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Hunter Biden Discovers There is No “Nicer” Way to Say “I’m Guilty”

Below is my column in Fox.com on the Hunter Biden guilty plea. The plea proved vintage Hunter Biden for all of the wrong reasons. The effort to plead guilty without admitting guilt left him looking like the most privileged person since Marie Antoinette. However, it was consistent with a bizarre criminal defense that never seemed connected to a legal strategy. In a twist on the famous tag line from Love Story, Hunter believed that being a Biden “is never having to say you’re guilty.”

Here is the column:

“Guilty.” That word repeated nine times by Hunter Biden in a federal courtroom in California represented something that he had evaded for much of his life: accountability.

Five years ago, Biden had to explain the rule to ABC News reporter Amy Robach, who had the audacity to ask about his history. Biden instructed the TV journalist to “say it nicer.”

The president’s son spent his adult life with his father, his family, political allies, and reporters enabling every corrupt deal and human debauchery. Even at his plea hearing, Biden was closely shadowed by his so-called “sugar brother” Kevin Morris, who bankrolled his lavish lifestyle for years.

This week, Biden was still demanding that even prosecutors “say it nicer” on the eve of his criminal trial. He created chaos at the start of jury selection by announcing that he would plead guilty but demanded an “Alford plea.” The Alford plea allows a defendant to accept that there is sufficient evidence to convict while declining to admit guilt.

Roughly 17 percent of state cases and 5 percent of federal cases end in Alford or no contest pleas. However, as a criminal defense attorney, I have never heard of a defendant seeking an Alford plea without previously discussing the option with prosecutors. These pleas ordinarily require the approval of prosecutors and Justice Department rules require the approval of high-ranking officials or the Attorney General himself.

Prosecutors were gobsmacked by Biden’s sudden announcement and told the judge that they had not been consulted on the demand. Not surprisingly, they were miffed and quickly opposed any such plea.

The result was all too familiar for those of us who have witnessed the chaos of the Hunter Biden defense. After causing a stir, the effort failed and Biden was left standing in the courtroom repeating a standard guilty plea nine times.

It is the continuation of a legal strategy that could be best described as controlled chaos. In 2023, Biden stood with his lawyers in open defiance of a congressional subpoena outside of Congress. He demanded that the House committees meet his demands for appearing as a witness. After all the drama, the effort failed. Facing a criminal contempt sanction, he appeared as demanded by Congress and was later accused of perjury.

It was the same pattern that emerged when Biden secured a sweetheart plea deal that avoided any jail time, avoided a host of federal charges, and gave him sweeping immunity for unnamed offenses. It collapsed in court when the judge asked the prosecutor if he had ever seen such a deal offered to any other defendant. He admitted that he had not.

The response from the Biden team was the same privileged fit. One lawyer told prosecutors to “just rip it up.” Later the Justice Department attorneys stated that they still tried to reach a new plea deal but that Biden gave them the stiff arm.

The result? An unmitigated failure. Biden was convicted on every gun count before a sympathetic jury in the hometown of the Biden family.

This burning train then continued down the track to California where the team insisted that it would make the same addiction defense that failed in Delaware.  It then pulled another jump scare with the Alford plea demand.

From the beginning to the end, it is a series of total failures produced by sheer hubris. As I wrote in 2023, Biden ultimately was undone by his entitlement and appetite. He expects everyone from reporters to representatives to prosecutors to “say it nicer.”

At every stage, his bravado and defiance led to the worst possible result. Ironically, he had a prosecutor in David Weiss who fought to help him avoid any prosecution or jail time. Weiss allowed major felonies to expire for now explicable reasons and refused to indict Biden for being an unregistered foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).

Yet, somehow, Biden succeeded in forcing Weiss to prosecute him against every apparent inclination to the contrary.

In a statement after his guilty plea, Biden continued to seek to excuse his actions. Just hours after accepting guilt for federal felonies, he insisted that he did it only to protect those he loved: “I will not subject my family to more pain, more invasions of privacy and needless embarrassment.”

It was strikingly belated. Biden could have avoided over a year of such “needless embarrassment” by pleading guilty last year. A plea at the time would likely have secured real benefits for him in sentencing recommendations. Instead, he waited literally until the start of his trial to enter a plea at the very last moment when it offered the least benefit to himself or his family.

Yet, the long road to “guilty” did bring clarity for others as well as Biden. There were no more of the mantras of how my son “has done nothing wrong” or legal experts struggling to rationalize his conduct. He now has over a dozen convicted crimes, including nine related to the millions that he acquired through a massive influence-peddling operation by the Biden family.

There is no way to say that “nicer.”

Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University and the author of “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.”

213 thoughts on “Hunter Biden Discovers There is No “Nicer” Way to Say “I’m Guilty””

  1. “Tuco”, the Ugly, (performed by actor Eli Wallach) in the Clint Eastwood movie, The good, the bad and the ugly had at least 1 friend.

    Hunter Biden….not so much

  2. Jonathan: There was another important development this week in the DC election interference case now back before Judge Chutkan I neglected to mention it in my previous comment and you have yet to cover it.

    First, Judge Chutkan ruled Jack Smith can, starting on 9/26, lay out his evidence of the crimes of DJT in and surrounding Jan. 6, 2021. That’s so Judge Chutkan can make informed rulings on what acts fall within or outside of the SC’s “immunity” decision. John Lauro, DJT’s defense lawyer, was not happy with that ruling. He argued that any evidence should not come out until after the election. Judge Chutkan was having none of that. She told Lauro her case “is not concerned with the electoral schedule”. So Lauro lost round one.

    Then, Lauro argued with Judge Chutkan about whether Jack Smith had any legal authority to prosecute his client. In a remarkable exchange Lauro told the judge this: “Justice Thomas wrote a very persuasive [??] concurrence that suggested that the Special Counsel does not have authority. And in addition another judge [Eileen Cannon], a very respected judge [??] in the Southern District of Florida, wrote a decision dismissing Special Counsel’s case on the appointments clause basis and also on appropriations.” Lauro told Judge Chutkan this was a critical issue that first needed to be decided first.
    So Judge Chutkan once again ruled against Lauro. This was her response: ‘You have dicta in a concurrence written by Justice Thomas and you have an opinion by another district judge in another circuit which frankly this Court doesn’t find persuasive”. Translation: Thomas’s statement about Special Counsel authority in the “immunity” decision was “dicta”, i.e., irrelevant to the decision and, therefore, not binding on any other court. Chutkan is bound to follow the rulings of her bosses on the DC Court of Appeals and the SC that have consistently held the Special Counsels are lawful.

    But Lauro wouldn’t take “No” for an answer. He kept arguing with the Judge: “Justice Thomas in effect directed us to raise this issue and suggested that we do it immediately in light of his view in that concurrence”. Chutkan was taken aback– as was the audience in the courtroom: “He directed you to do that?…Well, I certainly don’t read the opinion [by Thomas] that way”. The Q is if Justice Thomas “directed” and “suggested” that Lauro raise the issue before Judge Chutkan that would be improper and unethical for a Justice of the SC to do. And we know Thomas would do nothing improper or unethical. Right?

    So Lauro lost round two and Judge Chutkan is moving ahead with her case. On Sept. 26 we will start to see some of Jack Smith’s evidence of the crimes of DJT in and around Jan. 6, 2021. This couldn’t come at a worst moment for DJT–just weeks before the election. You can bet the press will extensively cover what goes on in Judge Chutkan’s courtroom. Don’t you think the public and voters have a right to know about the crimes of DJT, about his attempt to violently overturn an election to stay in power, before they go in the voting booths?

    1. ‘Dennis’, the character you play here used to be more hilarious.
      What happened? Have you been drinking your own kool-aid?
      I’ve heard of actors getting lost in their roles, but be strong, man.
      Do you read many of the replies you get? People want to help.
      If ‘Old Anonymous Dog’ calling you a Soviet blahblahblah doesn’t
      get you to straighten up and fly right, what will? Signed, Concerned.

    2. Once again (ugh!) we hear from one of those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

    3. Dennis – aparently you do not know when you are losing.

      Both Judge Merchan’s recent decision – and Chutkan’s are concessions that those cases are going nowhere fast.

      Had Merchan tried to go ahead with Sentencing he would have escalated the significace of Trump’s 2nd Circuit removal appeal and risked being enjoined from sentencing and/or having the case rapidly dismissed.

      It is quite interesting that all of a sudden Merchan claims to be concerened about election interferance.

      Regardless the case is DEAD, The apeal of The E Jean Carrol Case was today – and while it is unlikely Trump will win at this level, Like the rest of the NYS Trump cases his lawyers demonstrated that the case never should have seen the inside of a court room.

      I pointed out to you previously that Carrol did not have enbough of a claim to get inside of a courtroom.

      Statutes of limitations exist for a reason – it is the Defendants whose rights are violated when a case boils down to ONLY the credibility of the victim and the defendant and the defendants has been deprived of the ability to present a defence by the passager of time.

      Tara Reade
      s claims againt Joe Biden were dismissed for exactly this reason – despite the fact that her allegations are newer and they are far more specific – therefor Biden can check his own records asn search for witnesses to disprove Reade’s claims. Carrol’s claim is so vague there is no means to challenge it.
      But as Trump’s attorney’s pointed out – it is not just Carrols claim that is weak – the other evidence let in has the same and more problems.

