{"id":1983458,"date":"2023-07-26T17:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T21:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/corruption-hall-of-fame-top-10-presidential-sons-convicted-of-crimes\/"},"modified":"2023-07-26T17:50:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T21:50:06","slug":"corruption-hall-of-fame-top-10-presidential-sons-convicted-of-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/corruption-hall-of-fame-top-10-presidential-sons-convicted-of-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Presidential Sons Convicted of Crimes: Corruption Hall of Fame"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fcorruption-hall-of-fame-top-10-presidential-sons-convicted-of-crimes%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=1983458&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<blockquote>\n<h2>Hunter Biden poised to join \u200delite ranks of scion \u2062scofflaws<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure>\n  <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What \u2062happened<\/strong>: \u200cHunter Biden, the disgraced son of \u200bPresident \u200bJoe Biden, was supposed to \u2063become\u2062 a convicted criminal on Wednesday. He was expected to plead guilty to multiple tax \u200bcharges as part of a \u200bnegotiated agreement with federal prosecutors, which critics had\u200b denounced as a\u200c &#8220;sweetheart deal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Hunter\u200c pleaded \u200cnot guilty\u2063 to the charges after Judge Maryellen Noreika \u2062rejected\u200b the plea deal, which would have granted the first \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-pleads-not-guilty-after-deal-with-department-of-justice-collapses\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden maintains his innocence as Department of Justice deal falls apart.\">son broad legal immunity<\/a> from other tax crimes, as well as drug- and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/corruption-hall-of-fame-top-10-presidential-sons-convicted-of-crimes\/\" title=\"Top 10 Presidential Sons Convicted of Crimes: Corruption Hall of Fame\">firearm-related offenses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/justice-department-agrees-to-grant-hunter-biden-broad-legal-immunity-in-new-plea-agreement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hunter Biden Pleads Not Guilty After Deal \u2064With\u2062 Department of Justice Collapses<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What it means<\/strong>: Although\u200d Hunter will not immediately join\u2062 the elite ranks of scofflaw political scions, his place among the top 10 presidents&#8217; (or prime ministers&#8217;) sons convicted of crimes is all but assured. Here&#8217;s who else would make the cut, \u2063in no particular order:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Teodoro \u200bNguema Obiang Mangue (Equatorial Guinea)<\/strong><br \/>A \u200cFrench court in 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-41775070\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">convicted<\/a> \u200bthe\u200d son of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo \u2062on embezzlement and\u2062 money laundering charges.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sir Mark Thatcher (United Kingdom)<\/strong><br \/>Margaret Thatcher&#8217;s son\u2062 was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/id\/wbna6818757\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">convicted<\/a> and fined \u2064in South Africa\u2062 for his role in \u2063the 2004 coup effort that attempted (but failed) to \u200doust \u200cPresident Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in \u2062Equatorial Guinea.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alaa \u200cand Gamal Mubarak (Egypt)<\/strong><br \/>The sons of ousted\u200d Egyptian\u2062 president\u2064 Hosni Mubarak were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/egypt-hosni-mubarak-sons-to-be-released-from-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">convicted<\/a> in\u200c 2011 for\u2062 embezzling \u200cstate funds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Armando Ndambi Guebuza (Mozambique)<\/strong><br \/>The son of former president Armando Guebuza was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/12\/7\/mozambique-ex-presidents-son-ten-others-jailed-over-corruption#:~:text=Armando%20Ndambi%20Guebuza%2C%20son%20of,between%2010%20and%2012%20years.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sentenced<\/a> to 12 \u200cyears in prison\u200b in 2022 after being \u2064found guilty of bribery, blackmail, and money laundering.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mehdi \u200cHashemi Rafsanjani (Iran)<\/strong><br \/>The son \u200dof former president Akbar\u2062 Hashemi Rafsanjani was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-31899684\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sentenced<\/a> to 15 years in 2015 for\u2062 financial \u200dcrimes \u2064and inciting unrest\u2064 against \u200bthe regime.<\/li>\n<li><strong>George Weah Jr.\u2063 (Liberia)<\/strong><br \/>The \u200bson of President George Weah was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanyidaily.com\/2021\/05\/son-of-liberia-president-george-weah-jr-jailed-for-reckless-partying-with-girls-in-france.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sentenced<\/a> to a six<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-scott-says-biden-shouldnt-remain-silent-on-chinas-oppression-in-hong-kong\/\" title=\"Sen. Scott Says Biden Shouldn\u2019t Remain Silent on China\u2019s Oppression in Hong Kong\">-month prison term<\/a> in 2021 \u200cfor \u200dthrowing loud parties with &#8220;girls and champagne&#8221; at his Paris residence during the COVID-19 lockdown.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maxim Bakiyev (Kyrgyzstan)<\/strong><br \/>The son of\u2064 ousted \u2064president Kurmanbek Bakiyev was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-21958401\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">convicted<\/a> and sentenced in 2013 to 25 years in prison \u2063for financial corruption.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jos\u00e9 Filomeno\u200d dos Santos \u200c(Angola)<\/strong><br \/>The son of \u2064former president\u2063 Jos\u00e9 Eduardo\u200b dos Santos was convicted\u200c and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-53774288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jailed<\/a> \u200bin 2020 for stealing money \u2063from\u200b the National Bank of Angola.<\/li>\n<li><strong>General Muhoozi Kainerugaba (Uganda)<\/strong><br \/>The \u2064son of President \u200dYoweri Museveni \u2062is \u2064not \u2063yet a\u2063 convicted \u200bcriminal, but stands <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/11\/world\/africa\/uganda-president-crimes-against-humanity.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused<\/a> of torture, killings, and other crimes against humanity, according to testimony submitted to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.<\/li>\n<li><strong>[TBD]. Hunter Biden (United \u200cStates)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden&#8217;s disgraced son, was set to join the ranks of scion scofflaws by pleading guilty to tax charges. 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