(The Center Square) – Hunter Biden’s latest tax indictment has fanned the fire of criticism against the president, who faces an impeachment inquiry by House Republicans and growing evidence that he personally benefited from his son’s overseas business deals.
The latest indictment, which features nine more charges related to allegedly failing to file or pay taxes and filing falsely, backs up critics of the Biden family who say the impeachment inquiry is not without merit.
“This indictment describes extremely serious felony violations of federal law for not only failing to pay taxes, but for engaging in a deliberate, intentional scheme to evade paying those taxes, including by claiming false and fraudulent business deductions. The standard sentence for that is many years in prison,” Hans von Spakovsky, a legal expert at the right-leaning Heritage Foundation, told The Center Square.
“This also proves that the claims that there is nothing for the House committee to investigate is nonsense and it shows that the president himself was potentially involved in a shady, crooked business enterprise that sold government access for millions of dollars and did everything to hide its income from disclosure,” he added.
House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., also raised concerns about reports from IRS whistleblowers that the Department of Justice interfered in the IRS investigation into Hunter Biden.
“The Department of Justice got caught in its attempt to give Hunter Biden an unprecedented sweetheart plea deal and today’s charges filed against Hunter Biden are the result of Mr. Shapley and Mr. Ziegler’s efforts to ensure all Americans are treated equally under the law. Every American should applaud these men for their courage to expose the truth,” Comer said. “IRS whistleblowers also revealed investigators were prevented from following evidence that could have led to Joe Biden.”
The Biden family and associates received more than $20 million from several overseas entities, including China and Russia, with Comer saying some of those funds were funneled to the president himself. The ongoing Congressional investigation into that matter is separate but linked to the latest tax charges indictment, which laid out how Hunter Biden spent lavishly on prostitutes, drugs and more while not paying taxes.
“Between 2016 and October 15, 2020, the Defendant spent this money on drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing, and other items of a personal nature, in short, everything but his taxes,” the indictment said.
Comer threatened Hunter Biden with a contempt of Congress charge if he skips his scheduled deposition next week.
Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley and Criminal Investigator Joseph Ziegler, both IRS employees with nearly 30 years of combined experience at the agency, testified earlier this year that Hunter Biden received preferential treatment.
The whistleblowers testified that Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf helped block investigators’ plan for an interview of the president and a search warrant of the Biden residence in Delaware.
Biden’s DOJ also took fire for what was considered a lenient plea deal that was offered to Hunter Biden but later fell through.
“But it also shows that he was almost right – he would have gotten away with this through a sweetheart plea deal with no jail time except for a federal judge questioning the unprecedented leniency of government prosecutors,” said Hans von Spakovsky. “And even though these are very serious charges – finally – they also show the incompetence of DOJ prosecutors or their deliberate malfeasance since he is only being charged with four years of tax violations when we know that these prosecutors allowed the statute of limitations to expire on prior years of similar tax violations.”
Undisputable Evidence of Joe Biden’s Involvement in His Family’s Influence Peddling Schemes, has been proven.
Millions of dollars from Ukraine and China flowed to Biden family members through a labyrinth of shell companies and accounts which were used in the attempt to hide the money.
Hunter Biden sent emails saying that up to half of his income went to his father while they used shared accounts and credit cards for expenses.
I’ll believe the ‘fans of impeachment’, ONCE THEY have actually voted on it.. TILL THEN its just hot air.
Just what is it about inquiries that democrat members and RINOs of government refuse to cooperate about. If their outright refusal to investigate criminal government activity is so vociferous, it must be the Democrats/RINOs themselves who are committing the crimes. What was January 6th other than a demand by THE PEOPLE for an inquiry whether or not the 2020 election was stolen in fraud? There was no intent for open rebellion, or organized attempt to overthrow the government which works just fine when not treasonously undermined. They just wanted an investigation that the Democrats and their mendacious media immediately “assumed the close” on, of the truth like used car salesmen assume the close of the sale of a car with hidden flood damage or hidden hail damage, or sawdust in the engine to hide it’s failed components. The whole past 3 years are a revelation of the damaged components of the Biden administration’s Obama led fundeMENTAL reconfiguration of a once United workable nation into the Divided States of America. Had the cleansing light of truth been allowed to investigate 3 years ago we would be swimming in trillions of dollars of less debt, similar to Joe’s naked Veep Whitehouse pool swimming with less or no clothing. Joe thinks nothing of exposing his withered body parts, but refuses to expose his withered corrupt family crime activities and political perversions of a once whole, now diseased body politic.
ADD to that, MANY WERE LET IN, by capital cops.. SO WHERE was the trespassing or the like?
Hans von Spakovsky, a legal expert at the right-leaning Heritage Foundation, told The Center Square.
Interestingly I’ve never seen where they made the distinction of a “legal expert at a LEFT-Leaning organization’ .
This is all a waste of time, money, energy. Just show. If the House does impeach Slo Joe/Joke (and they probably will), it’s by simple majority. But Slo Joke will NEVER be convicted by the Senate where a 2/3 vote is needed. Congress should be looking at other, more important issues. Like money, the debt, the deficit, overly excessive spending.
So because its unlikely to actually happen, who cares about prosecuting someone because of their ACTUAL crimes?!