Federal investigation of Hunter Biden heats up

[Polybius]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)A Justice Department investigation into Hunter Biden's business activities has gained steam in recent months, with a flurry of witnesses providing testimony to federal investigators and more expected to provide interviews in the coming weeks, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

The probe, led by the US Attorney in Wilmington, Delaware, began as early as 2018 and concerns multiple financial and business activities in foreign countries dating to when Biden's father was vice president. Investigators have examined whether Hunter Biden and some of his associates violated money laundering, tax and foreign lobbying laws, as well as firearm and other regulations, multiple sources said.

To do so, law enforcement has gathered information from lobbyists connected to Hunter Biden, from his business partners, and from others who've observed his financial engagements, including a woman with whom he had a child.

Hunter Biden has not been charged with any crimes and has denied any wrongdoing. His father, President Joe Biden is not being investigated as part of the probe of his son's business activities, according to sources who have been briefed.

Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/30/politics/hunter-biden-federal-investigation-heats-up/index.html

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This is madness. Garland needs to put an end to this right now and focus on the insurrection!

[LakeArenal]

1. This is nuts. How many fake investigations do we need.

[pecosbob]

2. A fishing expedition...

[intrepidity]

3. Living in backassward land nt

[NoMoreRepugs]

4. A 4 year fishing expedition to provide cover and fodder for the ReichWing

Smear Machine.

[Midnight Writer]

5. Hunter should be target number 1 million and 1 of shady businesses being investigated.

Our markets, our economy, our country are being gamed everyday by shady operators. Corruption is an integral part of many business plans. Paying fines and legal fees for illegal activity is built into corporate budgets.

How did Hunter become a priority?

[Jim__]

6. Is this the current election year Democratic scandal?

It seem investigations of Democrats pop-up or get resuscitated every election year.

[Polybius]

10. While I blame Republicans for pushing it, we can end it now

Garland has the power.

[ashredux]

7. Really? You have a lot of folks working on this right Now?!!!!

Get the folks who tried to overthrow our Government first!!

[L. Coyote]

8. So, you are suggesting we return to Bill Barr tactics at DoJ and have politics rule the roost?

CNN hearsay is not getting me excited or alarmed.

[2naSalit]

19. +1

What it seems like to me is Garland wrapping up an errant investigation that needs to come to its conclusion which will likely absolve Hunter Biden of wrong doing thus putting the matter to rest.

Simply truncating an investigation causes public and institutional indigestion, by wrapping it up within procedural parameters makes sense, the conclusions are what matter.

[L. Coyote]

28. No doubt, Garland is completely hands off with regard to this.

And not just because he is no Bill Barr. The way DoJ is organized this would fall under supervision by an AAG in DoJ, the AAG overseeing criminal division.

[sybylla]

31. I'm with you.

I'm not alarmed. Let them fish. If there's nothing there, it will go away naturally. If not, it gets dealt with like all cases should.

[llashram]

33. exactly

I'm pissed. But RW money pushes our negative MSM drama of the current POTUS like they never did with trump while he was in office. His daughter-advisor left the WH after having made 640million dollars on the WH brand while serving her father as an 'advisor'. Millions of dollars of Election money also went missing after the defeat of TPOSFG. What the hell!!! And Melanoma is very, very quiet. The secrets she must know.

[lagomorph777]

9. Is it DOJ, or just Bullshit Durham?

Shame on CNN.

[Wuddles440]

17. This is not...

Durham's case. That's a separate matter.

[dem4decades]

11. Thank God for Garland, I was worried he might actually do something about Trump.

But Hunter is a much bigger threat to the nation. Well done Garland, you make Comey and Barr proud.

[IronLionZion]

12. Stoking the fires of Republican Qonspiracies

until their heads explode. If they find nothing, it's deep state. Trump found nothing, because deep state.

These people might be happier in Putin's Russia where people disappear to the gulags or mysteriously fall out of windows or die of poisoning.

[2naSalit]

20. Or...

perhaps, rather than stir up a shitstorm by simply pulling the plug on this stupid investigation, it is speeding up to a conclusion that will be more in line with putting the matter to rest and moving on.

Due process matters as does the conclusion of an investigation. If there's no there there, it will be expressed in the conclusion. It also means there's little/no whining about truncating a live investigation for alleged political reasons from the Q crowd.

[IronLionZion]

22. You and I would believe their conclusion

but the loonies out there will still whine about it.

[2naSalit]

24. Yes, the loonies...

Will never be sated in their desire for some twisted form of justice they have created in their twisted minds.

We have the truth. Once we manage to remove/silence enough sources of bullshit, we can actually use truth as it is supposed to be used.

[JT45242]

13. This stinks of the Federalist society ...

Everyone associated with this group should be treated like the Klan members they are.

Comey Listed on the Federalist Society wenite as a contributor) made comments about Hillary that likely suppressed the vote and helpd tRump win. https://fedsoc.org/contributors/james-comey


They have been selecting unqualified zealots as judges and have infiltrated the DOJ, FBI, etc.

