Special Counsel David Weiss filed a blistering opposition to Hunter Biden’s request to subpoena former President Trump and other former officials in his ongoing federal trial. On Tuesday, Weiss felt it necessary to remind Hunter that his “father, Joseph R. Biden, is the President of the United States” and his administration brought these charges. This “Father Knows Best” argument suggests that Hunter needs to focus a bit closer to home.
We previously discussed how the Biden team had decided to get aggressive with witnesses and enemies. However, counsel Abbe Lowell and his team have run into a wall given the fact that his father’s administration brought these charges.
What is interesting is that critics have been defending the lack of charges for things like FARA and taxes by noting that the investigation began in the Trump Administration. The lack of charges is cited as showing that even that administration could not find evidence. Yet, now that charges were brought by the Biden Administration, the same fact is being cited as showing bias.
Hunter was seeking subpoenas for Trump, former Attorney General Bill Barr and two other former Trump administration officials.
Weiss called Biden’s request “meritless and should be denied.” He added
“Not only does defendant’s motion fail to identify any actual evidence of bias, vindictiveness, or discriminatory intent on the Special Counsel’s part, his arguments ignore an inconvenient truth: No charges were brought against defendant during the prior administration when the subpoena recipients actually held office in the Executive Branch. Instead, every charge in this matter was or will be brought during the current administration—one in which defendant’s father, Joseph R. Biden, is the President of the United States and Merrick B. Garland is the Attorney General that was appointed by President Biden and who personally appointed the Special Counsel. Defendant has not shown, nor can he, how external statements by political opponents of President Biden improperly pressured him, his Attorney General, or the Special Counsel to pursue charges against the President’s son.”
In other words, as Margaret Anderson observed: “Well, I suppose Father knows best.”
Here is the opposition: Weiss Filing
Guantanamo Bay prison complex is still there and available. It should be considered an alternate location at which to elicit the true truth — not the slanted, biased, partial facts, limited truth…….when Trump is elected in Nov. 2024, his administration may very well use this Cuban location to find, verify, and perhaps share with the public, just exactly what the true truth is —
Nice of you to out yourself as supporting torture.
Wow.
Watch Joe Biden lose it, get angry while being questioned by a voter.
Then Joe agrily says, “You’re a dam liar, man”….
Then listen to the insane Dems in the crowd clap and cheer Joe’s totally inappropriate comments like the trained seals they are….
Hey Joe Biden, you are reversing the roles. You do not understand your place.
YOU work for the VOTERS. We do NOT work for you.
You are not our RULER.
You are a corrupt, lying POS.
Hey FJB: “Get your job straight, Jack.” YOU are a public SERVANT, Jack.
Oh and “hey Joe, YOU are a dam LIAR.”
Pork fed Iowa homie WAS lying.
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“Defendant has not shown, nor can he, how external statements by political opponents of President Biden improperly pressured him, his Attorney General, or the Special Counsel to pursue charges against the President’s son.”
How about statements to the Special Counsel? – letters and emails from Trump’s lawyer Guiliani, from Trump’s allies, letters from Jim Jordan and others in Congress insisting that some charge be found against Hunter Biden.
I would be surprised if those things do not exist. This is political pressure. Whether it is improper political pressure is for the judge to decide, but it should not prevent a subpoena on the issue.
@ Dairy Queen: You’re reading comprehension may not be quite as comprehensive as you imagine. What flavor was the Kool Aid? Your own(ed) President and AG sent Mr. Weiss on this crusade. Why would you suppose he would’ve decline to pursue “improper political pressure” allegedly coming from the other side? Are you trying to impugn Mr. Weiss as being part of the vast conspiracy you’re trying to attach to Mr. Trump?
Friend, your argument is rather weak, disingenuous, and appears to depict an unsteady mind. One might even describe it as deranged. How do *feel* about eh color orange?
Apologies for forgetting to log in before nullifying @Dairy Queens ill-conceived attempt to deflect.
A much better discussion of Leo Wise’s filing: https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/12/05/principal-senior-assistant-special-counsel-leo-wise-insinuates-david-weiss-lied-to-congress/
(Wise wrote it, not Weiss)
Alyssa Farah Griffin:
“Donald Trump is historically unfit for office. He’s the only former POTUS to be denounced by his former COS, SecDef, Chairman of the Jt Chiefs, Nat Security Advisor, WH PressSec, WH Comms Director & more.
“There are 3 ways to stop him: the GOP primary, the courts, or the General”
Why is Donald Trump unfit for office? Just the facts, please…
Diapers. The ones he wears. The one in his brain. The ones he likes to throw the rule of law into.
