Last night, President Joe Biden did what is a relatively rare thing. He sat down with an actual reporter ostensibly to answer questions. While earlier promising a “major press conference” for the media as a whole to ask him questions, Biden instead did a low-risk interview with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle. In the interview, Ruhle briefly touched on the possible criminal charges awaiting Hunter Biden. Despite reports of a whistleblower alleging a bribery scandal involving the President, Ruhle assured the President (and the viewers) that the still unknown charges will involve “no ties to you.” Moreover, the interview is most interesting for what it did not address. It was a vivid example of what I previously called “the art of scandal implosion.”
During the interview, Ruhle asked “Sir, there is something personal that’s affecting you. Your son — while there [are] no ties to you — could be charged by your Department of Justice. How will that impact your presidency?”
Biden answered, “First of all, my son’s done nothing wrong. I trust him. I have faith in him. And it impacts my presidency by making me feel proud of him.”
Note the framing: it is a “personal” not a “criminal” matter for the President that involves only his son. We still do not know what the charges might be, though there have been steady leaks indicating that the Delaware U.S. Attorney is focusing on tax and gun charges.
Yet, there are mounting allegations over the President’s involvement in his son’s influence peddling and recent allegations of potential criminal conduct by the President. It would seem worthy of some inquiry or curiosity.
This framing is only possible because the Justice Department and the media have worked tirelessly to avoid ties between Hunter Biden’s foreign dealings and the President. While influence peddling may not be a crime in itself, it often involves crimes to cover up the schemes from tax violations to false statements to unlawful financial transfers.
Last year, I wrote about a shift in the media after it was forced to belatedly acknowledge the authenticity of the Hunter Biden laptop:
“Due to the continued work of a small number of media outlets like the New York Post, it is no longer possible to bury the story or continue the false claim that it is “Russian disinformation.” The hope now appears to be a “controlled demolition” where Hunter is indicted on limited grounds without causing collateral damage to the political and media establishment. Scandal implosion is as much an art as it is a science and could be the most brilliant achievement in this ongoing scandal.”
This effort has been greatly advanced with the help of Attorney General Merrick Garland who has inexplicably refused to appoint a special counsel despite mounting evidence of influence peddling by the Biden family with Joe Biden as the object of those efforts.
Garland has effectively blocked the risk of a report on the extensive influence peddling, including the repeated references to President Biden as the “Big Guy” in emails who stood to gain from a 10 percent cut on a deal with a Chinese energy firm as well as other benefits. Emails also refer to Hunter Biden paying portions of his father’s expenses and taxes. Witnesses have come forward that directly link the President to these deals.
Yet, none of that remotely interests reporters and MSNBC is not alone. The media continues to struggle to avoid even referencing the allegations against the Bidens. NPR had to correct a story that attempted to dismiss the entire laptop story as disinformation even after media acknowledged the authenticity of the laptop.
This is why the narrow focus of the Justice Department is critical to imploding this scandal.
Indeed, in the various leaks from the Justice Department on the Hunter Biden investigation, there has been a conspicuous omission of one possible charge: a FARA violation for being an unregistered foreign agent. As I noted last week, a criminal charge may be the best option for the Bidens if it can be confined to tax and gun charges and avoid Hunter’s influence peddling efforts.
The MSNBC interview captures the developing spin. If Hunter is charged, it will be treated as a closed and confined matter with nothing to do with Joe Biden. Indeed, with the allegations of at least two whistleblowers, the Biden team likely wants a quick resolution to declare the case closed. Once they secure some “capstone” charge, they and the media can declare the matter as investigated and old news.
That strategy is certainly more difficult after the GOP takeover of the House and the committees investigating these deals and transactions. However, removing the threat of criminal investigations into the influence peddling would control the damage going into the 2024 election.
Many Democrats and reporters have insisted that influence peddling is not a crime as part of this spin. However, it is corrupt and should be a focus of the media. It certainly was during the Trump Administration when every deal by Trump family members was exhaustively and breathlessly covered. I supported such scrutiny of the Trumps, but marvel at the distinct lack of interest now in such deals by the Biden family.
