{"id":1976493,"date":"2023-07-18T17:13:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T21:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-department-erred-in-allowing-hunter-biden-to-forgo-foreign-agent-registration-lawsuit-alleges\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T17:14:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T21:14:49","slug":"justice-department-erred-in-allowing-hunter-biden-to-forgo-foreign-agent-registration-lawsuit-alleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-department-erred-in-allowing-hunter-biden-to-forgo-foreign-agent-registration-lawsuit-alleges\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuit claims Justice Department made mistake by exempting Hunter Biden from foreign agent registration."},"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\">28<\/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%2Fjustice-department-erred-in-allowing-hunter-biden-to-forgo-foreign-agent-registration-lawsuit-alleges%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=1976493&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>\n \u200b <\/p>\n<h2>The Department of Justice&#8217;s\u2064 Failure\u200c to Follow \u2062the \u2063Law<\/h2>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n \u2062 \u2064 \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 Department\u2064 of\u200d Justice failed\u2064 to follow the\u2062 law \u2063when\u2063 it\u200b allowed\u2062 Hunter \u200cBiden \u200cto\u2062 work as\u200d a\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jen-psaki-suggests-gop-oversight-chair-is-being-co-opted-by-foreign-agent\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Psaki implies GOP oversight chair is influenced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-court-is-fast-tracking-sidney-powells-request-for-a-forensic-exam-of-dominion-voting-machines\/\" title=\"Federal Court Is Fast-Tracking Sidney Powell\u2019s Request For A Forensic Exam Of Dominion Voting Machines\">foreign agent<\/a>.&#8221;>foreign\u2062 agent<\/a>\u200b without \u200bregistering as\u200d such, America \u2064First\u2063 Legal alleges in \u200da new lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<div>\n\u200d \u200c  \u2062 <\/p>\n<p><a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\"\u2063 target=\"_blank\"\u200d rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2064   \u2062 <\/p>\n<p><a\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u200c \u2063<\/p>\n<h3>The \u2063Lawsuit Allegations<\/h3>\n<p>\u200c  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 lawsuit, \u2062a \u2064copy of \u2064which \u200bwas\u200b obtained by the\u2064 <em>Washington \u2063Free Beacon,<\/em>\u2063 alleges\u2064 that Hunter Biden \u2064worked \u2064during the \u200cObama administration as a\u200b foreign agent for &#8220;Ukrainian\u200b and \u200cChinese principals\u200d and\u2063 therefore was legally\u200d obligated to register \u2064as \u2062such.&#8221; The \u2063Justice\u200b Department \u200bnever\u200b &#8220;required\u2063 Mr. \u2064Biden&#8221;\u2064 to \u200cregister \u2062as \u2064a\u2063 foreign \u2064agent,\u200c even though the FBI took\u200b custody of \u200bHunter \u200bBiden\u2019s laptop, \u2064which \u2064contained\u200b evidence of \u2062his\u200c overseas \u200cbusiness\u2063 dealings,\u2063 in \u2062November\u200b 2019, \u200cthe \u2062lawsuit\u2062 states.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 \u2064<\/p>\n<p>American First \u2064Legal argues \u2064that\u2064 Hunter Biden worked \u2064as\u200b a \u200bforeign agent \u2063during\u200d his\u2062 time\u2062 as a \u2064board \u200dmember\u200c for Burisma Holdings\u2064 Limited, \u200ca\u2062 Ukrainian\u2064 gas\u2063 company that\u200c paid him\u200b $1\u2062 million \u2062a \u2064year. \u200cEmails obtained \u200bfrom \u2064the National \u200bArchives \u200band Records \u200bAdministration &#8220;confirm,&#8221; according to America\u200b First \u200dLegal, that \u200dHunter \u200cBiden \u2063&#8221;directly\u2063 represented Burisma\u2063 in its dealings \u200dwith the Obama White\u2064 House.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  \u200d<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063lawsuit, which demands that Hunter \u200dBiden \u2062be\u200d required \u200dto\u200c register\u200d as a\u2062 foreign\u2062 agent, \u200cis the\u200b latest \u2063in \u200ca series\u200b of allegations\u2064 that\u200d Hunter Biden \u200dreceived special\u200b treatment from the \u2062Department of Justice.