I would better dollars to donuts that whoever started this Hunter Biden crapola and the people approving its continued existance are members of the Federalist Society trying to do a smear job rather than prosecute real money launders and criminals like the Trump org.

If you are a member of the Federalist society, you should not be allowed to work for DOJ. You are an openly partisan hack.

[Tomconroy]

14. Unfortunately, when a US Atty starts looking he or she

Can usually find a law that you have violated.

[gab13by13]

15. Wow folks, they are throwing the kitchen sink at Hunter,

this has been going on since 2018.

The investigation is being overseen by David C. Weiss, the U.S. attorney for Delaware. He worked in the office during the Bush and Obama administrations, and was nominated to run it by Trump. Mr. Weiss has been permitted to remain in office until the Biden case is resolved.

I mean they have all kinds of prosecutors going after him. He was nailed for not paying his taxes which he said was over a million dollars. he said he took out a loan to pay his taxes.

I mean they have a grand jury convened looking at Hunter, they are going after him for laundering money, for not registering as a foreign agent.

I only wish DOJ would do the same grand jury for the coup insurrectionists.

[hibbing]

16. Hunter is the new email lady

Predicted that this is what the other party would be blabbering about for the next few years and here we go.

Peace

[Polybius]

18. It's not the other Party, it's the feds that are investigating

Garland needs to end it.

[CrispyQ]

21. But that would look partisan.

Our base is going to be so demoralized by election time.

[hibbing]

35. Yeah, know that, but they have been blabbering about it before investigation n/t

[llashram]

23. ohh, hunter biden

investigation heats up, trump crime family investigation cools down, right? this is madness. DOJ priorities are skewed it seems to me. Hunter Biden was already investigated for some financial misdeed, with no indictments-charges made. The trump crime family was the head of a coup de'tat against our democratic form of government, with no charges of consequence, yet. Well, the media needs drama to sell their advertising, and the owners and editors of MSM are by and large RW fascists. So trump's crimes are going to be dropped probably by 'trickle down' bribe money I guess. Bragg in New York has already started the cleaning up of the trump crime family. Yet the Biden family is somehow involved in WTF!!!!???

I am always amazed at how the trump crime family slithers out of trouble.

Garland has to make the truth come out if he is allowed to do so

[CrispyQ]

26. Right on time to energize the democratic base.

Oops, my bad. It will energize the GOP base.

Last week I read that there are at least 30 Q-anon candidates running for Congress this year.

[llashram]

29. yep

disgusting...

[PennyPenny]

25. This is just the tip of the Iceberg if

The opposition party regains control of either the House and/or Senate in the November midterms.

[SpankMe]

27. I call for DoJ to be fair

...whether Hunter Biden and some of his associates violated money laundering, tax and foreign lobbying laws, as well as firearm and other regulations,...

If ANY of this is true, then I submit that TFG and his RW cabal are guilty of far worse. If they find anything on Hunter, then they must start prosecutions on TFG and his minions as well. If they don't nail any of TFG's gang, then there's nothing to see with Hunter.

This sounds like a holdover investigation from TFG's era. In the onslaught of RW criminality Garland's DoJ is trying to "look fair" by showing they're investigating Dems, too.

[Jarqui]

30. Why is this in the news?

Obviously, because he's the President's son and the six companies controlling about 95% of US media favors Republican taxation policies.

He's innocent until proven guilty.
He's not a public figure by personal choice.

There shouldn't be much more news than they're investigating something because he is an innocent man until proven otherwise.

Instead, we have national headlines.

I would distinguish with Trump's children because they were very much involved in the White House, etc - making themselves public figures.

[Xoan]

32. Leaks from the DOJ?

Tell me it's not so.

[DENVERPOPS]

34. On a scale of one to a million

Hunter Biden ranks a one, and Ken and Barbee rank a million.

I, for one, would love to know the amount they grifted. Especially during the Covid Pandemic, and also I would like to know which countries they off shored the money to........

It is way way past time to deport the entire Trump Political Mafia family and many Republican Senators......

We should take up a collection to bribe the Pilot flying his plane, to take off and turn east and take him and his kids to Russia.....

[budkin]

36. DOJ won't touch Trump... but "WHERE'S HUNTER!?"

Makes me ill.

[dalton99a]

37. This is fucked up.

[3825-87867]

38. Meanwhile

Jared and Ivanka are trying to decide which Russian Yacht to bid on!

[AntiFascist]

39. Hopefully this will give him political cover...

to take on Trump and his associates. The DOJ shouldn't be affected by politics, but obviously Garland is and desires to appear neutral. (Also, Garland should be fair game for criticism on DU since I believe he is registered as an Independent?)

[Mawspam2]

40. Do you know what's NOT on Hunter's laptop?

15 boxes of classified documents that should have gone to the National Archives!!

[mac56]

41. Okay then. Next is Ginni Thomas.