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The Biden Administration’s DOJ Admits Unprecedented Aspect of Hunter Biden’s Pretrial Diversion Agreement
The Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) made a surprising admission during Wednesday’s hearing, revealing that there is no precedent for a specific aspect of Hunter Biden’s pretrial diversion agreement. This agreement prevented prosecution for crimes unrelated to the case, as stated in the transcript.
The deal, which Judge Maryellen Noreika declined to accept, consisted of two documents: a plea deal for two misdemeanor tax charges and a diversion agreement that allowed Hunter Biden to avoid jail time for a felony gun charge.
The provision in question, highlighted by the judge, was paragraph 15 of the diversion agreement. This paragraph affirmed that the United States would not prosecute Hunter Biden for any crime “encompassed by the attached Statement of Facts” in the diversion agreement or plea deal, according to the written deal obtained by Politico.
During the hearing in U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Delaware, DOJ prosecutor Leo Wise confirmed that he was “not aware” of any precedent for a plea agreement that includes a commitment not to prosecute future crimes unrelated to the case or diverted charges, as stated in the hearing transcript.
Furthermore, the judge immediately recognized the unusual nature of the plea deal, noting that there are “some provisions in those agreements that are not standard and are different from what I normally see.”
When asked by the judge if he had ever seen a Diversion Agreement where the agreement not to prosecute is so broad that it encompasses crimes in a different case, Wise replied, “No.” The judge then interjected, “We’re going to talk about that. You can sit down.”
Read the full Hunter Biden Hearing Transcript by The Western Journal
Additionally, Wise confirmed that there is an “ongoing” investigation into Hunter Biden. When asked by the judge if the government could bring a charge under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), Wise answered “yes.”
Under FARA, Hunter Biden could have been required to register as a foreign agent for his business dealings in Ukraine and China.
Hunter Biden was appointed to the board of Ukrainian gas company Burisma in 2014. The company’s CEO, Mykola Zlochevsky, reportedly stated to a confidential FBI source that Biden was appointed to “protect us, through his dad, from all kinds of problems,” according to an FBI report released by GOP lawmakers.
Furthermore, a Senate report revealed that CCP-linked CEFC China Energy paid around $5 million to businesses linked to Hunter Biden in 2017. Republicans have alleged that these transactions were for the purpose of influence peddling.
According to the plea agreement, in 2017, Hunter Biden earned significant amounts from various sources, including a company he formed with the CEO of a Chinese business conglomerate, his domestic business interests, a Chinese infrastructure investment company, a Ukrainian energy company, a Romanian business, and a multinational law firm.
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