In this court filing in Hunter Biden’s criminal tax case, Special Counsel David Weiss, for the first time, outlines evidence the govt has and intends to introduce that Hunter and his associates engaged in an unlawful, secret campaign on behalf of a foreign principal to influence U.S. govt policy. This violated FARA. Charges were never brought for this and similar crimes, and the govt only publicly acknowledged the evidence that supported charges after the statute of limitations had passed. In short, the DOJ saved Joe Biden and his family from political embarrassment and possible corruption criminal charges.
Here Mr. Weiss advises the court that the government believes the issue of whether FARA was violated is not relevant in the tax case. Nevertheless, the govt intends to introduce evidence that in fact, Hunter received about $1 million for lobbying the Obama State Dept on behalf of Romanian clients, and he structured the payments so as to avoid traceability to that (illegal) conduct.
Hunter’s lawyers rightly complain that such evidence is highly prejudicial. This brief by Weiss argues that the evidence of the transaction is nevertheless relevant and admissible under Rule 401.
It’s a shame politics seemingly influenced Mr Weiss into not addressing the corruption head on, before limitations ran, rather than in effect walking a tightrope in trying to use other crimes evidence to support criminal tax charges.
Read the brief here:
courtlistener.com/docket/6807248…
Here Mr. Weiss advises the court that the government believes the issue of whether FARA was violated is not relevant in the tax case. Nevertheless, the govt intends to introduce evidence that in fact, Hunter received about $1 million for lobbying the Obama State Dept on behalf of Romanian clients, and he structured the payments so as to avoid traceability to that (illegal) conduct.
Hunter’s lawyers rightly complain that such evidence is highly prejudicial. This brief by Weiss argues that the evidence of the transaction is nevertheless relevant and admissible under Rule 401.
It’s a shame politics seemingly influenced Mr Weiss into not addressing the corruption head on, before limitations ran, rather than in effect walking a tightrope in trying to use other crimes evidence to support criminal tax charges.
Read the brief here:
courtlistener.com/docket/6807248…
In this article @JonathanTurley makes the great point that the evidence of this scheme to violate FARA, and to structure the payments to hide the violations, is a damning indictment of the Biden DOJ in allowing such crimes to go uncharged and unpunished: jonathanturley.org/2024/08/08/the…
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