In the end, this is all about a talking point. This week, new evidence showed that former CIA acting Director Mike Morell sold the now debunked letter of 51 former intelligence officials on the Hunter Biden laptop as an effort to give Biden a “talking point” in the campaign. MSNBC just field tested the new such talking point in preparing for possible charges of Hunter Biden.
Of course, MSNBC cannot take credit for this effort. It is an all-hands on deck effort. The President will continue to be protected by a cocoon of media with little interest in millions of dollars that may have gone to the Biden family in raw influence peddling.
While MSNBC and other media immediately jumped on the whistleblower story on the Ukraine telephone call from the outset, the Biden whistleblower has received a fraction of the attention.
That is why it was hardly surprising that Ruhle also did not press Biden on his continued false claims of not knowing anything about his son’s business interests despite pictures and a tape recording that clearly refute those denials.
Ruhle also ignored Biden’s absurd claim that Hunter did “nothing wrong.” Obviously, he has done a great number of “wrong things” from tax violations to gun violations to prostitution violations to a massive corruption scandal. Yet, once again, Biden went unchallenged. There was not even the slightest pushback to ask if Biden seriously did not view these actions as wrong in any way.
That would defeat the implosion strategy to bring down this scandal without collateral damage to the Bidens and the media.
OXYMORON ALERT!
The characterization of Stephanie Ruhl, or for that matter anyone else at MSNBC, as “an actual reporter” presents an ideal opportunity for satire and mockery. How else should rational and objective persons react when by chance they happen upon anything of what MSNBC’s inane and noncritical faithful are spoon fed from the biases of MSNBC. The inherent setup of the contradiction works great for jokes and parody, and with MSNBC and the Bidens being so agreeably and warmly engaged absurdity fills the air and farce is ripe for harvesting. Thank you, Professor, for the comedy even though it’s as tragic as it is.
Another one of these but no coverage of the Clarence Thomas corruption?
Is that the $3 million Thomas got from a publisher, and later had a case involving that publisher before him?
Just what laws has thomas broken compared with the swamp itself. We know the prog/left are grasping at straws to deflect from the putrid corruption of the biden crime family. We are on to their manipulation and deflection of facts to push their agenda and “Fundamentally Transform” America. The grand scheme of that transformation is crumbling because, unlike most on the left, those on thr right are more aware of and concerned about their freedoms.
If anything, Professor’s analyses are only worth reading to see what he is hiding, such as.
1. “Attorney General Merrick Garland who has inexplicably refused to appoint a special counsel”
Or Deputy AG Lisa Monaco (she is barely referenced in any of Professor’s columns) is acting AG and “moderate” AG her spokesperson.
2. “removing the threat of criminal investigations into the influence peddling would control the damage going into the 2024 election.”
Only if the investigations led by several House Committees are censored “from the very top” and as a consequence, GOP chairman’s are ridiculed.
3. “This week, new evidence showed that former CIA acting Director Mike Morell sold the now debunked letter of 51 former intelligence officials on the Hunter Biden laptop as an effort to give Biden a “talking point” in the campaign.”
The reason for all the interventions that were taken before the ’20 election had “only” one goal: to mislead the voters in order to propel Biden and his manifesto into the WH.
If you still don’t know recruitment e-mail co-authored by Michael Morell & Marc Polymeropoulos (’19 retired from the Senior Intelligence Service ranks after serving for 26 years in the Intelligence Community in operational field and leadership) though it has been circulated several times:
“Sunday, October 18 2020 at 04:48 PM EDT
Marc and I drafted the attached because we believe the Russians were involved in some way in the Hunter Biden email issue and because we think that Trump will attack Biden at the issue at this week’s debate and we want to give the VP a talking point to use in response. […]”
By the way: POLITICO headline “Hunter Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officials say” (published on 10/19/20, 10:30PM EDT) and the conclusions “VP” drew during the 1st debate on 10/22/20
“Look, there are 50 former national intelligence folks who said that what this, [Trump’s] accusing me of is a Russian plan. They have said this has all the characteristics — four — five former heads of the CIA, both parties, say what he’s saying is a bunch of garbage. Nobody believes it except him and his good friend Rudy Giuliani.”
doesn’t meet the wording of the letter
“We want to emphasize that we do not know if the emails, provided to the New York Post by President Trump’s personal atorney Rudy Giuliani, are genuine or not and that we do not have evidence of Russian involvement — just that our experience makes us deeply suspicious that the Russian government played a significant role in this case.
