{"id":1986072,"date":"2023-07-30T07:42:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T11:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-top-foreign-agent-criminal-cases-since-2016\/"},"modified":"2023-07-30T07:43:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T11:43:05","slug":"hunter-biden-investigation-top-foreign-agent-criminal-cases-since-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-top-foreign-agent-criminal-cases-since-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Top foreign agent criminal cases since 2016: Hunter Biden investigation."},"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\">20<\/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-investigation-top-foreign-agent-criminal-cases-since-2016%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=1986072&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>Hunter\u2062 Biden&#8217;s\u200d Foreign Business Dealings Raise Questions About FARA<\/h2>\n<p>Hunter Biden&#8217;s\u200b involvement\u2062 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/merrick-garland-pledges-to-investigate-prosecute-capitol-rioters\/\" title=\"Merrick Garland Pledges To Investigate, Prosecute Capitol Rioters\">business dealings abroad<\/a> has sparked controversy and raised concerns about\u200c the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). This once dormant law saw a surge of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-biden-hatch-act-violations-no-longer-front-page-corruption-news\/\" title=\"Biden's Era: Hatch Act Violations No Longer Headline Corruption\">high-profile violations<\/a>\u200c during the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>A federal judge in Delaware recently referenced FARA\u200b during\u200c a hearing, where she\u2064 rejected\u200d a \u2063plea deal between Hunter Biden and U.S. Attorney David Weiss. The judge questioned whether the deal would protect Biden from potential future FARA charges.<\/p>\n<h3>Accusations of Influence Peddling \u2064and Bribery<\/h3>\n<p>Hunter Biden&#8217;s business \u200bventures\u2063 in Ukraine, China, and Romania while his father \u200bwas in political office have led to accusations \u200cof &#8220;influence peddling&#8221;\u2062 and bribery. These allegations have gained \u2064attention\u200d from various individuals and\u2064 groups, including House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, Senator Chuck Grassley, America\u2063 First Legal, professor Jonathan Turley, and IRS investigator \u200cGary \u2062Shapley.<\/p>\n<h3>The Requirements \u2062of FARA<\/h3>\n<p>FARA mandates that individuals working as \u2064agents for a &#8220;foreign principal&#8221; must register with the Justice \u2062Department and\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-top-foreign-agent-criminal-cases-since-2016\/\" title=\"Top foreign agent criminal cases since 2016: Hunter Biden investigation.\">disclose relevant records related<\/a> to their work.<\/p>\n<p>The language in the failed \u2062plea \u200cdeal \u2063between Weiss\u200d and\u2063 Hunter Biden lacked clarity regarding whether it would prevent\u200d future FARA charges. This discrepancy was evident in the differing opinions of Biden&#8217;s \u200dattorneys and prosecutors\u200c during the court proceedings.<\/p>\n<h3>Potential FARA \u200bCharges for Hunter Biden<\/h3>\n<p>Prosecutors highlighted Hunter Biden&#8217;s substantial earnings and extravagant spending, along with his failure to pay\u200c taxes. They \u200bspecifically mentioned \u2063his income from Ukrainian energy company Burisma \u200cand\u2062 a Chinese oil tycoon.\u200d Prosecutors argued that he could still face charges for failing to \u2064register with FARA, while \u200cBiden&#8217;s attorney objected.<\/p>\n<p>The judge decided to postpone the plea deal, allowing the attorneys\u200b to revisit and file \u2064briefings on the matter in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<h3>Prominent FARA Cases Since 2016<\/h3>\n<p>Since 2016, the Department of Justice has pursued several notable FARA cases:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paul Manafort, former\u2062 campaign chairman for Donald Trump, pleaded guilty to FARA-related charges in 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Sam Patten, an associate of Manafort,\u200d pleaded guilty\u200d in a FARA \u200bcase in \u200d2018.<\/li>\n<li>Richard Gates, former deputy campaign manager \u200bfor Trump, was indicted alongside Manafort\u2064 in 2017\u2063 for FARA violations.<\/li>\n<li>Tom Barrack, a former\u200c Trump adviser, was charged in \u20642021\u2062 with violating FARA but was later acquitted.<\/li>\n<li>Matthew Grimes, a former assistant to \u2063Barrack, faced \u200bFARA charges but was acquitted.<\/li>\n<li>Michael \u200bFlynn, former Trump national security adviser, pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and retroactively registered as a lobbyist for\u200c Turkey.<\/li>\n<li>Bijan \u200dRafiekian, Flynn&#8217;s business partner, was convicted in 2019 for illegally\u200c lobbying for Turkey.<\/li>\n<li>Prakazrel &#8220;Pras&#8221; \u2063Michel, a Grammy-winning rapper, \u200bwas found\u2062 guilty\u2062 of FARA-related\u2063 violations.<\/li>\n<li>Gal Luft, a potential witness in\u200b the Biden family investigation, was indicted for acting\u2062 as an unregistered agent\u2064 of \u2062China-based principals.<\/li>\n<li>George Papadopoulos, an unpaid Trump foreign\u200d policy adviser, pleaded guilty to lying\u2064 to the FBI and claimed\u200b he was threatened with FARA \u200dcharges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These cases demonstrate the\u2064 increased \u2062enforcement \u200dof FARA by the Department\u2063 of Justice, particularly following the DOJ OIG report \u200band Robert \u2063Mueller&#8217;s investigation.<\/p>\n<p>It is clear that FARA remains a significant legal \u200bconsideration for \u2064individuals engaged in \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-hunter-biden-paid-irs-1m-in-2021-attempting-to-evade-conviction-or-long-sentence\/\" title=\"Report: Hunter Biden Paid IRS M in 2021, Attempting to Evade Conviction or Long Sentence\u00a0 \u00a0\">foreign business activities<\/a>, as \u200cevidenced by the ongoing scrutiny surrounding Hunter Biden&#8217;s dealings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to\u2063 read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter Biden&#8217;s failure to register as a foreign agent while conducting overseas business has sparked concerns about the Foreign Agents Registration Act. This law, previously inactive, witnessed numerous prominent violations during the Trump era. 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