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tomder55
Sep 13, 2023, 09:41 AM
...with House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy approving a formal impeachment inquiry . Banks flag suspicious financial activity . It could run the gauntlet from laundering ;to terrorist funding ;to tax evasion ;to fraud .... and others . When they flag such transactions they file a report called Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and banks are required to file with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).

Take a good guess at how many times a SARs report has been filed for the Biden crime family ? I heard the number was above 170 . But I could be wrong .

U.S. banks flagged over 150 transactions involving Biden's brother or son for further review - CBS News (https://www.cbsnews.com/video/us-banks-flagged-over-150-transactions-involving-bidens-brother-or-son-for-further-review/)

James Comer thinks there may be $20-30 million in corrupt payments made to the Biden Crime Family.
He further noted that it is becoming clear that the Bidens potentially engaged in bribery, influence peddling, and money laundering.
“This is going to be hard for Biden to explain, this is not going to go away, and I think eventually the mainstream media is going to start asking the real questions,” Comer added.
“They know there’s something wrong here. They know all the allegations have merit, because of where Joe Biden was, because of what we’ve seen on tape before, where Joe Biden bragged about firing that prosecutor,” he added,
“They know that this family created these shell companies. They know this family was money-laundering, they were profiting off Joe Biden’s influence,” Comer asserted, adding “The media knows that – they’re just not covering it.”
“I can assure you: there is more money that we’re going to be able to identify, that was transferred between foreign nationals in other countries and the Biden family,” Comer further emphasized, adding, “I think, eventually, the mainstream media will turn on Joe Biden and start asking the real questions: ‘What did your family do to receive all this money?’”


US: House Oversight Chairman Says There Is Evidence Of $20-$30 Million Of Illegal Payments To Bidens (gulf-insider.com) (https://www.gulf-insider.com/us-house-oversight-chairman-says-there-is-evidence-of-20-30-million-of-illegal-payments-to-bidens/)

waltero
Sep 13, 2023, 04:39 PM
You knowIn all reality corruption is the name of the game.
Constitution, laws, names, and language are now being redefined...to suit corruption.

That being the case, the world and the Country we reside in...Who has the country's best interest at heart?
It appears that Biden is more for himself than anything else. If corrupt politicians are good for the country, then who do you love?

Just saying.

Wondergirl
Sep 13, 2023, 05:12 PM
What was Jared Trump doing with Saudi Arabia? Saudis made a $2B investment in Jared Kushner's firm, Affinity?

tomder55
Sep 13, 2023, 06:59 PM
Kusher was a successful investment business entrepreneur years before Trump considered running for President . He was not a crack head son of a US VP peddling influence. His work while Trump was in office ;specifically in the Abraham Accords was a diplomatic achievement worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize . The last time anyone got an Arab nation to make a peace deal with Israel Jimmy Carter sealed his reputation as a peacemaker . The fact that he is a devote Jew who successfully negotiated the deal makes the achievement even more remarkable.


None of the money in his deal went to the big guy ;his family ;or up his nose.

If you have any evidence of impropriety, I'll be happy to consider it . Why is it that a highly politicized Justice Dept that is hell bent in putting Trump away 100 different ways has never suggested that Kushner's business dealings in the Middle East is anything but legit ?

Kushner's diplomacy helped create closer ties with the Saudi's that included the successful negotiation of a $350 billion arms sale to the Saudis . If the fact that he parlayed his time in the administration into a business opportunity after he left is a crime ,then we need to build many more jails .

jlisenbe
Sep 13, 2023, 08:08 PM
What was Jared Trump doing with Saudi Arabia?There is no way to compare Kushner with HB. Kushner has been legit in business transactions for many years. HB has been mired in addiction.

tomder55
Sep 14, 2023, 05:10 AM
FYI Affinity made a major investment last week in an Israeli auto leasing company that operates in Israel ,Romania ,and Germany with a fleet of 78,000 vehicles.

Automotive (shlomo.co.il) (https://www.shlomo.co.il/group/automotive)

Jared Kushner’s Saudi-backed private equity fund clinches first investment in Israel | The Times of Israel (https://www.timesofisrael.com/jared-kushners-saudi-backed-private-equity-fund-clinches-first-investment-in-israel/)


Affinity is also in negotiations to purchase a share 25% share of Phoenix Agencies ; an insurance holding company valued at over one billion dollars.