If we are right, this is Russia trying to influence how Americans vote in this election, and we believe strongly that Americans need to be aware of this.”
What does “Law of Thought” (we discussed “logic” the other day) tell us if they were (deliberately) wrong?
Leading up to the 2016 election, I was dissatisfied (to say the least) with both HRC and DJT. In a move that drove my son from me (“I can’t imagine why anyone would vote for Trump!”) I explained to him why I had voted for Trump.
I told him that IMO, Trump would be held accountable by the legacy media, the enterteainment industry, academia, the deep state, all Democrats all the time, some Republicans all the time for all his missteps, big and small, real and imagined, in a way that HRC would NOT be held accountable.
I had no idea how right I was, and what was a strong hunch on my part in the days leading up to the 2016 election has now been confirmed many times over, given how all of these institutions (and others!) treated DJT while president and (now, by way of contrast) the Biden Crime Family.
Simply put, the bias, hate and penetration of the deep state tentacles into our culture far exceeds anything I had imagined at the time.
THE MILITARY/INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX – THE DEEP DEEP STATE “SWAMP”
“After the Bay of Pigs disaster, where the CIA had defrauded Kennedy, he was so angry that he fired CIA Director Allen Dulles and is reputed to have vowed to ‘splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter them to the winds.’ That necessarily means Kennedy was determined to eradicate the CIA from American life. But the CIA would not go quietly into the night. It fought back, and it won.”
– Jacob G. Hornberger
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“But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”
– Declaration of Independence, 1776
The News end-game or publishing’s Catch 22:
Who Helped Overturn The “Pentagon Papers Principle”? The Washington Post And New York Times
By: Matt Taibbi May 4, 2023 ~ racket.news
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/who-helped-overturn-pentagon-papers-principle-washington-post-and-new-york-times
Original:
https://www.racket.news/p/who-helped-overturn-the-pentagon
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Did FBI’s Censorship Liaison Hide Colleagues’ Connection To The Hunter Biden Scandal?
By: Margot Cleveland May 04, 2023 ~ thefederalist.com
A close analysis of the Missouri v. Biden court filings suggests the FBI is not being forthright in identifying the players involved
https://thefederalist.com/2023/05/04/did-fbis-censorship-liaison-hide-colleagues-connection-to-the-hunter-biden-scandal/
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Mike Morell Informed John Brennen That Hunter Biden Laptop Letter Was a ‘Talking Point’ to Help Biden During 2020 Debate
By Debra Heine May 4, 2023 ~ amgreatness.com
https://amgreatness.com/2023/05/04/mike-morell-informed-john-brennen-that-hunter-biden-laptop-letter-was-a-talking-point-to-help-biden-during-2020-debate/
With respect to what Chan and others “Don’t recall”, Failure to recall is far less useful than it appears.
Chan was engaged in Official Actions. There is no “I do not recall” defense for those actions.
A police officer can not get away with claiming “I do not remember” why I opened up a murder investigation.
Chan is not a cowboy free to act on his own to investigate or otherwise do as he pleases.
Someone gave him the authority to act – almost certainly in writing. and they defined the legitimate scope of his actions, as well as supervising and approving them.
You can not recall what you discussed over coffee 2 years ago.
You can not credibly claim ignorance to who tasked you to act, and what they tasked you to do.
Jonathan: Well, we finally get to the heart of your war against the Biden family. Neither MSNBC nor other mainstream news outlets will take your vague claims about the Biden family seriously.
You continue to demand AG Garland appoint Special Counsel to investigate the Bidens. When Garland took over the DOJ in 2021 David Weiss was already investigating Hunter. Weiss is a Trump appointee. If Garland wanted to interfere he could have fired Weiss. He didn’t and left Weiss in place. Garland has continued to say Weiss has all the resources he needs to complete his investigation. There is not even an appearance of a conflict of interest in the case. There is no evidence Weiss is under any pressure by DOJ leadership. Why else would Hunter and his attorneys meet with Weiss last week? That’s because Weiss is acting independently. There is no need for a Special Counsel. If Weiss thought his investigation was being compromised by outside interference don’t you think he would have complained by now?