      The access Hollywood tape should not have been allowed in – propensity evidence MUST fit the SAME MO – otherwise it is inadmissible.
      Carrol Alleged Rape – playboy Conduct is NOT rape, it is not admissible.
      There were two other women who testified to Trump behavior that were allowed – their claims had even liess specific than Carols.
      One was on an airline flight – no date, no flight, no source no desitination no way for Trump to prove he was or was not on that flight – as if Trump flies comercial. I saw him at my Bothers commencment at lehigh in 1984 – he flew in via Trump helicopter then. Has Trump ever flown commercial ?

      Regardless to be admissinble propensity evidence must be very nearly the same act and with sufficient details for the defendant to be able to provide and alibi or disprove if possible.

      This is just one of many judicial errors that will tank those Trump cases.

      The enMoron case will die because a jury trial is requiired for any case in which there is more than a deminimus fine.
      The NY case law that allowed enmoron to hear the case without a Jury was specifically because there was no possibility of any consequential fine under the law. And that ignores the fact that Fraud under Blacks and under SCOTUS decisions requires Tangible harm to someone you owe a duty to.

      That applies to the Merchan case two – neitehr Case has the actual elements of either criminal or civil fraud.
      But the merchan case will likely be dismissed FIRST because he ignored Trump’s claims that evidence was excluded by Presidential immunity.
      The SCOTUS decision on immunity made it clear that Merchan decided the presidential immunity evidence claims wrongly.
      Like Jack Smith in DC – Bragg must start over from scratch.

      You cite Chutkan – but miss the import of her decision – this trial is NOT HAPPENING – NEVER.
      Smith will make his filings by Oct 26, Trump will respond, Chutkan will make decisions and Trump will appeal.

      You do not seem to grasp that Smith tossed his entire origianal case and is starting over from scratch.

      Every appealk that occured before – will occur again. While Smith will be in a better posiiton if/when presidential immunity reaches SCOTUS again – which it certainly will. He still has huge problems because a significant poirtion of his revisions is little more than calling Trump “candidate Trump” rather than President Trump. His HOPE is that by ignoring the fact that Trump was president at the time, he can get around the fact that in Federal Elections, Election integrity is within the formal powers or the president. Smith has at best a tiny bit more hope of getting past SCOTUS this time as compared to last.

      Regardless when Trump wins the election – the case is over. Smith will be dismissed.

      If by some left wing miracle – or further Fraud, Harris wins – the odds are the Smith dismissal will get to SCOTUS, and with near certainty Smith will be found illegitmate. The same left wing nut constitutional scholars that said there was substance to the 14th amendment claim are the ones saying SCOTUS will ignore centuries of appointments clause cases, and centuries of appropriations clause language.

      Absolutely the AG can appoint “special counsels” – people with expertise to work in very narrow areas – but NOT with powers greater than a US attorney.
      To be an “inferior officer” Smith must have far less power than he does. The AG can also create “inferior offices” – but they must be under existing offices, and under their existing budgest. No one in the executive has the power to authorize unlimited expenditures without specific constitutional authority.

      Either of these Ends Smith. It is POSSIBLE that SCOTUS obliterates all the special counsel regs as unconstitutional – that is probably the correct decision.
      But there is little doubt they will preclude the AG from appointing someopne with more power than a US Attorney and an unlimited budget without congrss approving the budget and the Senate confirming the appointment. SCOTUS will likelyt bless lateral transfers – such as calling an existing US Attorney or anyone else confirmed by the Senate an SC – with a budget that comes out of the DOJ budget and is subordinate to an existing DOJ budget line item and supervisor. MAYBE – but there is no way Smith will be allowed to continue.

      And that is only if Harris Wins.

      In the mioraculous event that Harris wins – NYS, Bragg, JAmes, Smith …. will no longer have the desparate need to get Trump to interfere in the election – Judges at all levels – from Merchan on up will start to take the law and the constitution more seriously. While Merchan and Kaplan and Enmoron will not magically become good judges they will start to care more about being overturned and bitch slapped by appeals courts, and their decisions will start to come closer to the actual law. The same will happen at appeals courts.

      So whether you like it or not – even if Harris magically wins – these cases will ALL eventually go away – it may take a while and they will likely die quietly, but they will die.

      They are all lawless election interferance lawfare.

      Trump has Never faced real legal jeophardy. This has all been political theater by the left. That even if Harris wins will itself be motivated to see these cases go away quietly.

    4. Dennis – no evidence is coming in until after the election.

      Smith is starting over from Scratch. He will be making LEGAL arguments about immunity with respect to what evidence is admissible and what is not.
      9/26 is the due date for Smith’s FIRST argument regarding immunity – Trump will get 30 days to reply, Smith will get another 30days,
      Chitkan will likely take 30 days to make a decision and Trump will; appeal as he did the first time this mess was tried – and we will begin the long process of going to the supreme court – which will take far longer this time than last time, because the DV court of appeals is not going to expedite and SCOTUS is not going to expedite and it could be 3 years before SCOTUS decides the 2nd attempt by Smith to get arround presidential immunity.
      And in the unlikely event Smith wins – Then and only then it goes back to Chutkan and she gets to move through other defense pretrial motions many of which could be appealed all the way to the supreme court before actually scheduling a trial.

      In the event Harris wins – Trump will likely be dead before there is a trial.

      And all that presumes that Harris wins. Nate Sliver has the odds now at 62:38 Trump almost Trump 2:1 and almost as good as those against Biden after the botched debate.
      We are not only seeing Trump picking up in the polls we are once again seeing Democrat House and Senate contests slipping. Gallegeo is down to a 3pt margin with Lake. Hogan is tie in MD, testor is losing in MT, Brown is on the ropes in OH, and Casey is in a fight in PA current Senate odds are 52:46:2 ion favor of republicans – and improving with the day. There are NO republican incumbents with a seat in play. While half the democrat incumbents running in 2024 are in tight races. Incumbents will win most of those – defeating an incumbent is rare. But Republicans need ZERO pickups to control the senate if Trump wins, and 1 pickup if Trump loses, and they are already +2.

      Harris is floundering – the “vibe” is wearing thin.

      Turns out that voters do want to know what Policies they are voting for. CoConut dancing only gets you so far.

    5. Re:”There was another important development this week” McIntyre never fails to disappoint by reminding us that rather than address the substance of Turley’s post, these pages are a blank slate for whatever his self-importance deems proper to pontificate on. Wherefore one knows to just walk on by leaving a cursory ‘So what!?!?!?”

    6. How well were the August Jobs numbers released this week ? Oops.

      Separately – you do know that Democrats have completely burned to the ground the nonsense about violently overturning an election.

      Outside the far left people do not beelive you.

      While you missed it – as probably did much of the country. A woman facing J6 charges firesd her public defender and now has a private lawyer – after video of her on J6 surfaced.

      First – the video shows her ACTIVELY thwarting those that were trying to break into the capitol.

      Then she was actually forced against her will into the west Tunnel where she ended up between other protestors and the CP, where the video shows that she did NOTHING to CP officers, and yet she was beaten by three different officers over 40 different times in a few seconds before she managed to escape the West tunnel. Like Rose Boylan she was very nearly killed – BY THE CP.

      She has a separate lawsuit against the CP for police brutality.
      She is supposed to go to trial in May, she is looking to get a delay – because the exculpatory evidence that I mentioned above was NOT made available to her byt he prosecution – that is a brady violation and her new defense attorney wants time to go through the J6 video to find more exculpatory evidence.

      Aparently – despite the fact that MacCarthy made the J6 video available to the public – under supervised condidtions, the DC/DOJ courts are prohibiting J6 defendants from access to it, so the only way they can search for exculpaqtory material is if some third party not associated with their defense requests access to the video and their congressmen gets them access

      As I said most people do not know the story of this woman.

      But they do know that J6 was NOT the same violence as BLM riots, it was NOT the same as Portland Riots, and it was NOT the same as the ProHamas riots that are resuming again on campuses this fall. .

      Whether you like it or not the overwhelming majority of americans – whatever their views on J6 have moved past the “violent insurrection” nonsense.,

    7. Dennis – you do know that there is no NEW evidence to be seen.

      You have promised new evidence at each of the Trump trials – yet to the extent that ANYTHING new has come out of any of them – it has been exculpatory.

      There is nothing new and harmful to Trump about J6 that Smith is going to court with.

      What he will be doing is arguing that specific actions by Trump that we all are already aware of are not entitled to immunity.

      What is going on right now is NOT Smith previewing his trial – that has already occurred.
      What is going on now is Smith trying to keep the case from being thrown out on presidential immunity grounds.

      Smith is NOT going to be providing new evidence – except for some narrow instances he is actually barred from doing so.
      He is going to be arguing that the evidence you havce already seen is NOT entitled to presidential immunity.

      Most people are NOT going to pay any attempt to that.

      Turley will find it fascinating.
      Many posting here will be fighting over it.

      But ordinary voters will be paying attention to jobs numbers and Israel, and the economy, and ….

      You have already convinced everyone you are ever going to convince thatg Trump is a criminal. You are NOT raising that number,
      But you may well diminish it before the election.

    8. We have fought over Musk and Twitter/X and de Moreas and Brazil and the EU and EU law and Brazillian law and while you have been wrong about most of that.

      We have both missed something else.

