It's true. Relatively speaking, the IRS prosecutes very few people for a failure to pay their taxes. And Biden is pleading guilty to two misdemeanors, which do have the potential of jail time. But what is most distressing is the evidence disclosed by the House Ways and Means Chairman, Jason Smith.
The evidence involves the testimony of Gary Shapley, an IRS agent, along with another IRS agent. As reported by Kimberly Strassel in a 6/23/23 Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal, Mr. Shapley was tapped to head up the IRS investigation into Biden's overseas business dealings. But Shapley claims his investigation was impeded by the directions of the Assistant U.S. Attorney, Lesley Wolf.
Directions such as, do not seek a search warrant for Joe Biden's guest house, where Hunter Biden had lived. Directions such as not to ask about Hunter's "dad" or the "big guy." Directions such as not to inquire about the finances of Hunter's children. And not to look at campaign finance violations.
According to Strassel, Shapley's testimony showed that the plan was to recommend indicting Hunter Biden with "felony tax evasion, felony false tax returns, and failure to pay taxes." Again, Strassel reports that the prosecutor, David Weiss, was prepared to go along with the recommendations by the IRS agents, but was blocked from doing so, allegedly by Joe Biden appointees. Recall that the Attorney General, Merrick Garland, claimed that Weiss had full discretion to proceed as he saw fit.
Strassel further reports that the most serious tax charges involved tax years 2014 and 2015, but the bringing of charges was delayed so long that the statute of limitations barred the prosecutors from pursuing those potentially more serious charges.
Shapley apparently also testified to Hunter Biden having $400,000 in income from Burisma, for which he still has neither declared nor paid taxes on. Perhaps the most damning piece of evidence concerns influence peddling, for which no charges have been brought against either Biden. Shapley is said to have given the Ways and Means Committee a 2017 WhatsApp text message.
In that message, Hunter is telling a Chinese businessman that "I am sitting here with my father," and warns that individual that he needs to immediately follow through on a commitment, or "I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my direction."
Do we know if Joe Biden was actually sitting next to his son at the time? No. Do I believe all of Joe Biden's assertions that he knew nothing of his son's business dealings? Absolutely not. He never asked how his son was making all that money? Maybe he did not have to ask, because the "big guy" was getting his share.
As for the gun charge, it sounds as if Biden is going to get a walk. A diversion program. I would not count on Joe Biden pulling back on his anti-gun crusade as a result of his son's anticipated guilty plea. He'll just continue to refuse to answer any questions about it.
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