But you keep trying to implicate Hunter in other speculative crimes–like violating FARA. There is no evidence Hunter was acting as a foreign agent for any foreign government. So you keep pushing the envelope. While you admit “influence peddling” is not a crime you bizarrely claim it is “corrupt and should be a focus by the media”. You are upset MSNBC won’t take your unproven charges seriously–like “tax violations to gun violations to prostitution violations to a massive corruption scandal”. Really, “prostitution violations”? You think Weiss should charge Hunter with being a John? You are clutching at straws in your wild accusations. But it’s not true the mainstream press has ignored Hunter’s legal problems. His tax and possible gun violations have been widely covered in the press.
What it boils down to is this. You are afraid Hunter will settle the tax and gun violations and the case will go away–making it a non-issue in next year’s presidential election. So you continue top push so far unproven claims against Hunter–hoping the GOP controlled House will follow your lead and try to make the “Biden corruption scandal” a major issue next year. Good luck with that one!
Actually, Dennis, allowing Hunter to plead to crimes in an omnibus agreement that covers five years and would “end” the investigation might be something the Republicans in the House would welcome because it would then allow Hunter Biden to testify without risk of self-incrimination because he would have ben de facto immunized by the plea agreement. All we want is the truth. What was Hunter paid millions of dollars for and what, if anything, did his father do that was worth the millions of dollars paid by the Chinese and Ukrainians. Ask youself how you would feel if instead of Hunter Biden, we were talking about Donald Trump JUNIOR. Would you not have the same concerns that I and millions of other Americans have?
“ Republicans in the House would welcome because it would then allow Hunter Biden to testify without risk of self-incrimination because he would have ben de facto immunized by the plea agreement.”
LOL!!!! You think Hunter Biden will testify against his dad? BWAHAHAHA!!!!!
“You think Hunter Biden will testify against his dad?”
I think it is unlikely that HB would go to jail to avoid telling the truth.
“unlikely”? That might depend on who is in the White House. A “Big Guy” WH and likely pardon puts a different spin on things and might be part of the rational for Biden’s candidacy.
You have a point.
But it is a complex one.
HB can do almost whatever he pleases. He will get pardoned.
BUT, Joe must avoid having to Pardon Hunter Before Nov 2024 or seriously negatively impact the election.
After Nov 2024 really does not matter much.
Trump should announce that if Elected he will Pardon anyone associated with the Biden Corruption and coverup that comes forward BEFORE the Election.
Anyone who waits until the Election will be prosecuted.
DM we are 10,000 miles beyond the point at which an SC should have been appointed.
We are now at a point in which i is clear that Garland’s failure to do so is ITSELF corruption.
The well documented successfull effort by VP Biden to remove the Ukrainian prosecutor is sufficient to require an SC.
You seem to beleive that a crime must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, before it can be investigated.
At this time there is ZERO doubt, that the Biden family was raking in millions selling political influence.
That can be legal. It also can be criminal. But far more than enough giant red flags have popped up to investigate the possibility it was criminal.
There are far more than enough credible allegations that VP Biden was involved and benefited to warrant an investigation.
Investigating the conduct of the person who is now president REQUIRES a SC.
Worse we now have allegations that the FBI DOJ and IRS atleast are hindering the investigation.
That ALSO requires an SC. The DOJ can not investigate itself – that is specifically why the SC law exists.
In this instance not only is an SC required, but that SC can not have links to current people in the DOJ who are remotely connected to the Biden investigations.
That SC must then be staffed with lawyers and investigators who ALSO have no connections to those currently involved.
The Last thing we need is another Mueller investigation where those involved deliberately directed the investigation away from their OWN prior malfeasance.
John, Republican Senators want Garland to make Weiss a special counsel (letter around September 2022). I asked JT to clarify whether he wanted the same or the appointment of someone else (or no opinion), but has not done so. What would you like to see for a special counsel? Thanks.
Any Special Counsel for ANY investigation must meet several criteria.
I want very agressive people – so long as they do not try to create new law.
I do not care so much that angry democrats investigated Trump.
I care that they could not stay within the law and constitution.
It is the FACT that they could not “get Trump” without going outside the law and constitution, that assures us there is nothing there.
