{"id":1976509,"date":"2023-07-18T17:25:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T21:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/merrick-garland-and-doj-sued-for-not-requiring-hunter-biden-to-register-as-a-foreign-agent\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T17:27:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T21:27:05","slug":"merrick-garland-and-doj-sued-for-not-requiring-hunter-biden-to-register-as-a-foreign-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/merrick-garland-and-doj-sued-for-not-requiring-hunter-biden-to-register-as-a-foreign-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"Merrick Garland and DOJ face lawsuit over Hunter Biden&#8217;s unregistered foreign agent status."},"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\">26<\/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%2Fmerrick-garland-and-doj-sued-for-not-requiring-hunter-biden-to-register-as-a-foreign-agent%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=1976509&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\u200d class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0718\/0e4dcd27-ab26-4a23-a6d9-05847580d880\/audio.mp3?length=3485133&#038;duration=290\"><\/div>\n<p> \u200d <\/p>\n<p> \u200d\u2062 <\/p>\n<h2>Lawsuit Filed Against\u2062 Attorney\u2063 General \u2063Merrick\u200d Garland and\u2064 DOJ\u2063 Over Hunter \u200cBiden&#8217;s Alleged\u2062 Failure to Register as a \u200dForeign Agent<\/h2>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>A \u200clawsuit was filed on\u2064 Tuesday\u200c against Attorney General Merrick \u2063Garland \u2062and \u200dthe Department of\u2063 Justice (DOJ)\u2062 regarding allegations that\u2062 the\u2063 agency failed \u200bto enforce the\u200d requirement for \u2062Hunter \u2064Biden\u2062 to register \u200das a <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>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2064 \u200d <\/p>\n<p>The \u2062conservative group,\u2062 America First Legal, <a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/aflegal.org\/america-first-legal-sues-attorney-general-merrick-garland-and-the-biden-department-of-justice-for-failing-to-require-hunter-biden-to-register-as-a-foreign-agent-while-joe-biden-was-vice-president\/\">stated in \u200bits\u2064 suit<\/a>\u200c that the \u200bDOJ\u2064 and Mr. \u2064Garland had \u200da responsibility \u200bto\u200b ensure that President Joe \u2062Biden&#8217;s son registered\u2064 with \u200cthe \u2062agency\u200c while serving on\u2062 the board\u2064 of\u2064 Ukrainian energy firm\u2063 Burisma \u2063Holdings Limited.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b group,\u2062 founded \u2064by former Trump adviser\u2064 Stephen \u200cMiller, \u200dalso argued\u2064 that\u2063 Hunter\u2062 Biden&#8217;s\u200d <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.\">business\u2062 dealings<\/a> with Chinese oil \u200cmagnate \u2063Ye \u200cJianming\u2063 should\u200d have required\u2063 him\u200d to register as\u200d a\u2063 foreign \u200dagent. \u2064The\u200d lawsuit (<a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/media.aflegal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/18180137\/ECF-001-Complaint_combined-1.pdf\">pdf<\/a>) \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/merrick-garland-and-doj-sued-for-not-requiring-hunter-biden-to-register-as-a-foreign-agent\/\" title=\"Merrick Garland and DOJ face lawsuit over Hunter Biden's unregistered foreign agent status.\">referenced alleged\u2064 text\u200b messages<\/a> \u2062from \u200cHunter Biden \u2063in which he\u2062 discussed setting up a &#8220;separate entity&#8221; called &#8220;CEFC America&#8221; to avoid \u2063registering\u2062 as \u2063a \u200cforeign\u200c agent during the \u200dObama Administration.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 \u200b<\/p>\n<p>Hunter \u2064Biden served \u200cas\u200c a\u200b board member\u200d of\u200b Burisma starting \u200cin \u2062April 2014 \u200dwhen his \u200cfather\u200c was \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a>\u200b under\u2063 President Barack \u2064Obama. Emails obtained by \u200dAmerica First in\u2064 March\u2064 from the \u2063National\u200d Archives\u2064 and\u200d Records\u200b Administration suggest\u200d that Hunter Biden \u200bclaimed to \u2063be a legal \u2063adviser to the \u200dUkrainian company \u2064and \u2062an \u2062attorney\u2064 with a\u2063 law \u2064firm \u2062representing it.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063\u2062 <\/p>\n<p>The \u2062complaint \u200bstated\u200d that the\u200d FBI\u200d had obtained Hunter Biden&#8217;s\u2062 laptop in 2019,\u200d providing \u2062the Department \u200dof\u200b Justice\u2063 with knowledge that he \u200bwas \u200ba foreign agent\u200b for \u200dUkrainian and\u2063 Chinese\u200d principals.\u200d However,\u2063 the \u200cDOJ \u200cfailed \u2063to require\u200c him to\u200c register\u200d or \u2062initiate\u200b a\u2063 waiver \u200drulemaking \u200bprocess.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b <\/p>\n<p>Gene Hamilton, AFL vice president \u200dand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-secretary-of-state-there-will-be-a-recount\/\" title=\"Georgia Secretary of State: 'There Will Be a Recount'\">general counsel<\/a>, emphasized \u200cthat \u2062evidence \u2063gathered\u200d by\u2063 the group\u200b indicates \u2062that Hunter Biden\u200b used his\u2064 access \u2064and position for \u200bthe\u2063 benefit\u2063 of foreign principals.\u2063 Hamilton\u2063 criticized\u2062 the Department of\u2062 Justice \u2062for \u2062not holding \u200bHunter\u2063 Biden accountable, stating, \u200b&#8221;Any\u2064 other \u2062American \u200bwould\u2064 have\u2064 been criminally prosecuted \u2062for \u200bfailing to register\u200b as \u200ca foreign agent \u2062for \u200bthis conduct\u2014but not \u2062under \u2062Merrick\u2064 Garland&#8217;s \u2062Department\u200b of Justice,\u200c which \u200bcontinues to go out\u2062 of\u200c its way\u2063 to \u2064help President Biden,\u2062 his family, and\u200b his radical liberal allies. The Attorney General \u2064has a \u2064non-discretionary duty\u200c to \u200densure that \u200bHunter\u2063 Biden registers\u200b as a\u2062 foreign \u200dagent under \u200cFARA and provides\u2063 the American \u200dpeople\u200d with transparency \u2063into his\u200d activities on behalf \u2064of \u2062foreign principals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure\u200b id=\"attachment_5352563\" \u200dstyle=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\u200b    <a\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/23\/id5352563-hunter-biden-at-wh-1200x800.jpg\"><br \/>\n \u200b \u200b \u2064  \u2064<figcaption \u200bclass=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u2062  \u200b \u200c <\/a><br \/>\n \u200b\u200b   \u200b<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/23\/id5352563-hunter-biden-at-wh-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Hunter Biden \u2062at \u2062the White\u200c House\" style=\"width:\u2062 100%\"><br \/>\n\u200b \u2064 <\/figure>\n<p> \u200d <\/p>\n<p>In March, \u200bAmerica \u200cFirst Legal submitted a complaint urging \u200bthe DOJ and Mr. Garland to enforce FARA \u200bby\u200d mandating\u200d Hunter \u200dBiden&#8217;s\u200b registration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lawsuit was filed against Attorney General Merrick Garland and the DOJ on Tuesday. The suit alleges that the agency failed to ensure Hunter Biden&#8217;s registration as a foreign agent. America First Legal, a conservative group, claims that Mr. Garland and the DOJ had a duty to enforce this requirement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":1976510,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/1976509","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=1976509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}