The Saudis invested in Affinity not as a payout to Trump but for legitimate reasons. Bottom line is that the Israeli market has huge growth potential as they expand into the greater Middle East thanks to the Abraham Accords ; and in markets in Africa ,India and other Asian nations .

Kushner forged extensive ties throuhout the Middle East as he negotiated the Accords. Is he cashing in on those ties ? Sure he is as thousands of former government officials have done in the past .

The difference is that he is parlaying his own expertise and ties . Hunter's sole claim to fortune was how he could be the middle man in a pay to play scheme for the VP of the United States .

jlisenbe
Sep 14, 2023, 05:25 AM
It's always disappointing to see liberals respond to the disturbing allegations against JB and HB by suggesting that someone else is guilty as well. Why not simply agree that the whole business actually does stink to the high heavens?

tomder55
Sep 14, 2023, 06:42 AM
They will once they get the memo from the deep state .And that won't happen until they find a suitable replacement that isn't named Harris .

tomder55
Sep 14, 2023, 07:32 AM
Impeachment is supposed to be a rare occurrence. Now it acts as a substitute for censure or a Parliamentary vote of no confidence by the House of Reps. Congress is 0-4 in convictions in the Senate and 3 of 4 impeachments have happened in less than 25 years (Bubba's 1999) . 2 against Trump ;1 absurdly after he already left office.
There were no grounds to impeach Trump and now they are shocked shocked that Quid may get similar treatment .

The irony is particularly rich in that the 1st Trump impeachment was for temporarily delaying aid to Ukraine at the same time that he was approving the release of offensive weapons for the country. His only hesitation was that the Biden Crime Family was corruptly influencing Ukraine politics.

His concerns have been borne out . Trump was impeached for something he didn't do .The same charges leveled against Quid appear to be true.

Despite the Dem's narratives ;the Europeans did NOT want Viktor Shokin removed . In fact he was a darling of the emperor's State Dept . It was Quid who wanted him removed under orders from Burisma .That was the deal . It was Quid who undermined US policy for his own personal benefit .

Despite Biden's claim, Europeans WEREN'T trying to oust Ukraine prosecutor targeting Hunter's firm (nypost.com) (https://nypost.com/2023/09/08/despite-bidens-claim-europeans-werent-trying-to-oust-ukraine-prosecutor-targeting-hunters-firm/)

Team Obama loved Victor Shokin. Why did Biden get him fired? (nypost.com) (https://nypost.com/2023/08/23/team-obama-loved-victor-shokin-why-did-biden-get-him-fired/)



Burisma’s founder and CEO is Mykola Zlochevsky. The CHS, a businessman, first dealt with him indirectly in the 2015-16 time frame. The CHS was introduced to Burisma executives by an associate, identified as Oleksandr Ostapenko, who accompanied the CHS to a meeting at Burisma headquarters to discuss the company’s acquisition of an American energy firm that would allow them to IPO in the U.S.
During the meeting, Burisma CFO Vadim Pojarskii listed the company’s board of directors, which included the former president and prime minister of Poland as well as Hunter Biden who, he said, was brought on “to protect us, through his dad, from all kinds of problems.”
The CHS then asked why Burisma needed his assistance with the acquisition of a U.S. energy company given Hunter Biden’s involvement, prompting Pojarskii to concede that the younger Biden’s limited intelligence meant he was of little value outside of the influence he could exercise over his father.

It has previously (http://scribd.com/document/480001185/Email-from-Vadim-Pozharskyi-to-Devon-Archer-and-Hunter-Biden) been reported (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-erupt-2015-email-exposing-ultimate-purpose-hunters-involvement-burisma) that Hunter Biden’s laptop stored emails from Pojarskii (sometimes spelled Pozharskyi) explicitly discussing the understanding that Hunter would “use your influence” to assist Burisma, including in arranging for U.S. government officials to help Zlochevsky’s company fend off Ukrainian government pressure.
At a subsequent meeting two months later, the CHS expressed concern that Shokin’s investigation of Burisma would damage the company’s prospective IPO in the U.S. Zlochevsky, the Burisma CEO, replied something to the effect of, “don’t worry Hunter will take care of all of those Issues through his dad.” He allegedly went on to say that he had paid $5 million each to Hunter and Joe Biden, an admission the CHS said was not at all unusual in Eastern European circles, where businessman enjoy bragging about their influence.
“Zlochevsky made some comment that although Hunter Biden ‘was stupid, and his (Zlochevsky’s) dog was smarter,’ Zlochevsky needed to keep Hunter Biden (on Burisma’s board) ‘so everything will be okay,’” the document reads.

