A Sleazy Indictment

Created
Sun, 10/12/2023 - 08:30
Updated
Sun, 10/12/2023 - 08:30
All the salacious details are there for a reason Former prosecutor Harry Litman tweeted this about the Hunter Biden charges: It’s one thing to bring more serious charges against a defendant who has refused to plead–that’s plea bargaining. But Hunter Biden had nothing to do w/ the unwinding of the plea agreement. To turn around after that and charge the same conduct as a nefarious scheme is an abuse. There’s really no disputing that the grave charges against Hunter Biden would not have been filed v almost any other person who had gotten sober and paid back all tax and penalties. And the indictment is sleazy besides. As a former prosecutor, I find the dovetailing of the indictment to the hackish agenda of a political party deeply troubling. Especially when the conduct is unchanged from when the prosecution was offering to plead this out to 2 misdemeanors. Huge chunks of the 56-page indictment of Hunter Biden are about his “extravagant lifestyle,” drugs escorts etc. The relevance of this info to non-payment of taxes is tenuous in the extreme. But it certainly dirties him up. David Weiss is a Republican who is now clearly responding to the pressure from his party and it’s pathetic. Here’s former prosecutor Shan Wu with a full analysis: The latest indictment of Hunter Biden adds to an embarrassing series of missteps in this case that makes the Department of Justice look petty and unable to withstand political pressure. They look petty because Special Counsel David Weiss, who was…