I want the same to investigate Biden. I want people who when all this is said and done, if they find nothing – we can beleive there was no whitewash.
But I do NOT want people who are going to try to create new law.
Next, I want people who are not conflicted. One of the huge problems with the Mueller investigation is that the FBI agents that were part of it were alos part of the prior Trump investigation. As we have since learned – Mueller should have been investigating them.
I do not know if Weis fits the bill or not. I do not know that those on his team – lawyers or FBI agents are the right people.
But I would get rid of them all and start fresh with people having nothing to do with any of this.
In a perfect world I would not have SC’s at all. I would changethe constitution to have some means to empower State AG’s to investigate Federal Corruption.
While there would have to be limits on that. What is important is that there are 50 State AG’s neither party controls them all.
So no matter what part is in power There would be state AG’s motivated to dig into their actions.
But given the law we have now, and the people we have now and the allegations that have been made,
The SC, his legal team, and the investigators working for them, MUST be as divorced as possible from the current DOJ and FBI.
And there must be none of this “get Trump” creative legal argument nonsense.
That is the only way we will trust the results.
Thanks for the reply. I appreciate it.
DM – you are incorrect about facts.
There is an IRS whistle-blower who is claiming that DOJ is blocking the investigation of HB.
I beleive there is a DOJ WB making a similar claim.
There is an FBI WB claiming that the FBI has produced documents of actual bribery of VP Biden
There is a WB that claims to have proof that the tesitmony of top DOJ officials to Congress was false.
Nor is this the extent of WB claims.
We do not know if the WB reports are true. We also do not know if Garland’s claims are true.
We do KNOW there is far more than sufficient to investigate.
And we KNOW that DOJ can not investigate ITSELF.
This is precisely why the SC law exists.
If these Whistle Blowers are making false claims – they can be prosecuted.
One of the failures of the Mueller investigation is that it did not follow the evidence where ti lead.
There should have been no need for horowitz or Durham.
Mueller was tasked to investigate potential Russian inerferance in 2016.
That would include investigating fraudulent claims of interferance.
One of the major failures of the Mueller SC was that those engaged in making false claims were investigating those false claims.
Mueller needed to use agents that were not involved in the original FBI investigation.
And attorney’s willing to follow the evidence where it lead – rather than trying to force the investigation to get Trump.
DOJ can not investigate itself.
It can not investigate the president.
There must be an SC – and that SC must be truly independent.
Whether that leads to Biden and Garland, or whether that leads to prosecuting whistleblowers for false claims.
DM that Criminal charges against HB are far more than unproven allegations.
All the elements have been publicly established.
HB could easily be convicted by a jury that follows the law based on publicly documented evidence.
Do we really have to review the elements and evidence of tax fraud, perjury on firearms applications, Drug dealing, and traficking ?
Possession of sufficient quantity of drugs is drug dealing – by law.
Providing drugs to others – friends party goers is drug dealing – by law.
Transportation of prostitutes across state lines is trafficking by law.
Ordinary criminals are tried convicted and sentenced to long terms based on far less than HB.
I do not like those laws, But they continue to be used against the poor and minorities.
Everything Manafort was convicted of Hunter is guilty of on a much larger scale.
More recently we can add obstruction and witness tampering, as HB attempts to intimidate witnesses against him.
“You think Weiss should charge Hunter with being a John?”
No the Charge is trafficking, Procuring prostitutes for others and transporting them accross statelines.
The left tried this against Rep. Gates – but failed, because there was no sex, and no money, and no others.
“You are clutching at straws in your wild accusations.”
There are a million people in US prisons for less serious offences with less evidence.
Again Everything Manafort was convicted of Hunter Biden has done on a much larger scale.
Turn about is fair play.
Are you claiming that the standards of the law are different for Biden’s
“His tax and possible gun violations have been widely covered in the press.”
Infrequently and in the same misleading way as you are.
The press as an example has not treated Biden the same as Manafort – despite the fact that Manafort did not have asny gun law violations, and drug trafficking, any trafficking in prostitutes,
Manaforts tax problems were much smaller, Manafort misclassified income as loans. HB did not report the income. The former is usually not criminal. The latter is always criminal. Manafort was more careful about FARA, and more above board in his influence peddling.