The CHS also recalled a 2019 phone call in which he mentioned that Zlochevsky might have difficulty explaining suspicious wire transfers that could prove illicit payments to the Bidens. Zlochevsky, he said, responded that he did not send funds directly to “the big guy” (a reference to Joe Biden), and that the payments to the Bidens had been routed through so many companies and bank accounts that it would take investigators ten years to trace the payments to Joe Biden.
Bidens Pressured Burisma Founder into Paying $10 Million Bribe to Get Prosecutor Fired, FBI Source Claims | National Review (https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/07/bidens-pressured-burisma-founder-into-paying-10-million-bribe-to-get-prosecutor-fired-fbi-source-claims/)

jlisenbe
Sep 14, 2023, 12:08 PM
I didn't expect to see this. HB has been charged with a variety of fed crimes.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hunter-biden-indicted-on-federal-gun-charge

tomder55
Sep 14, 2023, 12:43 PM
oh yeah I saw on CNN the ATF barge into his home with rifles pointed in his direction before they clamped leg irons on him to frog march him to the awaiting patrol car.

I suspect this is designed to give the "special council " Weiss some veneer of legitimacy.

jlisenbe
Sep 15, 2023, 04:56 AM
I'm wondering if this is legit, or if it's some sort of diversion by the Biden admin to say, "Ya see! We really do have a high regard for justice," knowing full well that the charges will eventually be dropped.

jlisenbe
Sep 15, 2023, 06:22 PM
This is the million dollar question.


"Will the president pardon or commute his son if he is convicted?" one reporter asked Jean-Pierre during Friday's daily White House (https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/executive/white-house) press briefing.
"So I've answered this question before. It was asked of me not too long ago — a couple of weeks ago — and I was very clear, and I said no," Jean-Pierre responded.

tomder55
Sep 16, 2023, 04:48 AM
I'm wondering if this is legit, or if it's some sort of diversion by the Biden admin to say, "Ya see! We really do have a high regard for justice," knowing full well that the charges will eventually be dropped.

I don't think so. i think the deep state is shaping the battlefield for the eventual ouster of Quid. It has now been revealed that 2 district DAs ;both Dem hacks ;one appointed by Quid .refused to cooperate with Weiss during the initial investigations of Hunter.
This came from IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley’s testimony that was corroborated by the FBI. Matthew Graves, U.S. Attorney for D.C., and E. Martin Estrada, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, “refused to work” with Weiss on charges against Hunter Biden in their jurisdictions.

Graves was appointed by Quid and previously worked in Quid's campaign. Estrada was appointed September 2022. Previously he had made donations to Kam the Sham's Senate campaign.

Weiss lied about this to Congress . He specifically replied that he was never "denied authority to bring charges in and jurisdiction" . Now we know that is not true .
Hunter Biden prosecutor insists he was never denied charging authority | Daily Mail Online (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12283753/Hunter-Biden-prosecutor-insists-never-denied-charging-authority.html)

There can no longer be any doubt that Weiss ;the two prosecutors and AG Garland were colluding ;probably with Quid to get the least possible penalties to Hunter.

That arrangement was exposed and is now part of the impeachment inquiry .

Summer is over and they can read the writing on the wall. His polls numbers have stunk forever. His policies are vastly unpopular .The UAW is throwing him under the bus as he loses private union support. We are not seeing what we saw with the emperor where the coal miners union supported him even as he told them he wanted to kill their jobs. For some strange reason auto workers in Detroit want to keep their jobs . And yet libtard union heads continue to support Dems who made it clear that they will kill the US auto market for the Green new steal.

Why Dems continue to support policies that are harmful to them is a topic worthy of it's own discussion.Suffice it to say even unions are catching on

Union Voters Could Be Decisive in 2024 (liberalpatriot.com) (https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/union-voters-could-be-decisive-in)

The compliant press is getting it's marching orders

David Ignatius in the Compost wrote this week that Quid should drop out

Opinion | President Biden should not run for reelection in 2024 - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/12/biden-trump-election-step-aside/)

Morning Joe is saying Quid is too old.

