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   From: unqualified.black.cunt@splcenter.org   
      
   On 09 Apr 2023, Cobb  posted some   
   news:u0vet3$1sndk$4@dont-email.me:   
      
   > Put Hunter in tranny prison and give him a dress.   
      
   First son Hunter Biden is asking for federal gun charges he pleaded not   
   guilty to earlier this week to be dismissed, claiming he has immunity   
   against the indictment stemming from an earlier plea agreement with   
   prosecutors.   
      
   Defense attorneys Abbe Lowell and Richard Jones said a July diversion   
   agreement “that both parties signed remains in force, and he will seek to   
   dismiss the Indictment against him pursuant to the immunity provisions of   
   that Agreement,” according to a Friday court filing.   
      
   The attorneys argued the “only charge” special counsel David Weiss “was   
   permitted to bring” as part of the diversion agreement were tax charges   
   that have since been dismissed after the first son’s plea deal blew up in   
   court.   
      
   “If the Special Counsel no longer wishes to pursue that charge, it has the   
   right to do that,” Lowell and Jones wrote.   
      
   Weiss indicted Hunter Biden last month on three counts of making false   
   statements about his drug use when purchasing a gun in 2018.   
      
   The first son faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted on all charges.   
      
   Hunter’s defense team accused federal prosecutors in August of having   
   reneged on the original plea agreement, which they said remained “valid”   
   and “binding” despite its spectacular implosion on July 26 in Delaware   
   court.   
      
   Weiss’ team denied that Hunter’s agreement remained “in effect,” saying   
   defense lawyers had “cobbled together snippets” from the hearing   
   transcript to make their case and that neither the judge nor the probation   
   officer had approved the deal.   
      
   Charges against Hunter Biden   
   COUNT 1: False Statement in Purchase of a Firearm   
      
   Faces a maximum of 10 years’ imprisonment; a fine of $250,000; 3 years of   
   supervised release; a special assessment of $100.   
      
   COUNT 2: False Statement Related to Information Required to be Kept by   
   Federal Firearms Licensed Dealer   
      
   Faces a maximum of 5 years’ imprisonment; a fine of $250,000; 3 years of   
   supervised release; a special assessment of $100.   
      
   COURT 3: Possession of a Firearm by a Person who is an Unlawful User of or   
   Addicted to a Controlled Substance   
      
   Faces a maximum of 10 years’ imprisonment; a fine of $250,000; 3 years of   
   supervised release; a special assessment of $100.   
      
   Federal prosecutors have also maintained that their investigation is   
   “ongoing,” but congressional Republicans have suggested the claim has been   
   made to block oversight of the probe into the president’s son.   
      
   The June 20 plea agreement from Weiss’ office would have had Hunter Biden   
   plead guilty to two tax misdemeanors for missing six-figure payments on   
   $1.5 million in income he earned in 2017 and 2018.   
      
   IRS tax investigators told Congress they had initially recommended felony   
   charges for Hunter’s failure to pay $2.2 million on $8.3 million he earned   
   between 2014 and 2019 from foreign entities in Ukraine, Russia and China.   
      
   IRS Special Supervisory Agent Gary Shapley and Special Agent Joseph   
   Ziegler also alleged the Justice Department interfered in their   
   investigation and prevented them from pursuing leads that could end with   
   President Biden.   
      
   The plea deal also allowed the first son to enter a diversion program on   
   the felony gun charge after he unlawfully purchased a Glock pistol while   
   addicted to crack cocaine.   
      
   It further granted the first son broad immunity from future charges,   
   including potential violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.   
      
   If accepted, the agreement would have let Hunter Biden serve two years of   
   probation and have his record expunged.   
      
   But prosecutors told US District Judge Maryellen Noreika in court that the   
   unprecedented deal would not protect the first son from being charged   
   again for past crimes, prompting defense attorney Chris Clark to declare   
   it “null and void.”   
      
   In the following months, neither side was able to revive plea talks,   
   resulting in a three-count indictment on Sept. 14 over the gun charges.   
      
   With his elevation to special counsel status, Weiss may also bring tax   
   charges against Hunter Biden in Washington, DC, and Los Angeles.   
      
      
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