{"id":2315529,"date":"2024-07-29T14:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T18:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facing-threat-of-sanctions-hunter-bidens-lawyers-argue-they-never-tried-to-mislead-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-29T14:45:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T18:45:01","slug":"facing-threat-of-sanctions-hunter-bidens-lawyers-argue-they-never-tried-to-mislead-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facing-threat-of-sanctions-hunter-bidens-lawyers-argue-they-never-tried-to-mislead-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Facing threat of sanctions, Hunter Biden\u2019s lawyers argue they \u2018never tried to mislead\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">32<\/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%2Ffacing-threat-of-sanctions-hunter-bidens-lawyers-argue-they-never-tried-to-mislead-washington-examiner%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=2315529&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--><p>Hunter \u2064Biden&#8217;s \u200blawyers defended\u2064 their statements in a California court after being accused \u200bof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-furious-woman-whose-mother-died-in-ny-nursing-home-says-nbc-news-blocked-her-mentioning-cuomos-name\/\" title=\"WATCH: Furious Woman Whose Mother Died In NY Nursing Home Says NBC News Blocked Her Mentioning Cuomo\u2019s Name\">making false claims<\/a> that could lead to sanctions. Mark Geragos and Abbe Lowell, \u2064representing\u2064 Biden in a tax case, argued\u2064 that \u200ccontext was misinterpreted regarding\u200c their assertion\u200d about David Weiss not bringing charges until he was appointed\u2064 as special counsel. They clarified \u2064that their use of &#8220;charges&#8221; \u200dreferred to\u2064 the \u2064current charges against Biden, not the absence of any prior charges. \u200bThis clarification\u2064 follows \u200da judge&#8217;s \u2062order \u2063for the attorneys to explain why\u200b they should not be sanctioned for \u2063alleged misstatements in their request\u200c to dismiss Biden&#8217;s indictment, which they claimed resulted from Weiss being improperly appointed. The attorneys pointed out \u2064that Weiss had \u200bpursued tax charges against Biden before his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-stefanik-cawthorn-support-appointing-special-counsel-on-biden-family-china-ties\/\" title=\"Exclusive -- Stefanik, Cawthorn Support\u00a0Appointing Special Counsel on Biden Family China Ties\">special counsel appointment<\/a>. Their case hinges on contesting the \u2064legitimacy of the tax charges against \u2064Biden.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Facing threat of sanctions, Hunter Biden&rsquo;s lawyers argue they &lsquo;never tried to mislead&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1714682\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hunter-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hunter Biden<\/a>&rsquo;s attorneys defended themselves in a court&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/754381964\/Hunter-Biden-response?secret_password=ohyT9zJVDT9Bl8JBZatZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">filing<\/a>&nbsp;on Sunday after a judge in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California<\/a>&nbsp;accused them of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">making false statements<\/a> and threatened them with sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Geragos and Abbe Lowell, who are leading Biden&rsquo;s defense in his tax case, said that &ldquo;context matters&rdquo; regarding their inaccurate claim that David Weiss did not bring charges against Biden until after Weiss was appointed special counsel.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Defense counsel, perhaps inartfully, intended this use of the word &lsquo;charges&rsquo; to refer to the current charges brought by indictment against Mr. Biden, not the lack of any charges at all,&rdquo; Biden&rsquo;s attorneys wrote. &ldquo;Here, context matters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Judge Mark Scarsi last week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3100541\/hunter-biden-lawyers-threatened-with-sanctions-false-statements-tax-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>ordered<\/a> Geragos and Lowell to explain why they should not be sanctioned for making significant &ldquo;misstatements&rdquo; and displaying a &ldquo;lack of candor&rdquo; in a request the attorneys made that Biden&rsquo;s indictment be dismissed on the grounds that Weiss was unlawfully appointed as special counsel.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s attorneys omitted from their request that Weiss also tried to charge Biden with tax violations in June 2023, before he became special counsel. The charges were part of a plea deal that fell apart that summer and led to Weiss becoming special counsel and bringing two indictments against Biden later that year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[Weiss] brought no charges until after he received the Special Counsel title,&rdquo; the attorneys wrote in their initial request.<\/p>\n<p>The point of their request was to argue that Biden&rsquo;s nine tax charges should be tossed out because Weiss, as special counsel, was allegedly inappropriately appointed and improperly funded by Congress when he brought the charges.