Scarborough says every Democrat he talks to privately says Biden is too old to run | The Hill (https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4202366-scarborough-says-democrats-privately-say-biden-too-old-to-run/)

CNN jumped on the ditch Quid train
Biden's weaknesses: Hunter's past and the president's age | CNN Politics (https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/14/politics/biden-age-hunter-what-matters/index.html)


I think the only thing keeping him in the race is the fear that the baton will be passed to Kam the Sham.

tomder55
Sep 18, 2023, 04:40 AM
Molly Hemingway commented on the Ignatius column to Bret Baier Friday


"Age is just one of his problems that he is facing right now," Hemingway said of Biden. "I think what was interesting, not just this follow-up Washington Post piece saying the Democrats should have a more active primary than the one they're currently having. But that David Ignatius column, I think that is a name that probably doesn't mean that much to people throughout the country. But in Washington D.C. that is a reliable spokesperson for essentially the people who run this town."


"When he was saying it's time for Biden to get out that something a lot of people are talking about. And I think a lot of the people who would like Democrats to win are worried not just about his age but about his record and his scandals. These were all things they were able to keep under wraps the 2020 election and they are signaling they don't think they will be able to do this time."
Mollie Hemingway: Ignatius Column A Message From The People Who Run Washington For Biden To Drop Out | Video | RealClearPolitics (https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/09/15/mollie_hemingway_ignatius_column_a_message_from_th e_people_who_run_washington_for_biden_to_drop_out. html)

jlisenbe
Sep 18, 2023, 04:53 AM
These were all things they were able to keep under wraps the 2020 election Also known as election interference with the active participation of the news media.

tomder55
Sep 24, 2023, 03:40 AM
It occurred to me that of course if they were going to charge Hunter with anything ,it would be gun charges given the stand that 2nd amendment hardliners have about many of the gun restrictions in the country; and the Dems wanting to abolish the 2nd amendment.

The real reason for AG Garland appointing Weiss as special counsel was revealed in Garland's testimony to Congress this week. He evaded almost every question by basically saying he could not comment on the ongoing investigation ;that it was in the hands of the special counsel ;and that he would not interfere .

He also lied again saying that Weiss had complete authority to run an independent investigation as the original district prosecutor ;that Weiss “had the authority because I promised he would have the authority.”

Whistleblowers disputed that before Weiss was appointed special council and more have come forward since.

Garland claimed Weiss had complete independence and the power to bring charges in any jurisdiction . Then he said that other prosecutors in other jurisdictions were not compelled to partner with Weiss . Charges from Hunter's activities in California and DC were allowed to go beyond the statute of limitations .

tomder55
Sep 24, 2023, 04:23 AM
Meanwhile a star is born in Rep Victoria Spatz from Indiana, who was born in Ukraine Soviet Union . Here Q&A of Garland is for the ages.

'It's Like KGB!': Victoria Spartz Explodes At AG Merrick Garland Over His Handling Of Justice Dept - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erWZnlR77yY)


“all your agents need to be tested for amnesia,”

tomder55
Sep 26, 2023, 03:45 AM
The tentacles of the Biden crime family reached into Mexico. Among Hunter's business interests in Mexico was Carlos Slim; once the richest man in the world. Two of Hunter's business associates in Mexico,Miguel Aleman Velasco and Miguel Aleman Magnani got a personal tour of the White House by Quid in 2014 . Hunter also flew with Quid on Air Force 2 to help close a "flippin gigantic deal "
'Flippin' gigantic' deal! Hunter's laptop reveals how Joe Biden met with son's business partners (bizpacreview.com) (https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/07/01/flippin-gigantic-deal-hunters-laptop-reveals-how-joe-biden-met-with-sons-business-partners-1097068/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)

tomder55
Sep 27, 2023, 04:27 AM
Why are the Dems and the compliant press jumping on the dump Menendez bandwagon for doing the same thing on a much smaller scale to what the Biden crime family did ?