Sunlight is said to be the best disinfectant, if so, let the lights shine on the Establishment, especially the Biden Regime, paying particular attention to the Democratic Party-dominated bureaucracy, and the Intelligence Community-dominated media/entertainment establishments. Donald Trump has been under intense scrutiny for his entire professional life, and the only so-called “crimes” the most powerful investigative agencies can find are decades old non-crimes, and accusations of criminal behavior AFTER his presidency. Meanwhile, evidence of influence peddling, money laundering, bribery, and perjury against Joe Biden, and his extended family. The enemies of Trump in both parties (uniparty or establishment) were hysterically against Trump ever since 2016. Given the benefit of the doubt, who can blame anyone for being at least skeptical of a Trump presidency. However, after 4 years of Trump, and now after 2 years of Biden, to continue the Trump hatred is a brain virus. Many Democrats are gonna vote Democrat until well after the grave, that’s a given. All others need to be better thinkers.
“This “Father Knows Best” argument suggests that Hunter needs to focus a bit closer to home.”
He and his attorney did it because the word “focus” is not applied by Democrats to addicts like Hunter, internet icels desperately looking for youtube hits and attention seeking trolls. Focus? How quaint
If Hunter had gotten his act together by age 30 like most adults today did in a previous era, married, raised a family, had a career and led an honorable life, he would not be in this trouble. Joe and Jill did this to him. Hunter is following the example of his worthless father, a crook, a con, a dishonorable husband, father and politician of over 50 years, and his plagiarizing stepmother with the fake EdD degree. There is nothing authentic about the Bribin Bidens
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Hunter had his life together for the first 25 years. He went to Georgetown and Yale Law. Even if he had an easier time of it because of his connections, he still had to put forth a fair amount of effort. But instead of getting a job as an attorney, he started trading on his father’s name and sliding into a degenerate life of drugs and prostitutes. His ultimate downfall, however, came when he screwed with the IRS. Those agents are not political creatures like FBI and DOJ. They’re accountants, and either your numbers add up or they don’t. Either you paid your taxes or you didn’t. It’s the IRS that sent Al Capone to prison when he, like Hunter, thought he was untouchable. They also convicted Spiro Agnew of tax evasion, and he was the Vice President of the United States under Nixon! Hunter was warned by associates not to mess with the IRS, but he was either too arrogant or drugged up to listen.
Turley seems to be a bit too quick to cast doubt on Hunter Biden’s subpoena. Yes, the charges were filed by the DOJ while his father is in office. However the investigation came before Biden was elected into office. The argument rests on the circumstances prior to the charges, which clearly were due to pressure from republicans after the plea deal fell apart.
Weiss can certainly object. But, What Turley isn’t saying is how likely is it that Hunter’s request will succeed. Because he’s not even bothered to assume or offered a legal reason why it isn’t likely to succeed. Only that Weiss objected to the subpoena request. It’s entirely up to the judge to decide and Turley has said nothing on that matter. Hunter has certainly become more aggressive in his defense, which is what he should be doing. It’s’ what Trump does all the time. Why would it be strange for Hunter to be more aggressive? It’s clear he has a very good lawyer.
Svelaz
says the incel
+100
Since it appears you’ve moved onto more catnip,
Svelass
There you go again, conflating evidence and “proof”. There is evidence, and you now admit that. Instead you now claim there is no “clear and convincing” evidence. In other words, no “proof”. You deny the evidence, by taking each piece of info seperately and claiming, “thats not proof”. Proof is by combining all of the evidence. The whatsapp message is “evidence” of Joe’s involvement. It’s not “convincing” to you because you want to examine it apart from other evidence, like the email doling out 10% to the big guy, and Bobulinski’s statements re:his meetings with Joe.
Much of it is not “clear” to you because you are ignorant of the facts, as “evidenced” by claiming that Bobulinski is the one that detailed 10% for Joe, when it was Gilliar, and “evidenced” again when you claimed Archer didn’t provide any details about the meeting at the Observatory. Maybe not “proof” that you are ignorant, but very compelling evidence.
You still haven’t explained that whatsapp message in such a way as it doesn’t impugn Joe’s assertion that he wasn’t involved. Instead you claim its just an allegation. The “allegation” is that he was involved. The “evidence” is the CONTEMPORANEOUS whatsapp messages and emails, among others. You get that yet, or will you play dumb some more?
Why don’t you list for us all, each piece of “clear and compelling” evidence that Carroll had in obtaining a finding of liability for sexual assault against Trump?
Jimmy
In fact, why don’t you list even one???
His lawyer was the one who got him into this mess. The judge questioned the sweetheart plea deal, and the arrogant, childish lawyer snapped, “Just rip it up.” So they did. A good (or just barely competent), lawyer would have gone back to the drawing board and tinkered with the plea agreement enough to make it acceptable to the judge, but still preserving as much of the deal as possible. So now Hunter has retained a different lawyer, but he can’t undo the damage from the previous one. These big firm lawyers may be arrogant because they went to Ivy League schools and make a lot of money, but they should never forget that it’s the government lawyer who decides which charges to bring.
Thank you Sevlaz!
Hunter’s reputation cannot possibly get any worse than it already is, so he must figure why not go complete scumbag.
See multiple Dennis McInlyre comments for his creepy obsession with “rump” and his large posterior.
Jimmy
Typo – “Hunter was seeking subpoenas for rump, former Attorney General Bill Barr and”