{"id":1965298,"date":"2023-07-06T05:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T09:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-plea-judge-pressured-to-reject-sweetheart-deal-after-irs-whistleblower-claims\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T05:49:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T09:49:20","slug":"hunter-biden-plea-judge-pressured-to-reject-sweetheart-deal-after-irs-whistleblower-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-plea-judge-pressured-to-reject-sweetheart-deal-after-irs-whistleblower-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"IRS whistleblower claims pressure on judge to reject Hunter Biden&#8217;s plea deal."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fhunter-biden-plea-judge-pressured-to-reject-sweetheart-deal-after-irs-whistleblower-claims%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=1965298&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--><h2>The Pressure Mounts: Former DOJ Officials Urge Judge to Reject Hunter Biden&#8217;s Plea Deal<\/h2>\n<p>The Delaware-based federal judge set to preside over Hunter Biden&#8217;s arraignment later this month is facing increasing pressure from former Department of Justice officials. They are urging the judge to reject Biden&#8217;s plea deal, as a majority of the nation believes that the president&#8217;s son <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/companies-that-donated-to-gov-gavin-newsom-to-help-with-coronavirus-were-rewarded-with-no-bid-state-contracts\/\" title=\"Companies That Donated To Gov. Gavin Newsom To Help With Coronavirus Were Rewarded With No-Bid State Contracts\">received preferential treatment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/only-22-of-cable-news-is-news-study\/\" title=\"Only 22% of Cable \u2018News\u2019 is News: Study\">recent poll conducted<\/a> by Rasmussen Reports, 55% of likely U.S. voters disagreed with the deal prosecutors made with Biden. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-plea-judge-pressured-to-reject-sweetheart-deal-after-irs-whistleblower-claims\/\" title=\"IRS whistleblower claims pressure on judge to reject Hunter Biden's plea deal.\">agreement involves pleading guilty<\/a> to certain tax charges and entering a diversion program for a gun charge, which would help him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-l-a-d-a-s-husband-who-pulled-a-gun-on-a-blm-leader-requests-diversion-to-avoid-jail\/\" title=\"Former L.A. D.A.\u2019s Husband Who Pulled A Gun On A BLM Leader Requests Diversion To Avoid Jail\">avoid jail time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Former DOJ Official Calls for Rejection of Plea Deal<\/h3>\n<p>Eileen O&#8217;Connor, a former head of the DOJ&#8217;s tax division, recently penned an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal titled &#8220;Throw Hunter Biden\u2019s Plea Deal in the Trash.&#8221; In her article, she urged the judge to reject the agreement struck between Biden and U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware David C. Weiss. O&#8217;Connor argued that the deal gives credibility to recent claims made by IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley.<\/p>\n<p>Shapley, a current IRS agent with over 14 years of experience, alleged that he was prevented from taking certain investigative steps that could have implicated the president himself. He claimed that he was barred from bringing charges in other jurisdictions and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-bidens-attorney-attempts-to-discredit-irs-whistleblowers-in-10-page-letter\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden's lawyer discredits IRS whistleblowers in a 10-page letter.\">denied special counsel status<\/a> by the DOJ.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Connor highlighted Shapley&#8217;s testimony to Congress, where he stated that Weiss admitted he was not the final decision maker regarding charges against Biden. This revelation prompted Shapley to become a whistleblower and seek legal counsel.<\/p>\n<p>Weiss, however, maintains that he had &#8220;ultimate authority&#8221; over the investigation and the power to decide where, when, and whether to file charges. He refuted claims of interference and expressed willingness to discuss the matter further with the House Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n<h3>Legal Experts Divided on Treatment of Hunter Biden<\/h3>\n<p>Following the announcement of Biden&#8217;s likely probation-only plea deal for misdemeanor tax crimes and a gun crime, legal experts have expressed differing opinions on whether he received preferential treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Some, like former Utah U.S. Attorney Brett L. Tolman, argue that if Biden were treated like an average citizen, he would face decades in federal prison. On the other hand, former prosecutors like Renato Mariotti contend that Biden was actually treated harshly, as these types of crimes are rarely charged.<\/p>\n<p>The fate of the plea deal now rests in the hands of Judge Maryellen Noreika, who will preside over the hearing scheduled for July 26 at the federal courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner has reached out to the Office of Special Counsel, Biden&#8217;s attorneys, and Weiss&#8217;s office for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>charges,  a majority of Americans expressed dissatisfaction, urging the Delaware judge to reject the lenient deal. Former DOJ officials are also increasing the pressure on the judge, highlighting concerns over preferential treatment given to the president&#8217;s son. The arraignment is scheduled for later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1965299,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1965298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1965298","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=1965298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1965299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1965298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1965298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1965298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}