Much of the largesse the New Jersey businesspeople allegedly showed to Menendez flowed through the woman the senator married in 2020, Nadine Menendez (nee Arslanian).
In late 2018, an accident left Nadine Menendez without a car, the indictment says. One of the businesspeople allegedly stepped in in April 2019 to help her buy a Mercedes-Benz C-300 convertible, at one point texting an associate to request $15,000 in cash. The following day, the businessperson met Arslanian in a restaurant parking lot and handed her “approximately $15,000 in cash,” the indictment alleges, without explaining how prosecutors know about the hand-off.
Arslanian bought the car for about $60,000 the next day and Uribe made at least six monthly payments on the loan, prosecutors contend.
The money for the car came as one of the businesspeople was trying to convince New Jersey prosecutors to go easy on an unnamed associate facing a criminal case, according to the indictment. Prosecutors contend that the senator, who was kept informed about the dealings related to the case, cut a deal to attempt to get the case and investigation dropped.


Cash, gold and a luxury car: The eye-popping allegations against Bob Menendez - POLITICO (https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/22/menendez-allegations-gold-cash-car-00117646)



Prosecutors have also asked about paperwork the younger Mr. Biden used to purchase a car through funds from Rosemont Seneca, according to people familiar with the matter. In April 2014, a business associate of Mr. Biden from Kazakhstan wired $142,300 to Rosemont Seneca, according to bank statements reviewed by The Wall Street Journal and highlighted in a September 2020 report from Senate Republicans.
The money came from a Singapore company controlled by Kazakhstan banker Kenges Rakishev, the documents show, and the Senate Republican report said they were earmarked in a bank record as “For a Car.” Mr. Rakishev, who was close to Kazakhstan’s leadership, had sought business opportunities with Hunter Biden in the U.S. and elsewhere, said a former associate of Hunter Biden who has been questioned by prosecutors. Mr. Rakishev didn’t respond to requests for comment.

Prosecutors Advance Tax Probe of Hunter Biden - WSJ (https://www.wsj.com/articles/prosecutors-advance-tax-probe-of-hunter-biden-11648465200)


Menendez was indicted for this . Neither Hunter or Quid were for very similar influence peddling .

CNN confirmed many of the details of the Biden crime family while insisting it has nothing to do with Quid.


Regarding the dinners, Archer said there was a 2014 and 2015 dinner that Joe Biden attended with Hunter Biden and some of his foreign business associates at Cafe Milano in Washington, DC. While Hunter Biden’s business associates including Archer, and foreign business figures such as Russian billionaire Yelena Baturina and Kazakhstani oligarch Kenes Rakishev were in the room, business wasn’t discussed, Archer testified, telling lawmakers, “We ate, and kind of talked about the world, I guess, and the weather, and then everybody left.”
On the allegation that these dinners with Joe Biden “resulted in cars,” Archer said the businessman Rakishev wired Hunter Biden the exact amount of money that Hunter used to buy a Porsche. This car has nothing to do with Joe Biden.


Fact-checking McCarthy's claims while launching Biden impeachment inquiry | CNN Politics (https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/13/politics/fact-check-mccarthy-biden-impeachment-claims/index.html)

The only thing inaccurate in the accusation is the make of the car. Hunter initially purchased a tax payer subsidized EV sports car; a Fisker Karma. Fisker got subsidies from the DOE to take over a GM plant. Where ? The plant is in Wilmington Delaware . Fisker later defaulted costing the US taxpayers $132 million. THEN Hunter traded the Fisker for a Porche.

Fisker finalizes purchase of Delaware GM plant - Maryland Daily Record (thedailyrecord.com) (https://thedailyrecord.com/2010/07/19/fisker-finalizes-purchase-of-delaware-gm-plant/)

Energy Department 'bet' on Fisker Automotive ends in bankruptcy – Center for Public Integrity (https://publicintegrity.org/environment/energy-department-bet-on-fisker-automotive-ends-in-bankruptcy/)

Hunter Biden’s Foreign Benefactors Lavished Him With Ultra-Luxury Watch for His Birthday, $140,000 Sports Car, and Three-Carat Diamond in Addition to Millions of Dollars | The New York Sun (nysun.com) (https://www.nysun.com/article/hunter-bidens-foreign-benefactors-lavished-him-with-ultra-luxury-watch-for-his-birthday-140000-sports-car-and-three-carat-diamond-in-addition-to-millions-of-dollars)

Hunter got a sports car and a 3 carat diamond along with cash ........yawn

Menendez got a car and gold bars .......... OMG the outrage !!!!!

tomder55
Sep 28, 2023, 08:04 AM
Eileen O'Conner is a former prosecutor for the DOJ who headed up the DOJ tax division from 2001-2007 . She will be one of the first to testify to the Quid impeachment inquiry .
In an op ed for the WSJ she says something interesting about statutes of limitations.

