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FEDERAL PROSECUTORS PLAN to ask a grand jury to indict US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter by the end of the month, according to court documents filed yesterday.
The exact charges the president’s son would face were not immediately clear, but appeared related to a gun possession charge in which he was accused of having a firearm while being a drug user.
He has also been under investigation by federal prosecutors for his business dealings.
US attorney for Delaware David Weiss, newly named a special counsel in the case, referred to seeking an indictment before 29 September in a status report required by judge Maryellen Noreika.
Defence lawyers said Hunter Biden has kept to the terms of an agreement sparing him from prosecution on a felony gun charge if he stays clean and out of trouble.
That agreement, which also contains an immunity clause against federal prosecutions for some other potential crimes, was part of a plea deal on misdemeanour tax offences that fell apart during a court appearance in July. Defence lawyers argue it remains in force.
News of a possible new indictment comes as Republicans are preparing for a likely impeachment inquiry of president Biden over unsubstantiated claims that he played a role in his son’s foreign business affairs during his time as vice president.
“If you look at all the information we have been able to gather so far, it is a natural step forward that you would have to go to an impeachment inquiry,” House speaker Kevin McCarthy said recently.
The younger Biden has been the target of congressional investigations since Republicans gained control of the House in January, with lawmakers obtaining thousands of pages of financial records from various members of the Biden family through subpoenas to the Treasury Department and various financial institutions.
Three powerful committees are now pursuing several lines of inquiry related to the president and his son.
And while Republicans have sought to connect Hunter Biden’s financial affairs directly to his father, they have failed to produce evidence that the president directly participated in his son’s work, though he sometimes had dinner with Hunter Biden’s clients or said hello to them on calls.
In recent months, Republicans have also shifted their focus to delving into the justice department’s investigation of Hunter Biden after whistleblower testimony claimed he has received special treatment throughout the years-long case.
Hunter Biden was charged in June with two misdemeanour crimes of failure to pay more than 100,000 dollars in taxes from more than 1.5 million dollars in income in both 2017 and 2018.
He had been expected to plead guilty in July, after he made an agreement with prosecutors, who were planning to recommend two years of probation.
The case fell apart during the hearing after Noreika, who was appointed by former president Donald Trump, raised multiple concerns about the specifics of the deal and her role in the proceedings.
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You don’t mess around the sea or rivers. Tragic, but these people put the rescuers’ lives at risk also.
did they steal the boat
Not only did they steal a boat, but the independent is reporting that the male who died also did 3 years in prison for killing a person in a hit and run while high on drink and drugs.
It’s difficult to find sympathy at all.
I’m finding it difficult to be sympathetic.
Castleconnell boat club is a REGULAR victim of theft, vandalism and even arson. Also guy who died had been jailed previously for killing a man. Hit and run under influence of drink & drugs.
Good Riddance to bad rubbish.
What about the innocent pedestrian he killed before in a hit and run?
I’m confused. Did they steal the boat?
Yes
They didn’t pay the Ferryman
Well the boat club didn’t open up at 4am to let the lads in for a pleasure cruise !!!!
Well the boat club didn’t open up at 4am just to let the lads out for a pleasure cruise !!!!
Well, his stupidity has cost him this time.
What were they doing taken a boat at 4.30 in morning?
I’d imagine it wasn’t for good reasons.
Yea not a good idea when you have to get up for work in only a few hours !!!
Darwin’s theory comes to mind in this case……..
2 things really, 1. pissed drunk 2. netting salmon
Is this the same Noel Quinlivan from Castleconnell that initially denied, but eventually (several months later) admitted to being drunk and stoned and killed a father of one in Castleconnell in 2009? Got 3 years for it…
Seems like the “karma train” did a full circle!
What they did was terrible and reckless….but lets not forget the family and loved ones of that man, who have committed no crime and deserve their mourning and loss to be treated with empathy and kindness
No sympathy for these social terrorists.
It wasn’t a bloody raft it was a launch
They changed headline… It was dopey to start…
Without the “engine” the safety launch was a raft
They pinched oars too…oars = propulsion.
Stunning photo.
Ya Kevin , that’s the Shannon , you can nearly hear it whisper ” fcuk with me and your dead” . Never ever refused to kill anyone .
Deliverance..????????????
There’s some real a*seholes on here. A man has died in horrible circumstances, a man with a family that is grieving, and most of you are basically saying ‘good’. Your hearts and souls are dead cold things. Take a good hard look at yourselves. Without compassion, people are nothing
He left an innocent pedestrian to die on the roadside after consuming drink and drugs, denied responsibility for months afterwards and even after this he is out stealing other people’s property with no concern for anyone else who might be hurt.
The people of Limerick are slightly safer tonight with this s(umbag dead.
Keep your compassion for the family of the person he killed.
Oh well, never mind.
Filtering the gene pool.
There’s an epidemic of stealing boats and boat engines around the country in the last couple of years. Pity there isn’t more rough justice available for the likes of them. Those 4 $cumbags put the river rescue people’s lives at risk.
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