David Weiss, Hunter Biden vs. Mike Davis, Burisma corruption edition

Depending on what David Weiss does or doesn't do, Hunter Biden might have lots of headaches to deal with in the near future. Mike Davis, the founder of the Article III Project told the Washington Times that "If Weiss intends to restore any integrity to his investigation, he must immediately and aggressively move forward with all readily probable charges against Hunter, including related to foreign bribery and corruption, being an unregistered foreign agent, wire fraud, tax evasion, and conspiracy."

Susan Ferrechio's article opens by saying "President Biden’s son Hunter Biden has not dodged potential criminal charges for the taxes he failed to pay while serving on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings nearly a decade ago." Then she wrote "Legal experts say Mr. Weiss can revive the case because Hunter Biden has not paid the taxes. He could be charged with conspiracy to commit tax fraud, which could lead investigators to evidence of Mr. Biden’s alleged involvement in helping Burisma thwart a state corruption probe on behalf of his son."

I'll let the experts determine whether it's possible to revive those potential violations. I'll just say that this week is potentially the toughest week in Biden's administration. The Southern border is chaotic. Democrats are even turning on him on that. Bob Menendez got caught imitating William Jefferson, though Jefferson tried hiding his cash in a freezer whereas Sen. Menendez tried hiding his cash in his clothing. This Thursday, Rep. James Comer starts his initial impeachment inquiry hearing. Other than that, it should be a fun week.

I get the impression that Jonathan Turley doesn't think that Hunter is facing much difficulty:

What a cavalier attitude AG Garland displayed. Then there's this:
Mr. Weiss has yet to indicate how or whether he plans to charge Hunter Biden over hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes and other possible crimes, including violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, or FARA.

House Republicans homed in on the unpaid Burisma taxes when they questioned Attorney General Merrick Garland at a Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday about IRS whistleblower allegations of political interference in the Hunter Biden tax fraud probe.

"You let the statute of limitations lapse for 2014, 2015. Those were the years with the felony tax charges where Hunter Biden was getting income from Burisma," Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican, said to Mr. Garland at the hearing.

The theory is that those charges won't get filed because financial crimes open up lines of questioning into Joe Biden's supposed participation in international grift. The theory also goes that this is one of those cases where the Big Guy is supposed to always stay off-limits.

The bad news for Joe Biden is that Chairman James Comer's Oversight Committee has gathered lots of testimony on Joe's participation:

Testimony provided to House lawmakers by Hunter Biden’s former business associate Devon Archer indicated that Burisma executives pressured Hunter Biden for help from his father in shaking off a corruption investigation. Hunter Biden and the Burisma executives called Mr. Biden from Dubai, according to Archer, to seek his help in thwarting the probe. Three days later, Vice President Biden told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko that he must fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin, who was investigating Burisma, or risk losing $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees.
Well, sonovabitch, Joe just can't catch a break.

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