52, will plead guilty to misdemeanor tax offenses.<\/li>\n<li>The agreement will likely prevent prosecution on a felony charge of illegally possessing a firearm as a drug user, as long as he meets certain conditions set by prosecutors.<\/li>\n<li>Resolving a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terrorism-homicide-prosecutors-brought-in-to-try-capitol-riot-defendants-for-crimes-like-trespassing\/\" title=\"Terrorism, Homicide Prosecutors Brought In To Try Capitol Riot Defendants For Crimes Like Trespassing\">federal criminal case<\/a> while charges are filed in court is somewhat unusual but not unprecedented.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This deal brings an end to a lengthy Justice Department investigation into Hunter Biden, who has publicly acknowledged his struggles with addiction following the death of his brother Beau Biden in 2015. It also avoids a trial that could have generated distracting headlines for the White House, with Republicans claiming that the DOJ&#8217;s actions are politically motivated.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to note that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-responds-to-hunter-biden-case-sweetheart-deal\/\" title=\"DeSantis reacts to Hunter Biden case: 'Favorable agreement'\">plea agreement focuses solely<\/a> on tax and weapons violations and does not address broader allegations of influence-peddling and bribery schemes involving Hunter Biden and his family during Joe Biden&#8217;s tenure as vice president.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Trump took to his social media platform, Truth Social, to compare the Hunter Biden deal to a &#8220;mere traffic ticket,&#8221; expressing his belief that the system is broken.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Clark, a lawyer for Hunter Biden, stated that he understands the investigation lasted five years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>, he would be held accountable like any other American citizen,&#8221; DeSantis stated. He expressed concern over the apparent disparity in the justice system and called for equal treatment under the law for all individuals, regardless of their connections or status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":1951960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5877,3620,5375,4980,14195,3822,4672],"class_list":["post-1951959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-agreement","tag-biden","tag-case","tag-desantis","tag-favorable","tag-hunter","tag-reacts"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951959","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\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1951959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1951960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1951959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1951959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1951959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}