      Ordinary americans do not understand much of this except that a Judge in Brazil turned X off in Brazil and that the EU is threatening to do the same.
      And that democrats and Harris are OK and even favorable towards this.

      Voters – even those who support more restrictions on speech than I do – are REALLY uncomfortable with Brazil turning Twitter off.
      They are REALLY uncomfortable with the fact that OUR government is not only not doing anything about it but seems to quietly support it, and given the right oportunity would do the same.

      I think this is another factor in Garris’s declining polls.

      Conservatives have NOT gained alot of traction on arguments that Social Media should NOT be able to censor however they please.

      There has been SOME traction when evidence was provided that Government was pushing Social Media censorship.

      But STILL so long as they government did not ACT Government threatening SM companiues to get them to censor is just not the same as Government ACTING to censor.

      Brazil ACTED, The EU is trying to ACT, the Biden/Harris administration is quietly supporting it.
      And many WANT to do the same here.

      You do not need to be Turley to see that people think that Brazil has gone way to far, and that Harris and her administration would join Brazil if they could.

      I keep waring you that the time leading to the election is unfavorable to Harris and democrats.

      And you keep hoping against Hope that Smith or Brag or somebody engaged in lawfare will save you from the evil Trump.

      As Shanahan pointed out so well – it is Trump Derangement Syndrome.

      It is a mental illness afflicting those on the left.

  4. Turley ignored the fact that the prosecution was going to bring up more than just tax charges. They were going to put forth claims of other things not related to the case just to embarrass the president. Pleading guilty shut that down. What is more likely is Hunter’s sentence will be commuted before Biden leaves office.

    1. Doesn’t it bother you that these people have sold out your country? Taken in a reported $50M in money from foreign governments for favors and deals while our Nation continues to $35T debt? Telling us to pay OUR fair share while evading taxes all while distributing the proceeds to their family in offshore accounts? They have abused every aspect of their positions and in this case Hunter the bag mans unelected position. Doesn’t that bother you as a citizen of this Nation?

      1. You know your describing the Trump family in full detail. Remember when Hunter got 2 billion from Saudi Arabia? Remember when Hunter got Chinese patients? Remember when Hunter’s fake collage got shut down for ripping off people? Or his charitable foundations? Or his holding up money to Ukraine to help his Russian pal Putin? Oh, this could go on forever………………..

        1. $2B to invest to an investment banker is not a $2B bribe fishdip. What business did Hunter have to offer for a patent? What did a laddered LLC collage of companies produce as a good or service? If Trump college sold a good or services as a program to a private entity that’s free market business, selling preferential treatment and beneficial trade deals is TREASON.

          1. Jared Kushner is not an investment banker. Like Trump he is a failed real estate developer.

            He is basically a slum lord. He owns many sub-prime apartment complexes in Baltimore. In 2019 he paid a $3.5 million fine for aggressively trying to bilk tenants out of money they didn’t owe, and failing to maintain rental complexes to the point that they became ridden with mold, and infested with rodents.

            In 2007 he paid $1.8 billion for 666 Fifth Ave. He was widely criticized for paying too much and taking on too much debt. By 2017 the cash flow from the building covered less than half the debt payments. He tried to secretly refinance with the Chinese government, but when that became public he was forced to drop it. In 2018 he reached a deal with the Qatar government. The Qatar soveriegn wealth fund leased the building for 99 years with a single payment of $1.1 billion to cover the full 99 year lease. They paid the full lease upfront with a single payment. All this time Kushner was acting as a representative of the Trump administration. What a deal !!!

            Later, the Saudis give him $2 billion for his investment fund, when he has absolutely no experience running an investment fund.

            The allegations about Hunter are trivial compared to this.

            These deals were straight out bribes paid to Kushner while he was representing Trump.

            1. If any shred of that were illegal in whatever you’re claiming, Jared Kushner would be doing hard time and you know it. What is it you’re saying that the Trump Administration provided to Qatar or the Saudis for this “bribe”? Peace in the Middle East?

              1. Traveler, pardon the Drunk. He thinks the Saudis are as stupid as he. He can’t even retain what was told to him multiple times, that are easy to confirm. The deal with the Saudi’s was officially and unofficially investigated in numerous ways and is a perfect example of the Drunk’s stupidity.

            2. I hate to interrupt your fantasy, but please tell is all what exactly a “sub prime apartment complex” is. Cuz it kinda sounds like you just made that shit up.

        2. Remember when Trump persuaded the Navy to make Ivanka the world’s oldest ensign, despite her drug bust? And remember the year Ivanka failed her drug test, Donald f’ez her on Air Force Two, to get a Shanghai business licence for her $1.5 billion Chinese hedgefund?
          Remember just two months after the Navy expelled Ivanka for drug use, disgraced Ecology Minister Zlochevsky started paying her $5 million for crackhead business advice, just bc Daddy Trump was Obama’s “point man for Ukraine”

    2. “Turley ignored the fact that the prosecution was going to bring up more than just tax charges. “

      On the contrary, dum dum. He mentions it right here:

      He now has over a dozen convicted crimes, including nine related to the millions that he acquired through a massive influence-peddling operation by the Biden family.

      Reading comprehension. Get some.

      1. But since you brought it up, big mouth. What exactly was the prosecution going to reveal that would embarrass President Biden?

  5. Dennis McIntyre wants us to comment on presidential candidates as he posts about Trump in the comments section of an article about Hunter Biden legal reasoning. Okay, we should follow his lead:

    Kamala Harris: the “tough prosecutor” who protected Pelosi’s pedophile Catholic priests in San Francisco, stopping the ongoing investigation of the prosecutor she replaced.

    Kamala Harris: the “tough Attorney General” who blocked exculpatory evidence proving the innocence of a young black on Death Row awaiting execution (she failed, he’s free; taxpayers awarded him $6 million for prosecutorial misconduct)

    Kamala Harris: the “tough Attorney General” who jailed young black Americans for simple marijuana possession after then Senator Biden labeled them “super predators” – later laughing on a radio program about smoking dope “after all, I’m Jamaican”. The beginnings of Kamala’s Two Standards Of Justice.

    Kamala Harris: the tough “Attorney General” who refused to seek capitol punishment for a vicious young thug after the premeditated murder of a police officer.

    Kamala Harris: the “tough Attorney General” who refused to prosecute criminal Illegal Aliens in California and shielded them from prosecution instead.

    Kamala Harris: that “poor little black girl” she claimed to have been that Senator Biden (then) had tried to prevent getting on that yellow bus to a desegregated school – except she spent those years going to a Canadian high school in a wealthy area of Montreal… same high school as Canada’s current prime minister and fellow Marxist, Justin Trudeau. Canada never had that bussing and segregation she claimed.

    Dennis McIntyre, can you get the REAL Kamala Harris to stand up? Get Gigi to lend you a helping hand doing that?

    Or at least convince Harris to do like Trump who you hate so deeply does: regularly go before the news media to take unscripted questions?

    1. Is being incredibly willfully ignorant a profession for you or are you just gifted.

  7. Reprise:

    Letter to Benjamin Netanyahu

    Make a deal with the devil. Do whatever he wants. Promise him everything. Get all the hostages back. Then kill the devil and all of his minions. That’s how you deal with the devil. It sounds impossible because it is impossible to deal with the devil without dealing like the devil.

  8. Just one correction, Professor. An “Alford” plea is a plea in which factual guilt is not admitted. Period. And that is all.

    The supposed “acknowledgement” that the prosecution has enough evidence to convict is an invention of prosecutors and judges (or do I repeat myself) to somehow make the Alford plea a more solid finding of guilt. There is no fact finding in an Alford plea, and a criminal defendant is of course unable to ascertain whether the prosecution has enough evidence to convict. It’s a ridiculous stretch, a hedge to protect the conviction from being overturned on appeal, itself a prospect so dim (<1%) that you have to marvel at the intellectual somersault over nothing.

    It's a very, very broken system. And this is being made clearer every day in Trump world.

    2. “. . . that the prosecution has enough evidence to convict is an invention of prosecutors and judges . . .”

      If so, then that condition is an “invention” of the SC judges who, in the majority opinion, ruled that that is in fact a condition of an Alford plea: “The record before the judge contains strong evidence of actual guilt.”

      A “criminal defendant is of course unable to ascertain whether the prosecution has enough evidence to convict.”

      That is bizarrely false.

      Did you even read the Alford case? He and his attorney were well aware of the prosecution’s evidence. As are many other criminal defendants before a trial and before entering a plea.

      1. Hello Sam. Prosecutor? I think so. The only issue in Alford was whether a court can accept a guilty plea where factual guilt is denied by the Defendant. And the answer was yes. There is nothing in the Alford decision to even suggest that the plea also must contain an acknowledgement by the Defendant of the strength of the prosecution’s proof, but a lot of prosecutors and judges seem to believe that’s required, like there must be some knuckling under by the Defendant or something.

        It’s similar, of course, to a nolo contendere plea but instead of just not contesting guilt the Defendant actually denies guilt.

        There are other circumstances in which one party or the other might stipulate to a “fact” that is not true. The system then treats it as if it’s true, even though it isn’t.

        I guess one point is that the system is supposed to be a truth finding process, but it’s imperfect. But then there are those – and I suspect you are one of these – that believe it’s some kind of heresy to posit that the system can get it wrong, more or less believing that the system gets it right by definition.

        Am I in the right neighborhood here?