I will copy the complete opinion


Special counsel David Weiss has charged Hunter Biden with making false statements on an application to purchase a gun. (Mr. Biden has pleaded not guilty.) Now go collect the taxes.
After working on it for about three years, Internal Revenue Service criminal investigators submitted a lengthy “Special Agent Report” to the Justice Department’s Tax Division, recommending that prosecutors bring felony charges against Mr. Biden for 2014 and 2018 for willful attempt to evade or defeat taxes and willful filing of a false return. Both are felonies punishable by a fine of up to $100,000 and prison time, up to five years for the former offense, three for the latter. The report also recommended that Mr. Biden be charged with willful failure to file returns or pay taxes for each of five years, 2015-19. These are misdemeanors punishable by up to a year in prison or $25,000, or both. Special agent Joseph Ziegler testified that the Tax Division produced a 99-page memo authorizing these criminal charges.
The statute of limitations having expired on the felonies that could have been charged for 2014, Mr. Weiss then negotiated a deal under which Mr. Biden would plead guilty to, but pay no penalty for, two years of misdemeanors—while the 2018 felony and three years of misdemeanor charges would be dropped.
Two agreements were presented to Judge Maryellen Noreika on July 26, and there was a peculiar cross-reference. Buried deep in the gun-diversion agreement was a provision granting immunity for any crimes encompassed in an exhibit to the tax plea agreement. When the judge asked about this, prosecutors backed away from it, causing Mr. Biden to withdraw his guilty plea to the two tax misdemeanors. Mr. Weiss could refile the tax charges but hasn’t yet.
But have the statutes of limitations really expired on Mr. Biden’s tax violations? Not necessarily. Mr. Weiss might have botched the prosecution on the earlier years, but the IRS could nonetheless seek to collect any unpaid taxes.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has said he has reviewed Suspicious Activity Reports filed with the Treasury Department indicating that Hunter Biden received as much as $50 million from sources in China, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan and Romania between 2014 and 2019. That is vastly larger than the amounts whistleblowers have testified were shown on the federal income-tax returns he filed for those years. House committee members allege that he concealed his ownership of those funds by having them funneled into dozens of entities.

Ordinarily, the IRS must assess taxes and begin proceedings to collect them within three years of the date the return reporting them is filed. But when no return is filed, or when the return is false, fraudulent or otherwise represents a willful attempt to defeat or evade tax, the statute of limitations doesn’t start running.
The report the special agents submitted to the Tax Division claimed that Mr. Biden’s violations of tax law were willful. Can it be credibly argued that tax returns omitting millions of dollars of taxable income are not false or fraudulent?
Were Hunter Biden and others engaged in a conspiracy to conceal their income and its sources? Where are the bank accounts for the 20 or so entities the Oversight Committee believes Mr. Biden and his business partners established? The agents claim to have been thwarted in their efforts. If they hadn’t been, what might they have discovered?
As to possible criminal charges, note that the statute of limitations begins to run when the last affirmative act of concealment occurs. So if income is received in year one and not reported, and the last action undertaken to conceal it occurred in year five, it is in year five that the statute of limitations begins to run.
It would be an error to conclude that the statute of limitations on criminal charges has expired without considering whether acts of concealment prevented or delayed its start date. In fulfillment of its oversight obligation, Congress must continue its efforts to see that the laws it has passed are enforced.



Hunter Biden May Face a Big Tax Bill - WSJ (https://www.wsj.com/articles/hunter-biden-may-face-a-big-tax-bill-5dac691f?mod=opinion_lead_pos7)

jlisenbe
Sep 28, 2023, 07:48 PM
As to possible criminal charges, note that the statute of limitations begins to run when the last affirmative act of concealment occurs. So if income is received in year one and not reported, and the last action undertaken to conceal it occurred in year five, it is in year five that the statute of limitations begins to run.
It would be an error to conclude that the statute of limitations on criminal charges has expired without considering whether acts of concealment prevented or delayed its start date. In fulfillment of its oversight obligation, Congress must continue its efforts to see that the laws it has passed are enforced.If the Biden DOJ had any real interest in justice, then this would be pertinent. I don't think they do, so they'll just ignore it.

tomder55
Sep 29, 2023, 02:45 AM
That is why the impeachment inquiry needs to proceed .