Name something Manafort was convicted of that HB has not done on a larger scale ?
Biden being “grilled” on MSNBC is like the Pope being “raked over the coals” on Vatican TV.
ChatMSNBC
You should stop referring to stenographers as reporters and journalists.
Adam Klasfeld (Law and Crime News):
“A rush of E. Jean Carroll v. Donald Trump exhibits have been released — including the former president’s video deposition. Here’s an excerpt where Trump mistakes Carroll [who is suing Trump for rape and defamation] with his ex-wife Marla Maples.”
https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1654544896802406402 (has the video)
Imagine what Republicans would say if Biden confused some other woman with his first wife.
And despite Trump’s claim, the photo isn’t blurry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Jean_Carroll_litigation_against_Donald_Trump#/media/File:Donald_Trump,_E._Jean_Carroll,_and_their_spouses_in_1987.png
So, there is evidence for commission of rape and support for the defamation case?
Yes.
Biden confused his sister for his wife. Get out of here with this dumb take.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2020/03/04/awkward-joe-biden-confuses-his-wife-and-his-sister-during-super-tuesday-speech-n2563062
They were standing behind him, and he corrected himself as soon as he looked at them. Trump not only confused E. Jean Carroll with Marla (while elsewhere proclaiming that E. Jean wasn’t his type), but then he couldn’t identify his previous wife Ivana.
You ought to know the difference from what comes from the link and what you wrote. Start concentrating.
Didn’t Biden just have trouble remembering where his grandchildren live? “So let me see, I got one in New York, two in Philadelphia, three, no three because I got one granddaughter who is, I don’t know, you’re confusing me, but they’re all around Wilmington, California, New York and Philadelphia, the cities they live in.” https://trendingpoliticsnews.com/watch-biden-cant-remember-where-his-grandkids-live-gets-fact-checked-by-little-girl-mace/ He also could not remember vacationing in Ireland the week before, and needed to be reminded by a small child.
This was not a “low-risk interview,” it was a no-risk interview. Years ago MSNBC traded journalistic integrity for access to power, and that’s the channel all corrupt politicians go to to whitewash their crimes. MSNBC is a laundromat for the Democrat party. As soon as you see a Dem giving an interview on MSNBC, you know they’re backed into a corner and this is their last hope of squirming out of trouble. Biden might as well have a big “GUILTY” sign on his head now.
Of course there was no push back. The mainstream media is well trained and disciplined like the good little obedient communists they are “Reporters ??? Please………….
“Your son — while there [are] no ties to you . . .”
Except for the fact that the son was the bagman for the father and his kleptocratic family.
“Democrats really are morally challenged.”…….errrr no!
Morals are never a challenge to Democrats….not even a bump in the road to them.
But you got the rest right!
I don’t care about msm…but a totally corrupt DOJ, FBI, CIA, IRS, ETC is country ending
Turley’s analysis seems reasonable but he ignored one very big consequence of the purported “capstone” indictment (or information) to which Hunter Biden will plead guilty. We’re unsure of what a capstone plea might be but it sounds like what also is called an omnibus agreement. Essentially, these are brief descriptions of covered conduct over a period of time usually dating back five years from the date of execution. In return for a plea of guilty to the specific code violations, the government agrees not to prosecute any other criminal acts – known or unknown – that may have occurred during the same time frame. In theory, an omnibus plea deal is supposed to focus on the major crimes and in return for a guilty plea to them, the government waives its right to prosecute lesser and included violations. These deals were originally intended for complex crimes – financial frauds by corporations, multiple murders by mobsters, etc. – the idea being save time and money trying to prove the marginal cases in return for obtaining guilty pleas to the main events. OK, so what’s the big consequence that Turley ignored with such a deal for Hunter Biden? Should he accept such a deal, and assuming the deal is constructed in the normal fashion by career attorneys at Justice, Hunter Biden may be required to cooperate in telling the government all he knows about the crimes to which he is pleading guilty. Now that would be some story! But, here again, a corrupt Justice Department could conveniently omit such a provision. That leaves one more big consequence. An omnibus or capstone plea deal provides a de facto immunity on the subject for all other crimes in the same period – known and unknown – that the defendant may have committed or known about. So, when Hunter Biden is called before the House to explain all of this, he cannot legally take the Fifth because he has immunity from prosecution. And yes, a corrupt Justice Department can also omit the non-pros agreement for crimes committed during the past five years or whatever the scope of the agreement might be but if it does this, a new administration and a new attorney general might decide to prosecute those crimes. All things considered, Hunter Biden has been check-mated.