      2. The only holding of the Alford case was that courts can accept guilty pleas where factual guilt is denied by the Defendant. It does not go on to hold that the Defendant must also acknowledge that the prosecution has enough evidence to convict. That’s a later concoction by prosecutors and judges (or do I repeat myself) who are intellectually inclined – for the most part unconsciously – towards positivism.

        I suspect you are a prosecutor and that you are inclined towards positivism, and that you’re not even sure what that means.

        1. “I suspect you are . . .”

          Nope. Don’t like Comte (or his progeny).

          And none of that has anything to do with your wrong-headed points about an Alford plea. (Though it is a clever double ad hominem.)

  10. Jonathan it appears that Dennis missed the big news, as Biden announces for the 83rd time that a cease fire deal is close.

    Biden says it will take a lot of political will from both sides.

    You get that Johnny? Political will. The terrorists need political will.

    Aren’t we lucky that Al-Qaeda had the political will to die for 9/11.

    1. There is only one reason for a temporary cease fire – the return of hostages.

      There is no reason for a permanent cease fire.

      This will end when all of Hamas surrenders of dies.

      Further -= what stops Iran ? Hazbolla ? Attacks from Syria in the Golan ?

      This ends when we have a president that puts the screws to Iran so that the Terrorists are starved out.

      1. Iran is the head of the snake but Israel is doomed I think. They can’t exist without our support. I think America is getting tired of it.

        1. Traveler, don’t worry, only the stupid get “tired of it.” Israel will survive with or without US support. They had far less to work with when they won their war of independence and had no air force, tanks, etc., while they faced many Arab nations that had tremendous numbers of tanks and one of the best air forces outside the major powers.

          I think Israel learned they cannot depend on anyone else but themselves and are now starting to manufacture many of those things they previously obtained from the US. Remember, the Israeli military helps America make better fighters, bombers and other technological equipment. Israel’s high-tech is fantastic, and all the anti-Semites that complain are using things developed in Israel.

          1. Don’t disagree but my fears are that this is not like past wars in the ME. China and Russia are now providing military aid to Iran that feeds ALL these opposition groups. They have equivalent military firepower now and if Hezbollah pushes hard they could overwhelm Israels iron dome defenses. US intervention against Iran could lead to WW3, I do listen to Col. McGregor and Ritter, they have been pretty spot on. Wouldn’t Peace in our world be nice, just for a while? My 70 years has been mired by endless wars as were our parents before us.
            God Bless

            1. Traveler, I agree with what you are saying, but I think WW3 is more likely than an Israeli defeat with or without Russia and China. We get closer every day. The fools we argue with daily don’t give a damn for their children.

              One can have all the weapons in the world, but one must know how to use them and have experience. Israel has both the technological knowledge and the ability to improve weapons very quickly. Add to that, Israel is fighting a defensive war. They know they will be murdered along with their parents, wives and children. The enemy is relatively untrained, carrying unfamiliar weapons. Offense requires multiples of men and equipment, more than defense.

              Iran has already demonstrated its weakness, as has Russia, that Israel faced on the Golan Border. We saw Russia’s failures in Ukraine despite a tremendous military advantage. I cannot be sure how good Chinese weaponry is and how interchangeable it is with present Iranian weapons. Though we don’t hear it, I wonder what weapons used by Iran and its proxies come from the American weapons left in Afghanistan.

              The big issue is Iran’s ability to use nuclear weapons is close. It appears they have enough uranium for at least one bomb, and their ability to deliver has been enhanced.

              The world is crazy. The residual of nuclear weapons spreads far and wide. Once used, there will be a reply, and the nations outside of the Middle East will likely become fully involved as well, increasing the potential for widespread world destruction.

              None of this needed to happen. The stupidity of the corrupt Biden Administration, using its broad power unrestricted by Congress, caused this war. There was growing peace in the Middle East, but Biden played politics, and now we have war for a year, waiting to spread deep into Lebanon and then Iran. That is why the US placed ships off of Israel, removing ships located near Taiwan, another hot spot.

              The left wants the ability to murder babies at term and focus on that issue even though abortion remains legal and obtainable for anyone. They find that more important than the widespread destruction caused by avoidable wars. I take note that not a single leftist on this blog can deal with policy. They are empty of rational thought, and basically, most are disgusting people.

    2. You need to send your outrage Memo to Bibi as he’s the one who’s the problem and has repeatedly torpedoed cease fire deals bro.

      1. Sinwar (Hamas) refuses ceasefires, and the documents obtained prove he will not permit one. Blinken admitted Israel agreed to U.S./ Israel agreements, but Hamas refuses. Look at the headline from CBS: “Blinken says Israel has accepted U.S. bridging proposal, calls on Hamas to do the same.” That bridging proposal was refused by Hamas.

        1. Hamas is calling for a cease fire. I agree. End the war. Hamas lost, Israel won. Treat the victory over Hamas in the same fashion as we treated the American victory over Germany and Japan. Israel dictates all the terms and let the sensible people left in Gaza execute Sinwar.

    3. Goddam brain dead Biden and cackling Kamala see no issues whatsoever with NORMALIZING fvcking terrorists and treating this like its “politics”. Jeezus h christ all freakin mighty.

      1. Remember what Obama said, if the Muslim winds grow then he would side with Islam. That’s not verbatim but that’s the general scope of his statement. We’re seeing it, he’s the front man for the cabal and still giving direction. Biden is done if you’ve seen his recent speeches. It’s embarrassing, PEACE.

  11. I missed the explanation of Weiss’ failure to act… please help… did someone order him to do it? We might presume that it was to protect the “Big Guy”, but proof? memos, conversations, etc.

    “Weiss allowed major felonies to expire for now explicable reasons and refused to indict Biden for being an unregistered foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).”

    1. Thus far DOJ has resisted all efforts into inquiry of their actions citing the confidentiality of ongoing investigations.

      There are plenty of whistleblowers that have credibly alleged political interfeance, but it has been impossible to get those involved before the house under oathj.

  12. Jonathan: Hunter Biden was a big distraction from other news you should have covered this week. So as a public service here’s what happened this week:

    –Judge Merchan decided to postpone his sentencing and other opinions re the 34-coount criminal conviction of DJT over the Stormy Daniels hush money case until after the election. That means DJT got another gift. He will not have to face Judge Merchan on September 18 and all the adverse publicity that would come at a critical point in his campaign. But DJT is not out of the woods. If he loses the election he will still have to face the music!.

    –Speaking of music, a federal judge finally told DJT to stop stealing the music from Isaac Hayes”. The judge granted the Hayes’ estate’s requestion for a preliminary injunction against DJT to prevent him from using using “Hold On, I’m Coming”. As Hayes’ son said about the ruling: “Donald Trump represents the worst in honesty, integrity and class and we want No association with his campaign of hate and racism”.

    –When Harris accepted the nomination all former living Dem. presidents, vice presidents and nominees came out to support her. What about DJT? After exhaustive research here is the list of all former GOP presidents, vie-presidents and nominees who have come out in support of DJT: (1) Sarah Palin. That’s it!. Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Dan Quale and Mike Pence have all come out against DJT. George W has been silent but his silence speaks clearly about where he stands. And Dick Cheney said yesterday he iv voting for Kamala. So Sarah Palin is the only one to support DJT.

    And the above does not include the over 200 former members of first DJT administration who have come out against the former president and now support Harris. And yesterday 88 business leaders said they support Harris because DJT is a threat to our Democracy. Need I say more?

    –And what is DJT saying about all this and his failure to attract mainstream Republican voters? In a Fox “town hall” on Thursday (where Qs for DJT were not allowed) Sean Hannity asked DJT about the economy. DJT veered off with a very weird response. He basically said he didn’t care whether he won the election. He said he wasn’t bothered that the same voters who voted against him in 2020 will again vote against him this year.: “I don’t want that person…You know, they say you should take everybody, that’s not the way I’m built. It’s one of those little problems”. Not a little problem. DJT thinks he can write off millions of voters and still win. He bizarrely thinks he already has enough votes.

    That is DJT’s ultimate strategy. He thinks the election will come down to a few states. In states, like Georgia, he has already installed his MAGA supporters that now control the state’s election board. That board now claims the right to reject electors for Harris. That, along with massive voter suppression in many sates, is DJT’s plan to regain power. That is not how voting should occur in a Democracy but it’s DJT’s only hope of regaining power–another attempted coup!

    1. Jonathan: Hunter Biden was a big distraction from other news you should have covered this week. So as a public service here’s what happened this week:

      Dennis, What happened this week is the manifesto of the Democrat tranny lesbian school shooter mass murderer who wrote about killing those little kiddies because of their White Privilege was released.

      You’re STILL pretending that ugly, Democrat hate filled Woke agenda full of Democrat code words and dog whistles is now public for all to read.

      You got anything other than BBBBUUUUTTTT…. MUH TRUMP! IGNORE THE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY!

    2. That, along with massive voter suppression in many sates, is DJT’s plan to regain power.

      Voter suppression interpreted: Where states pass laws requiring those who vote to provide proof they are American citizens eligible to legally vote.

      That good ol’ Democrat Biden/McIntyre Kluxxer racism: black Americans are so dumb that they just can’t figure out how to get acceptable ID that proves they’re American citizens.

      That is not how voting should occur in a Democracy but it’s DJT’s only hope of regaining power–another attempted coup!