Yesterday the Dems gave us the Quid is guilty of loving his son defense.

He loved his son so much that he brought him on many official VP foreign trips so he could sell the idea to clients that he could peddle Quid's power on their behalf. He loved his son and brother so much that he overlooked as his son collected bribes ;set up shell companies to launder the money ;and to distribute the money to as many as 10 family members .

Once the Repubs get access to the bank /financial records of the Biden Crime family and these shell companies the whole house of cards collapses . Even the deep state machine will not save them .

tomder55
Sep 29, 2023, 03:47 AM
High crimes and misdemeanors were added to the impeachment clause after George Mason addressed the convention. Before that the only justifications for impeachment were treason and BRIBERY . In Trump's case the impeachment clause was abused ;as some of the founders feared it might be. But in Quid's case ;the impeachment clause is the correct remedy.
In fact the impeachment clause was added to the Constitution to specifically address Quid's type of corruption.

tomder55
Sep 29, 2023, 04:25 AM
Miranda Devine of the NY Post has been the go to reporter on the Biden Crime Family since the discovery of the laptop, She will not get a Pultizer Prize for her stellar reporting even though he work is right up there with Woodward and Bernstein Watergate reporting .

She wrote about new revelations Wednesday prior to yesterday's opening round of the impeachment inquiry.




Uncle Jim Biden told the FBI and IRS in an interview last September that he and his nephew Hunter tried to help Chinese firm CEFC buy a US liquid natural gas facility in Louisiana — and that they did so in the knowledge that the company was directly linked to Chinese President Xi Jinping. Hunter told his uncle that CEFC chairman Ye Jianming “was a protégé of President Xi,” the FBI report says. But investigators were instructed not to ask Jim Biden if his brother, then-former Vice President Joe Biden, was involved in the ultimately unsuccessful CEFC deal or to follow “normal investigative leads,” says the committee.
IRS public affairs officer Justin Cole emailed the chief and deputy chief of IRS criminal investigations a report of conversations between a CNN producer and Hunter Biden, in which Hunter said that he was “not willing to accept” a plea deal and that he “expected all of this ‘stuff’ would go away when his dad becomes president.”
The FBI was investigating Morris for campaign finance violations. “These violations pertain to a wealthy Hollywood lawyer, Kevin Morris, who was enlisted to help the family, and who paid millions of dollars to help Hunter around the time that Joe Biden becomes president,” says the committee. But Leslie Wolf, Delaware Assistant U.S. Attorney, told investigators that she was not “personally interested” in the Morris investigation and that “she did not want any of the agents to look into the allegation.”
Wolf refused multiple requests by Pittsburgh US Attorney Scott Brady to brief Delaware investigators about an FBI FD-1023 report alleging that Joe Biden was paid a $5 million bribe (https://nypost.com/2023/07/20/biden-bribe-file-released-burisma-chief-said-both-joe-and-hunter-involved/) by an executive of Ukrainian energy firm Burisma, as was his son Hunter. The allegation came from a trusted FBI confidential human source during a June 2020 interview. But Wolf “had already concluded no information from that office could be credible, stating her belief that it all came from Rudy Giuliani,” Shapley said, even though the FBI report had nothing to do with Giuliani. On October 22, 2020, the Justice Department ordered the Delaware US Attorney’s office to take the Pittsburg briefing, but Shapley said his investigators never saw the FD-1023, nor were told what it contained, despite the fact it was directly relevant to their case.
Wolf instructed investigators seeking a search warrant of a Biden property to “erase” any mention of “Political Figure 1” — who was Joe Biden.


New revelations about Bidens include China payments, Delaware coverup (nypost.com) (https://nypost.com/2023/09/27/new-revelations-about-bidens-include-china-payments-delaware-coverup/)

jlisenbe
Sep 29, 2023, 05:11 AM
My faith in the feds doing what is right and lawful is pretty much near zero. Perhaps they will prove me wrong. If the American people had any sense, Biden would currently be polling at around 10%. That he is still considered to be a viable candidate is the most disappointing aspect of this whole dreadful mess.

tomder55
Oct 23, 2023, 04:52 AM
Where's the money ? That is what Quid says as proof I guess that there is no pay for influence peddling going on.

