{"id":2116169,"date":"2023-12-05T10:59:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T15:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/special-counsel-forcefully-opposes-hunter-bidens-trump-request-calling-it-meritless\/"},"modified":"2023-12-05T11:03:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T16:03:07","slug":"special-counsel-forcefully-opposes-hunter-bidens-trump-request-calling-it-meritless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/special-counsel-forcefully-opposes-hunter-bidens-trump-request-calling-it-meritless\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Counsel strongly opposes Hunter Biden&#8217;s Trump request, deeming it &#8216;baseless"},"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%2Fspecial-counsel-forcefully-opposes-hunter-bidens-trump-request-calling-it-meritless%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=2116169&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>Special Counsel\u200c Rejects Hunter Biden&#8217;s Request for \u200dTrump Documents, Calling It &#8216;Meritless&#8217;<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Special counsel David\u2063 Weiss \u2064is calling for a judge to reject Hunter Biden\u2019s request for a trove \u2064of documents\u2064 related to former President Donald Trump to bolster a \u2062defense that the current charges \u2062against him are due\u2063 to selective prosecution.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hunter Biden\u2019s lawyers requested\u2063 the ability to \u200csubpoena documents from Trump, former Attorney General William Barr, \u200bformer acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue, and former acting Attorney \u200cGeneral Jeffrey\u2063 Rosen, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/justice-department\/special-counsel-opposes-hunter-bidens-request-subpoena-trump-ex-doj-of-rcna128011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyers argue that Hunter Biden&#8217;s defense is that the charges stem from &#8220;possibly a vindictive\u2062 or selective \u200bprosecution\u2064 arising from an unrelenting \u200dpressure \u200dcampaign beginning in the\u200b last administration,&#8221; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/12\/04\/politics\/doj-hunter-biden-donald-trump-subpoena\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter \u200bBiden faces three \u200cfederal\u200b felony \u200bgun charges. In\u200c August, a plea deal to settle \u2062all charges against him collapsed, leading to new\u200b charges \u200dfiled against Hunter\u200d Biden and the appointment of Weiss as special \u200bcounsel. Weiss, who served as U.S.\u200c Attorney for Delaware in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-doj-collects-list-every-person-followed-retweeted-mentioned-donald-trump-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> administration, oversaw the initial investigation into Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p>A filing\u200d from Weiss&#8217;s office strongly opposes Hunter Biden&#8217;s\u2063 proposal.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;His motion \u2064is \u200bmeritless and should be denied,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/24183864\/the-united-states-opposition-to-defendants-motion-for-issuance-of-rule-17c-subpoenas-duces-tecum.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">document filed<\/a> by Weiss\u2019s office \u200csaid, calling it\u200b an &#8220;unsupported, improper attempt to circumvent the rules applicable to criminal subpoenas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Defendant\u2019s attempts to \u2064manufacture discriminatory treatment\u2063 or intent on behalf of the U.S. Attorney fall apart under the most minimal scrutiny,&#8221; \u200cthe filing said,\u2062 stating that the \u2062request\u2063 for the documents was &#8220;notably\u200d deficient.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The filing points out that Hunter Biden&#8217;s claims\u2062 of being charged\u2063 because of Trump&#8217;s personal vendetta \u2062ignore \u2063the timing of the charges.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;[N]ot only \u200ddoes \u200ddefendant\u2019s \u2062motion\u2063 fail to identify any \u2064actual evidence of bias, vindictiveness, or discriminatory intent on the Special Counsel\u2019s \u2062part, his arguments ignore an inconvenient\u200c truth: No charges were\u200c brought against\u200c defendant during the prior administration when the \u2064subpoena \u200drecipients actually held office in the Executive \u200cBranch,&#8221; the filing said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Defendant has not shown, nor can he, how external statements by political opponents \u2062of President Biden improperly pressured him, his \u200cAttorney General, or the Special Counsel to pursue charges against the President\u2019s son,&#8221;\u2063 the filing added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In addition to offering no evidence that the now-Special Counsel \u2063had any animus or \u2064improper motivation against defendant, \u200che offers no evidence that \u2062the current Attorney General acted out of any \u200bimproper motive in empowering the\u2062 Special \u2062Counsel to continue pursuing prosecution,&#8221; the filing concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The filing also highlights that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hunter-biden-throws-past-friend-bus-demotes-family-member-inmate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter Biden<\/a> has publicly admitted\u200c to the conduct that led to the charges against him.