Please cite the “Capstone” statute [Capstone plea] you refer to for us.
Or are you defining the term Capstone as an Encompassment?
Hunter and Joe Biden have several violations under the:
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
and considering the Content of the Laptop: GENERAL RECORDS SCHEDULE 6.1
A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjLxJ_h6eD-AhVeQjABHY7NBtIQFnoECEMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sec.gov%2Fspotlight%2Ffcpa%2Ffcpa-resource-guide.pdf&usg=AOvVaw07IeWh-VPaQUgOrZzZFbSY
GENERAL RECORDS SCHEDULE 6.1
GRS 6.1, Email and Other Electronic Messages Managed under a Capstone Approach
https://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/grs/grs06-1-faqs.html
Curious: There is no definition that I’m aware of for “capstone” pleas, which is why I placed the word in quotes and remarked that it sounded similar in description to what sometimes is called an omnibus agreement in which the government accepts a plea of guilty to some but not all crimes. In theory, it’s a win-win for both parties because the government avoids a costly and time-consuming trial while the defendant gets a walk on some of the lesser criminal acts. The problem with such a deal in this case is as you point out, the main crimes may be bargained away while simple crimes are accepted and in return the defendant winds up with a non-prosecution agreement for his other crimes. In some agreements, this may include all relevant crimes committed by the defendant during some fixed period like five years. My point was that a corrupt Department of Justice might think it’s brooming the big charges like the ones you’ve mentioned by cutting a deal on the lesser crimes only to find that a new administration and AG might decide to prosecute them. Also, it provides no Fifth Amendment protection for the defendant who, once immunized from prosecution, must answer House members when testifying. Even a pardon by daddy POTUS cannot prevent the House from subpoenaing Hunter Biden to tell all he knows under oath or face criminal and civil contempt charges. Thanks for the info on those key potential charges.
Mainstream “news” is now just alternate-reality nonsense.Whether it’s CNN, MSNBC, FOX, or any of the broadcast networks, it all bears more resemblance to fiction than nonfiction, with writers working on the plot, and news reporters being more like actors that have familiarized themselves with the script, practiced their lines and how to deliver them, and basically assumed their roles as PERFORMERS. The movie, Network, is no longer satire.
Relying on ANY media at this point to make your voting decisions at this point is a no-go. We are being manipulated by various ideologies that have an agenda driving them in place of the honest reporting of unbiased truth. The best we can do is observe actual events and FACTS and draw conclusions within the parameters of our owm moral core.
I also saw the clip where the “reporter” frames the question with such biased and benign wording as to almost be a press release by Biden. How is it possible to claim, at this point, that the allegations have nothing to do with Joe Biden? How does a “reporter” not follow up when the demented liar states that Hunter has done nothing wrong and it only gives him more faith in his kid?
Framing is one of the left’s most powerful tools in it’s censorship arsenal. There is outright censorship, spiking of stories, ignoring stories (as NPR did by claiming the laptop was boring and therefore they would not cover it) and of course framing. Watch any Chuck Todd-like show and compare how the questions are framed vis a vis questions directed to Republicans. The difference can be said to be the difference between a sneer and a smile. The left interviews Democrats the way a grandmother would interview a 5 year old, “hey sweetie, if you didn’t eat the cupcakes then why is there frosting on your face” -5 year old, “it just got there”-grandma, “ok, let’s go have some soup”.
Obviously the Bidens are lying like the grifters that they are.
Ruhle and the media are lying for personal advancement and partisan politics.
But the majority of Democratic voters are either indifferent or wilfully ignorant.
Democrats really are morally challenged.
They subscribe to an ethical religion as in relativistic or selective, thus the majority of wars in the 20th and 21st centuries, redistributive change, diversity (e.g. racism, sexism), progressive transgender (e.g. homosexual) conversion experiments, abortion, etc.