\u2063 Republicans have long\u200c contended that\u200c Hunter \u2062Biden\u2062 violated \u2062the Foreign \u2064Agent\u200b Registration Act during \u200dhis\u200b work \u200cwith \u200cBurisma and CEFC \u2063China \u200bEnergy,\u2064 a\u200d Chinese\u2064 energy\u2062 conglomerate,\u200b but \u2063only\u200d received \u200ctwo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-department-erred-in-allowing-hunter-biden-to-forgo-foreign-agent-registration-lawsuit-alleges\/\" title=\"Lawsuit claims Justice Department made mistake by exempting Hunter Biden from foreign agent registration.\">misdemeanor\u2062 tax-related \u200dcharges<\/a> \u2064and a\u200c gun charge\u200c that is \u200bexpected \u200bto be\u200d expunged\u200d from\u2063 his \u200bcriminal record.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Attorney General has \u200da non-discretionary duty to\u200c ensure\u200b that\u2063 Hunter Biden \u2063registers as\u2062 a foreign agent \u2062under \u2063FARA and provides\u2062 the American\u2064 people with\u2062 transparency into \u200bhis activities on \u200bbehalf of \u200bforeign\u200c principals,&#8221; \u2062America \u200cFirst\u200c Legal \u200bVice President and \u200cGeneral Counsel Gene \u2062Hamilton said \u2064in \u200ca\u2064 statement.<\/p>\n<p>The emails \u2063released \u2063by the National\u200c Archives and\u2062 Records \u2062Administration show Hunter Biden communicating \u2063with one of his father\u2019s \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-raises-concerns-for-hiring-relatives-of-senior-staffers-for-positions-in-admin\/\" title=\"Joe Biden raises concerns for hiring relatives of senior staffers for positions in admin.\">senior staffers<\/a> \u200bin May 2014 about \u2063his \u2063work\u2063 at \u200cBurisma. Hunter\u200d Biden wrote\u200b that\u200b he\u2063 is &#8220;of \u200bcounsel \u200b\u2026\u200c on matters \u2062pertaining \u200dto \u200ccorporate \u200bgovernance,\u200c transparency, and expansion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Just \u200dover\u200b two\u200c years later,\u2062 a \u200bseparate\u200d senior \u200cstaffer in the\u200d Office of\u2063 the\u2064 Vice President \u2062sent an email \u2063to Hunter \u2062Biden\u200b indicating that both he \u2064and \u200dhis \u2063father were\u2062 on \u2063a \u2063phone call\u2064 with then-Ukrainian \u200bpresident\u200c Petro \u200dPoroshenko. \u200dThe \u2062contents \u200cof \u2062that conversation are\u200b unknown.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2062<\/p>\n<div>\n\u200c    \u200b<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\"\u200b target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2064 \u2063   <\/p>\n<p><a\u200c href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" \u2064target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u200d\u2062 <\/p>\n<h3>Unsealed\u2064 Charges \u2063and \u200cAllegations\u2063 of\u200b Retaliation<\/h3>\n<p>\u200b  \u2063<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cDepartment \u2064of Justice earlier\u200b this month <a \u2064href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/justice-department-charges-think-tank-official-who-gave-fbi-info-on-hunter-biden\/\"\u200c target=\"_blank\"\u200b rel=\"noopener\">unsealed charges<\/a> against former Biden business \u2062associate Gal\u200d Luft for,\u200b among other things, \u2063failing\u2064 to\u2064 register as\u2062 a foreign\u200b agent for his work\u200d with CEFC China\u200b Energy. Luft\u200b said after \u2063his arrest \u2063earlier\u2064 this year that the \u2063Justice \u200cDepartment \u200cwas \u200dretaliating\u200b against him because \u2063he provided information \u2064about the\u2064 Bidens to \u2063the\u200b Justice Department \u2064in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any\u2064 other American\u200b would \u2062have \u2064been\u2064 criminally \u200bprosecuted for\u2064 failing \u2064to \u2063register\u200c as a\u200d foreign agent\u2064 for\u2064 this \u200dconduct\u2014but \u2064not under\u200c Merrick Garland\u2019s Department \u2064of\u2063 Justice, \u2063which \u200dcontinues to \u2062go\u200b out\u200c of its way\u2064 to\u2064 help President Biden, \u200dhis family,\u2064 and\u2063 his \u2064radical \u2062liberal \u200callies,&#8221; Hamilton \u200dsaid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a foreign agent without proper registration, violating the law. America First Legal claims that the Department of Justice neglected its duty by allowing this. The lawsuit, obtained by the Washington Free Beacon, highlights Hunter Biden&#8217;s activities during the Obama administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":1976494,"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":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"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\/1976493","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\/197"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}