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Defendant himself acknowledged committing criminal conduct\u200c relevant to this case when he authored a book admitting \u2062that he was addicted to crack \u2063cocaine in \u20632018, the year \u2063in which he illegally\u2064 purchased a gun,&#8221; the filing stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Weiss, who led the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/irs-whistleblower-exposes-dojs-attempt-stop-special-counsel-charging-hunter-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">initial investigation<\/a> \u2063into Hunter Biden, has faced criticism from Internal Revenue Service whistleblowers Gary Shapley \u2062and Joseph Ziegler, \u200dwho\u2063 claimed that \u200dthe investigation was politically\u200b motivated, according to\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/irs-whistleblowers-testify-behind-closed-doors-biden-impeachment-inquiry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shapley \u2063stated that decisions made during \u200dthe\u2064 investigation\u200d &#8220;had the effect of benefiting the subject of the investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ziegler argued\u200c that Hunter \u2063Biden should have faced \u200cmore serious charges\u200b and that\u2063 communications reviewed during the probe contradict President \u2063Biden&#8217;s claims of not being involved in his son&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-secret-service-intervened-in-hunter-biden-gun-incident-lied-on-background-check-form-report-says\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Secret Service Intervened In Hunter Biden Gun Incident; Lied On Background Check Form, Report Says\">overseas business dealings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shapley and Ziegler are scheduled\u2064 to testify during \u200da <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/footage-released-of-violent-myanmar-protests-after-at-least-38-people-killed\/\" title=\"Footage Released Of Violent Myanmar Protests After At Least 38 People Killed\">closed-door session<\/a> of the House Ways and Means Committee\u200d as part of its investigation into the Biden\u2063 family&#8217;s finances.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/special-counsel-forcefully-opposes-hunter-bidens-trump-request-calling-meritless\/\">Special \u200bCounsel Forcefully Opposes Hunter Biden&#8217;s Trump Request, Calling It &#8216;Meritless&#8217;<\/a> appeared\u2064 first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western \u200dJournal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html>  <\/p>\n<h2> \u200cHow does the special counsel&#8217;s office argue that Hunter Biden&#8217;s current request lacks merit based \u200con an \u2063inconsistency in his lawyers&#8217; previous statement?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/justice-department\/hunter-biden-s-lawyers-told-fbi-anything-about-trump-hunter-n1286463&#8243; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>Hunter \u200cBiden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-asks-supreme-court-to-reject-trump-request-in-fbi-classified-documents-case\/\" title=\"DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Reject Trump Request in FBI Classified Documents Case\">lawyers previously told<\/a>\u2064 the \u200cFBI<\/a> \u200bthat they had &#8220;no intentions of requesting the\u2064 documents or information&#8221; related to Trump. The \u200bspecial counsel&#8217;s office argues that this inconsistency \u200bdemonstrates the lack of merit in Hunter Biden&#8217;s current request.<\/p>\n<p>The article\u200d goes on to emphasize the importance of impartiality and fairness in\u2064 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-dem-oregon-governor-freed-hundreds-of-inmates-early-now-one-is-reportedly-person-of-interest-in-deaths-of-four-young-women\/\" title=\"Ex-Dem Oregon Governor Released Inmates Early; One Now Suspected in Deaths of Four Women.\">criminal \u200djustice system<\/a>, stating that &#8220;defendants\u200c cannot manufacture claims of prosecutorial bias or misconduct without concrete evidence.&#8221; The\u200b filing by Weiss&#8217;s office underlines the absence of any proof of discriminatory treatment or intent on the part\u200c of the special counsel.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the filing highlights the fact that the charges against\u200b Hunter Biden were not brought during the previous administration when the subpoena recipients held office in the Executive Branch. This raises doubts about \u2064Hunter \u2064Biden&#8217;s claim that\u200c the charges are\u2062 a result of personal vendetta \u2063or selective prosecution by the current\u200d administration.<\/p>\n<p>The article concludes by stating that\u2063 the filing from Weiss&#8217;s office seeks to debunk Hunter\u2064 Biden&#8217;s \u2062request for Trump-related documents, \u2062calling it &#8220;unsupported&#8221; \u200band \u200b&#8221;deficient.&#8221; It emphasizes the need for factual \u200bevidence and adherence to \u2064the rules of criminal subpoenas. The \u200carticle also highlights the lack of evidence \u2062suggesting\u2064 improper motivation on\u2064 the part of the special\u2062 counsel or \u2064the \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-leaders-slam-adam-schiff-urge-newsom-not-to-appoint-him-as-ca-attorney-general\/\" title=\"BLM Leaders Slam Adam Schiff, Urge Newsom Not To Appoint Him As CA Attorney General\">current attorney general<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the article provides \u200can objective analysis \u200cof Special Counsel David Weiss&#8217;s rejection of\u2062 Hunter Biden&#8217;s request for Trump\u2062 documents. It presents the arguments put forth by Weiss&#8217;s office, highlighting \u200dthe \u200black of merit in\u2063 the request and the absence of \u2064concrete evidence supporting claims of selective prosecution or bias.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special counsel David Weiss opposes Hunter Biden&#8217;s plea to obtain documents from Donald Trump, arguing against using them to support claims of selective prosecution. Hunter Biden&#8217;s legal team seeks the power to subpoena documents from Trump and William Barr, the former Attorney General. Weiss urges the judge to reject this request<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":2116170,"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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2116169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/2116169","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\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2116169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2116170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2116169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2116169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2116169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}