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Defense counsel has never tried to mislead the Court about the fact that Mr. Weiss, as the U.S. Attorney in Delaware, brought charges by way of two now-dismissed Informations that were initially docketed in Delaware,&rdquo; the attorneys wrote.<\/p>\n<p>They said that, in their view, they were differentiating between charges brought through an information, which is a way to bring criminal charges without using a grand jury, and charges brought through an indictment, which requires a grand jury.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s attorneys resubmitted their request that the first son&rsquo;s charges be dismissed, saying they replaced the word &ldquo;charges&rdquo; with &ldquo;indictment&rdquo; in certain instances to address Scarsi&rsquo;s concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The defense attorneys filed the dismissal request after Judge Aileen Cannon made the surprise decision this month to toss out former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s classified documents charges in Florida on the grounds that special counsel Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s attorneys said the new development warranted raising their argument about Weiss again, after they tried unsuccessfully to make the same argument earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They said that sanctions, which can be as mild as a written admonishment or as severe as a threat of disbarment, would also impede the attorneys&rsquo; ability to defend Biden, whose trial is set to begin on Sept. 9.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The imposition of sanctions against a criminal defendant&rsquo;s counsel this close to pre-trial and trial proceedings based on a single word would chill the vigorous defense of Mr. Biden and have the improper effect of dissuading defense counsel from raising appropriate issues,&rdquo; the attorneys wrote.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1714682\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1714682\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the potential imposition of sanctions, Hunter Biden&#8217;s legal team asserted in a court filing on Sunday that they did not intend to mislead. This defense came after a California judge accused them of making false statements. Attorneys Mark Geragos and Abbe Lowell, who are representing Biden in his tax case, emphasized that &#8220;context matters&#8221; concerning their earlier inaccurate assertion that David Weiss did not file charges against Biden until after being appointed as special counsel. They clarified that their use of the term &#8220;charges&#8221; was meant to refer specifically to the current indictment against Biden rather than implying there were no prior charges at all.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Mark Scarsi had previously ordered Geragos and Lowell to justify why they should not face sanctions for significant &#8220;misstatements&#8221; and a perceived lack of honesty in their motion seeking dismissal of Biden&#8217;s indictment based on claims about Weiss&#8217;s appointment as special counsel being unlawful. The attorneys failed to mention that Weiss had attempted to charge Biden with tax violations back in June 2023 before his special counsel appointment\u2014a situation stemming from a plea deal that ultimately fell through.<\/p>\n<p>In their initial request, the attorneys stated, &#8220;[Weiss] brought no charges until after he received the Special Counsel title.&#8221; Their argument aimed at dismissing Biden\u2019s nine tax charges hinged on asserting that Weiss was improperly appointed and funded when he filed those charges.<\/p>\n<p>The defense maintained they never sought to mislead the court regarding Weiss\u2019s previous actions as U.S. Attorney in Delaware, where he had initiated two now-dismissed Informations\u2014an alternative method for filing criminal charges without involving a grand jury\u2014before later bringing indictments requiring grand jury approval.<\/p>\n<p>To address Judge Scarsi\u2019s concerns, Biden&#8217;s lawyers resubmitted their dismissal request with adjustments replacing certain instances of &#8220;charges&#8221; with &#8220;indictment.&#8221; They argued this new context warranted revisiting their claims about Weiss following Judge Aileen Cannon&#8217;s recent decision dismissing former President Donald Trump\u2019s classified documents case due to similar concerns over unlawful appointment.<\/p>\n<p>The attorneys cautioned that imposing sanctions could hinder their ability to defend Hunter effectively as his trial approaches on September 9. They argued such measures would stifle vigorous defense efforts by discouraging legal representatives from raising legitimate issues close to trial proceedings based solely on minor wording discrepancies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2315530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24145650700943-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32528,36548,5036],"class_list":["post-2315529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-hunter-biden","tag-legal-defense","tag-sanctions"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24145650700943-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315529","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\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2315529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2315529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2315529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2315529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}