      The Democrat plan: call voter ID “voter suppression” to allow as many Illegal Aliens that Democrat state governments and federal entities have automatically registered to vote in the coming election. That’s the intended next Democrat coup, now that the Democrat party coup to take out Biden when he became a threat.

      Because in a Democrat Democracy that hates an American republic, voter fraud and flooding the country with Illegal Aliens dependent on government handouts is the key to establishing a Democrat hegemony in America.

    3. Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Dan Quale and Mike Pence have all come out against DJT. George W has been silent but his silence speaks clearly about where he stands. And Dick Cheney said yesterday he iv voting for Kamala.

      Those great patriots are as happy as those 51 Former Intelligence Agents who said the Biden Bribery Laptop was just ‘Russian election disinformation’ to enable another four years even worse than the last four as Harris delivers Obama’s fourth term.

      And not one of those great patriots had one single negative word to say about Bribery Biden when he deserted thousands of Americans to die at the hands of the Taliban as he turned over enough weapons to arm a small NATO nation to those hajji Muslim terrorists. Including that great war hawk, Dick Cheney, who at one time claimed to be devoted to moving heaven and earth to wiping out the Muslim terrorism at the core of the 9/11 attacks.

      Not one of those great patriots came forward to condemn Biden’s slow motion approval of Putin deliberately moving military forces to the Ukraine border to prepare for the second invasion Biden allowed.

      And not a single one of them said nothing about Bribery Biden throwing the border wide open to Mexican drug cartel drugs killing 100,000 Americans a year while tens of millions of Illegal Alien Future Democrat Voters poured across the border with the drugs.

      Meanwhile, not single former Democrat president/vice president has ever condemned Biden abandoning Americans to be murdered in Afghanistan.

      Not a single former Democrat president/vice president has ever condemned Biden continuing to empower and enrich Iran’s Mad Mullahs continuing to murder Americans.

      Not a single former Democrat president/vice president has ever condemned Biden throwing the southern border open to Mexican drug cartels killing hundreds of thousands of Americans and tens of millions of criminal Illegal Aliens moving into the country to live off taxpayers.

      Now there’s a ringing endorsement for the morality of past presidents and vice presidents!

    4. “Judge Merchan decided to postpone his sentencing”
      Correct, that deprives Trump of an immediate appeal to Federal courts and even the Supreme court on several grounds that would get the entire case thrown out.

      You rantged and raved that Trump was delaying politically – Now Bragg and Merchan are.

      But there is a difference – the Government has a duty to faollow the law the constitution and provide due process without giving any weight at all to politics. The Govenrment is not ALLOWED to speed up or delay for political reasons.

      But the defendant IS.

      BTW Denis – there is no Criminal conviction of Trump until the JUdge sentences. While we all know trhat Trump is not going to prevail on any motion to dismiss with Mercan By law Trump is NOT convicted until the judge rejects all presentence motions to dismiss and sentences.

      Regardless this was not a gift. This is an admission by Merchan that the case is going down the tubes

      Jack Smith had to “start over” empanel a new GJ and get a clewan indictment free from tainted evidence.
      Bragg/Merchan are obligated to do exactly the same thing.

      Trump challenged the admission of evidence and the testimopny of witnesses on immunity grounds FROM THE START.
      Because Merchan allowed that evidence and those witnesses there is no choice but to toss the case and start over.
      If that is even possible.

      This delay is not a gift to Trump.

      It is an attempt to delay the inevitable reversal until after the election.

      You rant about adverse publicity – but thus far the FACT is that your lawfare has BOOSTED Trump not harmed him.

      Trump went up in the polls the more you pushed this.

      It is likely that if Merchan had tried to jail Trump – he would have assured Trump’s re-election.

      Outside your bubble – ordinary people know political lawfare when they see it.

      I would further note that will Biden fdropping out weakens the Biden corruption as an election issue – Harris is heavily tied to the lawfare.

      She needed this case out of the public eye.

      BTW Who cares what Haye’s son says about an Trump legal matter that he has nothing to do with.

      Hayes has been legaly after Trump for a long time. Hayes has problems of his own. The case has no merits and he could be required to pay Trump’s legal fees.

      The Hayes estate is entitled to royalties for the use of Issac Hayes music. That entitlement is through a contract with the publisher of the music – Not Trump. Trump is obligated to pay the publishers directly or indirectly for any music that he uses that he does not otherwise have the right to use, such as through sight licenses or any of a number of other means.

      This should be obvious to even a piss poor lawyer such as yourself. When you buy an album or CD – can the artist rescind your right to play that album ?
      Nop, you have the right to play that music for freinds and family IN PERPETUITY. You ONLY owe the publisher if you BROADCAST that music.

      Regardless artists that contract with publishers sign away the right to pick and choose who can use their music .

      As to your Federal Judge – he ERRED – the Hayes estate does not own the right to pick and choose who can use their music.
      With extremely rare exceptions no artist that has a publishing contract does. The Hayes case should have been dismissed because Hayes’s estate does not have standing. They do not own the right they are claiming has been infringed. They are a third party with no rights with regard to Trump.

      Just to be clear – No all the former politicians have NOT come out for Harris. Many have and continue to say things critical of Trump.
      Many of those same people – such as AG Barr has said that regardless of Trump[‘s flaws there is absolutely no world in which Harris would be a better choice.

      RFK Jr. has endorsed Trump – fairl;y full throated. his Running Mate Shanahan has not only endorsed Trump but produced the EXCELLENT TDS commercial. Tulsi Gabbard has endorsed Trump.

      To my knowledge the ONLY republican that has endorsed Harris is Liz Chenney – do you REALLY want the endorsement of the “queen of the neocons” ?

      If Cheney had endorsed Trump – he would have rejected it.

      BTW Most of the people you claimed endorsed Harris or rejected Trump DID NOT – they have been silent. SOME of their staff has.
      Most are neocons or deep state types who have no hope of Jobs in a Trump administration.

      All you are doing is making it clear that Trump is an OUTSIDER, that he does not have the support of those “inside the beltway”:

      That is precisely why so many people are voting for him.

      The long list of insiders who have come out against Trump are reasons to vote FOR him.

      If you want to play that game – Harris has had a 95% staff turnowver rate – NO president or VP ever has had a turnowver rate even close.

      She is known to be lazy, to not review the material provided at her request and then blame her staff when she is embarrassed publicly when she does not know what she is talking about.

      While I do not believe the Harris has an alcohol problem rumors – it si still clear she has a problem. Either she is stupid, lazy, insecure or has some kind of substance abuse problem. The cause does not actually matter.

      What matters is that she is LESS able to speak in Public than Biden.

      Since Biden was forced out – Biden has givernment multiple press conferences – while that do not tend to go well – they have gone atleast as well as Harris’s ONE semi conference, with notes, and massive editing.

      The first debate took place – “the Fox Town hall” you refered to – Harris was a no show as expected.

      She is trying to get out of the second. Purportedly even the network – managed by one of HER close freinds and advisors has said NO – the rules are set, and you agreed to them.

      We do not know if the debate will occur. It is also possible that Trump may agree to some or all of Harris’s demands.

      Personally I think he should. He should agree that Harris can have a desk and binders and notes – while he stands, gets out from behind the podium and addresses the people directly.

      Haeeis has big problems going into this debate – Biden had a low bar – he had the advantage of actually being president.

      Harris does not. Harris is facing a debate with a HIGH BAR and LOW EXPECTATIONS. That is really bad for her.

      Because she has only agreed to ONE debate – Everyone will be watching. And she Chokes under pressure – and there is lots of pressure.
      Contra claims by the left – she has NEVER been good on her feet.
      Conversely Trump took out Hillary Clinton – who is excellent at debate. Harris is looking at 90 minutes of H311 coming up.

      She can’t bail – though she might. Trump can capitulate to her conditions – and that makes her look incompetent.
      Trump can go easy – as he did with Biden and let her do herself in. Or he can pounce as Tulsi Gabbard did.

      Trump is capable of changing his approach and style there is no evidence that Harris has ever been adaptable.

      ” In a Fox “town hall” on Thursday (where Qs for DJT were not allowed) Sean Hannity asked DJT about the economy.”
      First you say Wquestions were not allowed.
      Then you say you did not like how Trump answered a question ?

      “He bizarrely thinks he already has enough votes.” Because he likely does.

      In each of the past Trump elections – he was DOWN at this time before the election.
      He picked up 3-4 pts BEFORE election day and then they polls were off 2-4 pts
      Rassmussen hgas Trump leading now. And Rassmussen over estimated Trump’s oponent by 2pts in each previous election.

      Nat Silver – a solid democrats has Trump at 58% odds, the betting markets have Trump ahead – not only nationally but in every swing state.
      While the polls averages have no yet caught up – most recent polling has Trump ahead everywhere again.

      Could all this be wrong ? Possibly – but the odds are Trump has the election locked already.

      We had another round of bad jobs numbers – not a HUGE deal, but just more of the almost certainly relentless negaitve news as the election approaches

      Harris voters can not seem to figure out or tell anyone why they are voting for her.

      Republicans have not won enough of them – but they have won alot of election integrity legal challenges – this election will still have massive democrat fraud – but not as much as 2020.

      Further other polls are troubling.

      Testor is now behind – the Now Tossups senate is 52R Other republicans are closing. Lake is gaining on Gellego. Hogan is in a dead heat.
      Brown is under pressure in OH.

