The case against the Hunter Biden plea deal

 Michael Goodwin:

Attorney General Merrick Garland is a bitter partisan hack, but apparently not a bright one.

His timing for giving Hunter Biden a sweetheart deal marks him as dumb as a rock.

Garland easily could have buried the 5-year-old case during the first two years of Joe Biden’s tenure, before Republicans won the House majority in the 2022 midterms.

Had he done so, The Post and a few other outlets would have barked at the rancid favoritism, but the caravan of corruption would have moved on with the blessing of the Democrats running Congress and their media mouthpieces.

In short order, the case would have been forgotten, in part because so many of the incriminating details we know now were still secret.

Instead, Garland foolishly waited until the GOP, armed with subpoena power, could demand documents from banks, protect whistleblowers and hold hearings.

As a result, GOP-led committees have demonstrated beyond doubt that the Department of Justice cooked the books.

Testimony from IRS whistleblowers showed that department lawyers obstructed investigators and withheld key evidence, including Hunter Biden’s laptop, from their probe of the president’s crooked son.

Garland’s minions also let the statute of limitations expire on earlier tax crimes despite having clear evidence.

We also know now that the bombshell testimony came despite efforts by Garland and Christopher Wray’s FBI to block it and stonewall Congress, adding further taint to the case and everybody involved who helped the son avoid the same punishment that ordinary citizens would face.
Blocking questions

Perhaps most important, DOJ lawyers blocked any questions about Joe Biden’s role in the influence-peddling schemes, which netted the family tens of millions of dollars.

“At every stage, decisions were made that benefited the subject of this investigation,” Gary Shapley, the IRS agent formerly in charge of the case, told Congress.

The disclosures led House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to up the ante Monday by saying the Biden family business dealings are “rising to level of impeachment inquiry.”

He made the comment after my colleague Miranda Devine reported that a former partner of Hunter Biden, Devon Archer, is expected to testify that the first son frequently put Joe Biden, then the vice president, on speakerphone during Hunter’s foreign business calls.

Joe’s appearance, even if it was just a long-distance hello, would be a signal to the foreign paymasters that the “Big Guy” was in on the schemes.

Buying a vice president of the United States isn’t cheap or routine, so the rogue buyers from China, Ukraine, Russia, Romania and elsewhere would want solid assurance that they would get the influence they were paying for, especially given Hunter’s well-known affection for crack cocaine and prostitutes.

Joe’s appearance on the calls could ease their fears and convince them to open their wallets.

So here we are, with the sensational testimony and impeachment talk serving as a backdrop for the Wednesday hearing where Hunter’s slap-on-the-wrist settlement lands in the lap of a judge in Wilmington, Del.
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The plea deal literally makes no sense and looks as corrupt as the events leading up to it. 

See, also:

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And:

 Truth Bombs: From paintings to China money, White House story on Hunter Biden keeps unraveling

The president isn’t the only administration official to have his public statements on the matter challenged by conflicting evidence.