      People are starting to be serious and they are leaning republican.

      “he has already installed his MAGA supporters that now control the state’s election board. That board now claims the right to reject electors for Harris.”
      Which has always been true.

      Regardless you are not paying attention – the Fulton County election board – a DEMOCRAT controlled board has testified under oath that there was no chain of custody – as required by law for mailim ballots, no signature matching, that there inquiries about various issues at the counting center were unanswered and that they voted 3 times not to certify before one of the democrats finally flipped.

      “That, along with massive voter suppression in many sates”

      What voter supression ? Do you mean efforts to kick RGK jr, Cornell West, and Jill Stein off the ballots ? oir the efforts to keep RFK Kr on the ballot in states they previously fought to keep him off ?

      There remain LOTS of problems – mailin voting is illegal in 38 states – it should be legal in them all – but it is still happening in states it is illegal in.
      I beleive 28 states have voter ID laws – mailin voting can not meet those laws. Several states passed laws requiring citizenship checks for reqistration

      Yet democrats oppose these.

      BTEW there is absolutely no evidence that Republicans has “supressed” the vote.

      Though we would be better off as a country if oinly 50% of eligable voters voted. High voting reates are universally a sign of political instability.

      “That is not how voting should occur in a Democracy”
      We are not a democracy.

      Regardless throughout the world – people vote IN PERSON – with ID. on election day and only citizens vote.

      Republicans would be perfectly happy to have the same voting laws as France or much of Europe.

      What is NOT supposed to happen in a democracy is this nonsense that Democrats have fostered.

    5. More recent news FOIA requests have uncovered DAILY reports through at least 2023 from the DHS Border Crisis response team.

      This is a DHS teams that was apparently created during the Obama administration – possibly earlier that has been providing DAILY reports to hundreds within the administration on the CRISIS at the southern board.

      There are TWO big takeaways here – the first is about the Orwellian word games of the left,.

      The second about the outright lies.

      Trump had no problems calling the problems at the border a crisis through his administration.
      But the moment Biden took offfice the word Crisis was not permitted in the exchanges with the press.
      Whether it was Biden who ONCE refered to it as a crisis, or Jen Psakia or KMP or Marokis or myriads of others – whether inm the press or testifying before congress suddenly using a word that had been in use regarding the border for alteast the piro 10 years was suddenly BANNED.

      All the while a DHS Border Crisis reporting teams was providing Daily updates to hundreds of people in the administration on the Crisis at the border.

      This is another example of democrats going beyond spin and deeply into lying – not merely to the american people but before Congress.

      Nearly every top and related administration official was asked whether there was a crisis at the southern boarder.
      Universally they said NO and used some other as distant as possible euphamisis.

      We allow for alot of spin by those in the administration – this goes beyond spin into perjury.

      In related news Harris is now talking about the Harris/Walz administrations plans to be tough at the border – to “spend hundreds of millions to build the wall” – with no explanation as top why as the boder czar she was not advocating for this fort the past 3 years.,
      Or why here myriads of past remarks – both as an independent presidential candidate and as part of the Biden/Harris campaign and later as the VP opposed building the wall.

      There are now campaign adds and interviews of Harris calling the Wall an abomination.

      Harris tells us that her values have not changed. So was she always for a secure border – lying about it in the past and being the VP presiding over a crisis at the southern border, or has she always wants 10’s of millions of illegal immigrants and is NOW lying ?

      Whatever it is she is a liar.

      This is much like the fact that Harris PERSONALLY went after Trump for visting the graves and families of the Abbeygate 13 who were killed by Biden/Harris incompetence in Afghanistan. Allegedly using military graveyards for political purposes is a federal crime.

      Aside from the instant b lowback from the gold star families what also surfaces was the 2020 Biden/Harris campaign advertisement featuring Arlington National Cemetery.

    6. “He bizarrely thinks he already has enough votes.”

      If Trump is wrong about that – Harris will win.
      Trump is betting – as are many people, that you and Harris are wrong.

      Most people in the betting markets – as well as Nate Silver think Trump’s view is not at all Bizarre.
      They agree that Trump already has the votes.

      But I guess we will find out in Nov.

    7. Below is Trump’s “agenda 47” this is Trump’s promises as the 47th president.
      As we KNOIW how well he did keeping his promises as the 45th president,
      These promises should be taken seriously.
      These promises are consistent with those as the 45th president – so we KNOW Trump’s values have not changed.

      Regardless what part of this platform is racist or hateful ?

      This “hateful, hating hater” nonsense is getting old and tired – as is the Russia, Russia Russioa, nonsense.

      A key member of Gov. Hosvhul’s staff is caught spying for the chinese – one of many chinese spies found int he democratic party recently, and democrats and the left are back to “Russia, Russia, Russia” again.

      Aparently it is a crime to take money from an independemrnt media company to produce content that you control with no editorial oversight, when it MIGHT be true that RT may or may not have provided some of the funding. Along with Qatar, Turkey, and other sources of foreign and domestic funding.

      But it is perfectly fine to take chinese money for spying

      Regardless if you are going to accuse most of the country of being racist – you should provide evidence.

      1. SEAL THE BORDER, AND STOP THE MIGRANT INVASION
      2. CARRY OUT THE LARGEST DEPORTATION OPERATION IN AMERICAN HISTORY
      3. END INFLATION, AND MAKE AMERICA AFFORDABLE AGAIN
      4. MAKE AMERICA THE DOMINANT ENERGY PRODUCER IN THE WORLD, BY FAR!
      5. STOP OUTSOURCING, AND TURN THE UNITED STATES INTO A MANUFACTURING SUPERPOWER
      6. LARGE TAX CUTS FOR WORKERS, AND NO TAX ON TIPS!
      7. DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION, OUR BILL OF RIGHTS, AND OUR FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS,
      INCLUDING FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, AND THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR
      ARMS
      8. PREVENT WORLD WAR THREE, RESTORE PEACE IN EUROPE AND IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND BUILD A
      GREAT IRON DOME MISSILE DEFENSE SHIELD OVER OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY — ALL MADE IN AMERICA
      9. END THE WEAPONIZATION OF GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
      10. STOP THE MIGRANT CRIME EPIDEMIC, DEMOLISH THE FOREIGN DRUG CARTELS, CRUSH GANG
      VIOLENCE, AND LOCK UP VIOLENT OFFENDERS
      5
      11. REBUILD OUR CITIES, INCLUDING WASHINGTON DC, MAKING THEM SAFE, CLEAN, AND BEAUTIFUL
      AGAIN.
      12. STRENGTHEN AND MODERNIZE OUR MILITARY, MAKING IT, WITHOUT QUESTION, THE STRONGEST
      AND MOST POWERFUL IN THE WORLD
      13. KEEP THE U.S. DOLLAR AS THE WORLD’S RESERVE CURRENCY
      14. FIGHT FOR AND PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE WITH NO CUTS, INCLUDING NO
      CHANGES TO THE RETIREMENT AGE
      15. CANCEL THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANDATE AND CUT COSTLY AND BURDENSOME REGULATIONS
      16. CUT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ANY SCHOOL PUSHING CRITICAL RACE THEORY, RADICAL GENDER
      IDEOLOGY, AND OTHER INAPPROPRIATE RACIAL, SEXUAL, OR POLITICAL CONTENT ON OUR
      CHILDREN
      17. KEEP MEN OUT OF WOMEN’S SPORTS
      18. DEPORT PRO-HAMAS RADICALS AND MAKE OUR COLLEGE CAMPUSES SAFE AND PATRIOTIC AGAIN
      19. SECURE OUR ELECTIONS, INCLUDING SAME DAY VOTING, VOTER IDENTIFICATION, PAPER BALLOTS,
      AND PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP
      20. UNITE OUR COUNTRY BY BRINGING IT TO NEW AND RECORD LEVELS OF SUCCESS

    8. “That is DJT’s ultimate strategy. He thinks the election will come down to a few states. In states, like Georgia, he has already installed his MAGA supporters that now control the state’s election board. That board now claims the right to reject electors for Harris. That, along with massive voter suppression in many sates, is DJT’s plan to regain power. That is not how voting should occur in a Democracy but it’s DJT’s only hope of regaining power–another attempted coup!”

      That was a long and pointless essay. It sounds like Trump in on the right course. The election will come down to a few states. I’m glad to see he’s learning how it works. Viva Trump!!

      As for Merchan, I suspect he’s seeing the direction the wind is blowing. If he sentenced Trump prior to the election, Trump gets an immediate appeal. Then when Trump wins the election, he’d be facing a federal civil rights investigation (which will come either way). Being a corrupt state judge can fly in NY, but he’s not immune from federal prosecution.

  13. “Guilty.” That word repeated nine times by Hunter Biden in a federal courtroom in California represented something that he had evaded for much of his life: accountability.

    Biden’s puppet presidency has been far worse and much longer than any ridiculous telenovela soap opera drama. ¡Dios mío!

  14. Jonathan: I dunno, Jon. You seem to have some weird obsession with Hunter Biden. Hunter will soon be yesterday’s news. He has now pled guilty on the tax charges and will be sentenced on Dec. 16. Judge Scarsi who may give Hunter some prison time on the tax charges. On the gun charge plea Hunter will be sentenced in November. But most legal experts predict Hunter will not face any prison time on that charge because he had the handgun for only a few weeks, never used it to commit a crime and his girlfriend threw the gun in a dumpster.

    I know you are disappointed there will be no trial on the tax charges. You hoped a trial would show how Hunter, in your words, acquired millions “through a massive influence-peddling operation by the Biden family”. What you miss is that the Two Jims’ spent over a year trying to prove that false claim but ultimately failed.

    I say give it up, Jon. The Hunter sad saga is now over and you need to move on!

    1. Dennis

      This is a legal blog and the HB case is one of the more significant in the county.

      People go to jail all the time for Person not to posess violations. In my state it is often a 5 yr manditory.

      Is this case significant ? Not really. Hunter Biden is a drug dealer, human trafficker, and all arround crook.

      If his name was nopt Biden he would be going to jkail for a very long time.

      If his name was not Biden few people would care and this would not make the national news.

      Regardless Hunter Plead guilty to avoid the embarrassment to the democratic party and his familiy of a really bad trial – much worse than the Delaware one.

      But no one beleives Hunter is going to jail. Joe will pardon him before Jan 20, 2025 regardless of what he has promised.
      Most people will understand.

      aIf I was president and was NOT^ involved in my son’s shenanigans – I would pardon him if I could.

      The real questions still remain with respoect to DOJ not Hunter.

      Why did this take so long ? Why were the more serious tax charges allowed to expire ?

      Why were there no FAR charges, no money laundering charges.

      DOJ just anounced a case that is aparently intended to embarras Dave Rubin and Time Poole,

      Yet the case seems to boil down to We do not like anyone not a deep state affiliated democrat getting money from foreigners – espeically russians.

      If there is a crime int he recent DOJ indictment – and I can not see one – then why isn;t Joe in jail ?

      1. “Why did this take so long ? Why were the more serious tax charges allowed to expire ?

        Why were there no FAR charges, no money laundering charges.”

        Because the majority of those cases are rarely prosecuted, much less ending up in jail.

        There were no FARA charges because they didn’t have enough evidence to prosecute. No money laundering charges because they had no evidence. Allegations are not evidence.

        1. Svelaz, why do you keep providing opinion without understanding of the facts you never have.

          Try this one:

          When the Ottoman Empire broke up, portions of the Middle East were divided into Mandates. Some of the major countries of the time each got a piece of land, which, under specific laws, was to be divided up to become nation-states. That is how many of the countries were created and the boundaries settled. Therefore, each country created worked under the same international rules.

          What happened to the British Mandate?

        2. “Because the majority of those cases are rarely prosecuted, much less ending up in jail.”
          That was True prior to Mueller – I do not think FARA violations had EVER been prosecuted before. Like 18USC1512xc FARA is likely unconstitutional
          And DOJ had previously decided not to test that.

          But Mueller used it agressively, and the Garland DOJ has used FARA – but only against Republicans.

          In fact I do not think FARA has ever been used against a Democrat.

          Even in the Manafort Case – the Actual FARA violation was by Tony Podesta – not Manafort. Manafort was paid to lobby for Russian side of Ukraine politics in the US, MKanafort hired Podesta to do the lobbying. Manafort did no lobbying himself.

          I beleive DOJ is using FAR in this new “Russia, Russia, Russia” nonsense – excpt now they are arguing that FARA precludes foreign companies from hiring US companies to pay for social media content in the US. No government lobbying within 10,000 miles.

          Regardless, No one who has been charged with a FARA violation EVER is more obviously guilty than Hunter Biden.
          He took money from foreign powers and foreign companies – NO ONE disputes that.
          He Lobbied US government agencies – such as the state depearment for them – NO ONE disputes that.
          Further he was repeatedly told by business associates on the record that he needed to register with FARA.
          He ignored them.

          If you want to argue FARA is unconstitution – I will support you – so long as you then agree that the other DOJ FARA charges are unconstitutional.

          If you can not do that – then the only reason that Hunter did not face FARA charges is because that gets too close to Joe.

          “There were no FARA charges because they didn’t have enough evidence to prosecute.”
          Took money from foriegn actors – even governments for the purpose of lobbying US government.
          Lobbied US government – clear FARA violation. You do not need to address Joe at all – every single element is already proven.
          There is not even the where did the money come from and what was it for problem with respect to Joe.

          Hunter has admitted receiving money from Ukraine/Burisma/China and other foreign govenrments and entitites.
          There is massivce documentation that it was for lobbying.
          There is massive documentation that Hunter DID lobby – there are hundreds of letters and meetings with the state department.

          The question is NOT did Hunter violate FARA. The only question is Was VP Joe involved.

          The amount Hunter was paid was NOT consistent with Hunter Lobbying solely as Hunter Biden or even Hiunter Biden VP’s son.
          Further the promises Hunter made to clients – were NOT I will call, write lobby, the State department for you -though he undeniably did these things. Hunter’s promise was that VP Joe would be involved.

          It is the involvement of VP Joe that is not established to absolute certainty – though it is established beyond a reasonable doubt.

          “No money laundering charges because they had no evidence.”
          Of course their is. Lots of evidence. Hunter recevied money from foreign sources, floated it through multiple off shore and US bank accounts to hide its origen, That is what Manafort was convicted of – except that Manafort was not hiding what he was doing.
          He parked money offshore to avoid taxes. He then loaned the offshore money to himself in the US again to avoid taxes – all the abover is legal.
          But he failed to properly document the loans and make regular payments – failing to do so converted legal acts into money laundering and tax evasion – or so said Mueller. The only difference between Hunter and Manafort is that Manafort was actually following a legal method – Badly,
          While Hunter’s money transfers were all just plain vanila money laundering.

          ” Allegations are not evidence.” How many tons of evidence do you need – sgt Schultz ? “I see nothing, I hear nothing, I know nothing”

    2. He is the fall guy for a multimillion dollar bribery syndicate. It’s kind of a big deal since the President of the United States is the “Big Guy.”

      Apply the “shoe on the other foot” philosophy and ask yourself if this was Donald Trump’s child and he was currently in office, how would this be treated?

      It is a big deal.

    3. Jonathan: I dunno, Jon. You seem to have some weird obsession with Hunter Biden. Hunter will soon be yesterday’s news.

      We know Dennis McIntyre, you have a Tampon Tim Walz Weird desperate obsession with trying to Democrat Memory Hole the tight partnership of Hunter Biden and then his Vice President “Mr. Ten Percent” father first flying Hunter to countries on Air Force Two and Hunter immediately signing contracts that netted the family a cool $30 MILLION for doing nothing. Hoping normal Americans will obediently say “nothing to see here” about the 150+ Suspicious Activity Reports banks filed with Obama’s Treasury/DoJ – who ignored every one of them.

      No Democrat like you has even tried to explain why the Chicoms didn’t pick somebody on Wall Street to damage those billions of Chicom dollars. Instead, after a short meeting, they gave Hunter Biden who they knew to be a crack smoking junky, sexual pervert publishing his own PornHub channel, with no background in finances, a multi-million dollar contract to manage that money. Paying him richly to do so, while Daddy did business with the Chicoms for the USA.

      The Crackhead Kid is now exposed and defenseless to being subpoenaed and interrogated about their Eight Years Of White House Crime. And whether The Crackhead Kid is EOS or pardoned, he no longer has the Fifth Amendment and similar protections to hide behind – nor a virulently corrupt Democrat president (two), Democrat Attorney General (four), DoJ, and FBI to hide and shield him.

      Dennis, neither the pervert junior or pervert senior partners in Biden White House Crime LLC want to be loyal to the Democrats and willingly be sent to prison to be cell toys. Cell toys for lifers, toys who leave with ring pieces you could turn a Harley Davidson around in, which is what the mob bosses you work for are terrified of

      Dennis… your employers are TERRIFIED that the Biden’s who know where every single mobster Democrat and deep state bureaucrat’s skeletons are buried. You’re terrified they’ll fink out the truly important Democrat mobsters: Obama, Pelosi, Schumer, the Clintons… all of them.

      What a contemptible Cheap Fake American liar you are, Dennis.

    4. ROFL

      An assortment of Russian Rumanian, and chinese oligarchs gave Hunter Biden at a minimum 20M – probably far more if we can get into foreign bank accounts

      All out of the goodness of their hearts ?

      Dennis

      There is zero doubt what the Biden familiy was paid for – Hunter is PERFECTLY clear – that his clients are paying for What Joe Biden can deliver for them.

      That is influence pedaling.

      The Biden’s are not the most corrupt. The Clintons are much more corrupt. They are just better at laundering money through charity.

      The Biden family is unique in that it has been corrupt for decades and is incredibly incompetent at it.

      Have republicans mostly lost interest ? Certainly. Joe will be gone soon NO MATTER WHAT.

      He will pardon himself and his family on the way out the door.
      That was ALWAYS expected.
      Nothing has changed.

      1. “There is zero doubt what the Biden familiy was paid for – Hunter is PERFECTLY clear – that his clients are paying for What Joe Biden can deliver for them.”

        Paid for what? What did they deliver? What exactly did they do? Republicans have never been able to explain or prove the allegation. If it’s “perfectly clear” why hasn’t evidence been presented?

        The committees have pored over bank records, emails, witnesses, and still have not been able to prove the allegations to be true.

        Republicans lost interest because they couldn’t find evidence. All over had was allegations. Influence peddling is legal. Bribery is basically legal now, thanks to SCOTUS making it extremely difficult to prove

        1. The libtard Svelaz cant make up his mind. First he says there is no evidence Biden was peddling influence (what did they get for it). Then he says what they did (influence peddling) was legal.

          What he is too dim to realize is he just made the case that the Bidens should be charged with FRAUD. Peddling Joe’s influence and failing to deliver.

      2. Eventually the truth about the Biden family will be publicly confirmed. The truth can not be pardoned.

    5. You may be wrong in this un that political historians will eventually get to the bottom of the biden crime family. Probably not before both father and son have expired, but their legacy of corruption will be documented at some point – confirming to all what many of us already know in our hearts. Sure; they may wish it to be swept under a rug so that other prog/left cultist can aspire to national domination, but we will see that the biden crime family become the biggest and most pernicious element in current politics – aside from what all other democrats have done or are doing.

    6. Really distrurbing is the fact that you have no peoblems with the conduct of the Biden’s.

      Your busy telling us that Hunter will get no jail time – you think that is appropriate ?

      Aside from the fact that he made millions through influence pedaling,
      he failed to pay millions in taxes over more than a decade,
      He had a million dollar+/year drug, alcholol and prostitute habit.

      The amount of drugs he was polaying with would get you charged as a big time drug dealer.

      I would not that buying drugs (and prostitutes) and providing them to business acquentances IS DRUG DEALING.

      He was transporting prostitutes across state lines – that is human trafficking.

      It is not clear that all the prostitutes were freely involved.

      It appears that he was also honey trapped by the Russians – there is at least one more Hunter Biden laptop that was stolen from him probably by a russian prostitute that has never been seen since.

      While there is no evidence that Joe was involved in the drugs and alcohol and prositutes.
      Joe was heavily involved in the business – the influence pedaling.
      Jope was the product, the brand.

      You say nothing was proved – but that was proved over and over.

    7. Om HA right not the father of the recent shooter is sitting in Jail because his son obtained a gun from him.

      I thoght one of the few things republicans and democrats (but not libertarians) agreed on regarding guns was “red flag laws”.
      Hunter is a massive red flag law violation.

    8. Leona Helmsley went to jail for far less serious tax cheating than Hunter Biden.

      Martha Stuart went to jail for FAILING to engage in insider Trading.

      Yes Dennis people go to jail for a LONG time for crimes like Hunters.

      But we all know Hunter is not going to jail.

    9. But most legal experts predict Hunter will not face any prison time on that charge because he had the handgun for only a few weeks, never used it to commit a crime and his girlfriend threw the gun in a dumpster.

      Dennis, the real truth you’re trying to hide is the opposite. The truth is that most legal experts are predicting that Hunter will not face the same prison time a black American would has nothing to do with how long he had it. It has to do with the Biden DoJ and Biden prosecutor continuing to protect Democrat politicians by protecting Hunter one last time.

      They’re predicting that the Biden DoJ and Biden federal prosecutors who protected and hid Hunter Biden’s wave of serial felonies back to when Obama was president will move heaven and earth to protect Hunter this last time. The final effort to protect Hunter Biden and Biden family crime will begin with the sentencing submissions the Biden DoJ/prosecutors make to the court.

      Legal experts are predicting the Biden DoJ and federal prosecutors will get the most insignificant sentence possible in order to lessen how bad it looks when a Democrat president pardons Hunter AFTER the election. Not before the election, AFTER the election. Only before or after the change in the presidency in January. Ensuring Hunter Biden never spends a single day in jail under ANY of the felonies he has been convicted of – or not been charged with or the crimes the same prosecutors allowed to expire due statute of limitations.

      In short Dennis, you’re lying to your dear friend Jonathan once again, as you do every day.

      Doesn’t change the fact that Hunter Biden is a naked and exposed potential fink facing jail AFTER being pardoned. A potential fink this is finally the dangerous threat he has always been to Democrats ever since the Obama/Biden presidency covered for him when the Biden Family Crime Wave began.

      A dangerous drug addict potential fink that is a virtual loaded shotgun pointed at the heads of the Democrat mob bosses that send you here Dennis: Obama, the Clintons, Schumer, Pelosi, etc.

      I say give it up, Jon. The Hunter sad saga is now over and you need to move on!

      I say you should stop being a lying, despicable Democrat apparatchik Cheap Fake American Dennis. Try being a decent human for a bit and see how it feels – you can still vote Democrat while doing so.

      And stop pretending Professor Turley is your close personal friend as you show up daily to use his blog to publish your Democrat political screeds. We know you aren’t and it is just how you begin your daily litany of lies.

  15. To the future historians: I am glad you are amused by this, for we in the present are most definitely not. And yes, this post is a absurd as you think it is.

    1. To the future historians: I am glad you are amused by this, for we in the present are most definitely not.

      Those historians will be asking how Marxist Useful Idiots like Sammy that made up about half the voters in this country were willing to go along with “nothing to see here, ignore your lying eyes” as 12 years of Democrat White House crime and police state fascism was accepted and voted for.

      For the Roman Empire, it was Bread And Circuses. For America, we’re on the edge of historians saying Happy Joyful Lies And Intersectionality.

    2. Future historians will be amused and amazed how a career criminal family got half of the country to believe their mentally ill father was competent and duped them into not only voting for him, but to continue to support him after the fact of his obvious mental decline was put on full display. And all those dupes instead of asking the obvious question of who has really been running the country all this time, they just stick their heads in the sand. That would be you with your posterior end sticking up in the air.

  16. I can live with most of Turley’s errors and typos, but not when the meaning of what he wrote is inverted. “Weiss allowed major felonies to expire for now explicable reasons”… should probably read “Weiss allowed major felonies to expire for no explicable reason.”

  17. The final and ignominious chapter for Joe Biden’s influence peddling operation. Unfortunately for the country, Joe is still president and his staff will have Hunter’s pardons printed up and ready for signature. The ultimate slap in the face for any real accountability for Hunter.

    1. The final and ignominious chapter for Joe Biden’s influence peddling operation.

      Except that somewhere close to half the country don’t see it that way. They might think he’s doing a poor job in his last year, they might be happy he is no longer their candidate.

      But they don’t see him as a base, deeply criminal president who did terrible damage to this country and took actions that resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of innocent people around the world.

      If you put it to that half of the country in those terms, they would disagree with you and offer excuses and empty nuance.

  18. Of course, the guilty plea assures that the influence peddling scheme remains relatively quiet, assisted by the MSM enablers.

  19. Hunter Biden is either coal or diamonds; everything until then is reality TV and popcorn for viewers. If Trump loses, he just one more drug addict, one more pervert trafficking women, one more tax cheat, one more using their name/position to lobby and peddle influence. One who outraged the country – but only one half which says a lot. But all in all, another criminal who mostly escaped liability after either Daddy or Kamala wipes out his legal problems.

    If Trump wins, and IF he AND a strong Republican majority are willing to go after all the corruption within the DoJ (and others like the State Department) and Washington DC Democrat mobsters, then Hunter Biden is the diamond they have been given. The Biden’s know where every Democrat felon skeleton is buried: Obama, Pelosi, Schumer, Clintons, all of them. And Biden’s – particularly Jill who is now back in her role as Joe’s babysitter where she started – do not want to be loyal and trade their rich lifestyle for prison.

    Whether EOS, pardoned, commuted, Hunter Biden has no protection from being subpoenaed and interrogated about every single crime he was involved in from the time his father became Vice President. Which then opens the door to subpoenaing everyone named and involved. Many felonies are beyond statute of limitations, but that means those being questioned don’t have the Fifth Amendment to hide behind to refuse to answer questions.

    That leads to putting the major players in the FBI, DoJ, etc under oath, facing the same kind of questions. That includes Special Counsels like Weiss, Smith, etc; a chance to explain their decisions – or whose instructions they obediently followed.

    It can get right down to subpoenaing and investigating Obama and Biden – Biden used his authority to strip Trump of much of his Executive privileges; Trump can certainly do the same. And the major bureaucrats behind many of their disastrous decisions: Lisa Monaco, Susan Rice, Mayorkas, etc

    Much of it won’t result in felony indictments that half of the country would desperately love to see. But it would lay bare the massive amount of corruption and criminality committed by the triad of the Democrat party, the major and drag it out in public view. Much of the media won’t touch it – but it will be much harder for that other half of the country to continue not believing their lying eyes.

    None of this will happen unless both Trump and the GOP develop a steel backbone and will the second time around. And a willingness to ignore the media howling in rage and digging, very, very deep.

    If they don’t, we will only have a momentary pause until the next Democrat government and deep state bureaucracy picks up where they left off.

  20. Nothing to lose. Joe will pardon Hunter and the rest of the family before leaving office.

    1. Nothing to lose. Joe will pardon Hunter and the rest of the family before leaving office.

      Means nothing in the big picture. Doesn’t change Hunter being ripe for being subpoenaed and questioned about all the criminality he was a part of from the moment his father became VP – and every partner and every government bureaucrat involved in hiding that criminality.

        2. Not important: Fifth Amendment.

          Any chance you can provide an Anonymous explanation of how the Fifth Amendment can be used after EOS, statues of limitations provide protection, a pardon has been granted, etc?

          What criminal liability for the crimes covered by those outcomes can you use to claim Fifth Amendment protections if subpoenaed to provide answers and evidence while under oath?

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