Biden: "Where's The Money?" - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICOJbDwq2Qo)

We know that an elaborate labyrinth of shell corps were create to hide it .

To date what we have had was solid testimonial evidence and Hunter's emails . But until the Repubs opened an impeachment inquiry that gave them the ability to examine bank records there was no smoking gun,

The first smoking gun with a direct link between Quid and the Biden crime family has been revealed .

His brother James has long used the influence of Quid to enrich himself . One of the companies he suggested that he could give access to the big guy was Americore ;a hospital firm. They wanted Middle East Investors So 2018 they sent him a check for $200,000 . James immediately cut a check to Quid for the same amount.

Americore has gone belly up since. But in court filings their bankruptcy trustee said that James “procured the $600,000.00 in loans from Americore … based upon representations that his last name, ‘Biden,’ could ‘open doors’ and that he could obtain a large investment from the Middle East based
on his political connections.”

Microsoft Word - BIDEN ADV - Complaint for Turnover - Breach of Contract 4889-8270-2118 v.3.docx (house.gov) (https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/US-Bankruptcy-Court-Complaint.pdf)
Now this transfer occurred in 2018, after Quid left VP office. He has consistently denied knowledge of his family's businesses. This check at very least exposes that as a lie. .But you can bet that the date of the check will be the next goal post his apologists will move to.


We now have proof he profited from the relationship ;and .They in turn were profiting from the influence he could bring to the table.

Devan Archer ;a business partner to Hunter admitted under oath that they were selling the “Biden Brand”

The Quid apologists in the swamp and compliant press now say that they were selling the "illusion " of access.

Hunter Biden sold ‘illusion of access’ to his father, former business partner tells Congress | PBS NewsHour (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/hunter-biden-sold-illusion-of-access-to-his-father-former-business-partner-tells-congress)

They will also not be satisfied of the proof until there is a direct link between Quid and the companies that do not go through the crime family middle men. .



Quid says James was repaying a loan to him . There is no evidence that Quid while VP had the means to give James a $200,000 loan.

tomder55
Mar 4, 2024, 04:52 AM
Hunter Biden testified to the Impeachment Committee

Transcript here

Hunter-Biden-Transcript_Redacted.pdf (house.gov) (https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Hunter-Biden-Transcript_Redacted.pdf)


"I did not involve my father in my business, not while I was a practicing lawyer, not in my investments or transactions, domestic or international, not as a board member ,and not as an artist, never.” "

and not as an artist, never. (cue up the laugh track)

This is what the Compost reported at the time


White House officials have helped craft an agreement under which purchases of Hunter Biden’s artwork—which could be listed at prices as high as $500,000—will be kept confidential from even the artist himself, in an attempt to avoid ethical issues that could arise as a presidential family member tries to sell a product with a highly subjective value.

Under an arrangement negotiated in recent months, a New York gallery owner is planning to set prices for the art and will withhold all records, including potential bidders and final buyers. The owner, Georges Bergès, has also agreed to reject any offer that he deems suspicious or that comes in over the asking price, according to people familiar with the agreement . . .

Andrew Bates, the deputy White House press secretary, suggested that the buyers’ confidentiality would ensure the process is ethical. “The president has established the highest ethical standards of any administration in American history, and his family’s commitment to rigorous processes like this is a prime example,” Bates said.

Deal of the art: White House grapples with ethics of Hunter Biden’s pricey paintings - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/deal-of-the-art-white-house-grapples-with-ethics-of-hunter-bidens-pricey-paintings/2021/07/07/97e0528c-da72-11eb-9bbb-37c30dcf9363_story.html)

This is what James Comer released after interving the art gallery's owner Georges Bergès,


“The Biden White House appears to have deceived the American people about facilitating an ethics agreement governing the sale of Hunter Biden’s art. Hunter Biden’s gallerist never had any communication with the White House about such an agreement to make sure there was any sort of ethics compliance at all, and he provided information to the committee revealing how Hunter Biden’s amateur art career is an ethics nightmare. The vast majority of Hunter Biden’s art has been purchased by Democrat donors, one of whom was appointed by President Biden to a prestigious commission after she purchased Hunter Biden’s art for tens of thousands of dollars shortly after Joe Biden’s inauguration. The White House has a lot of explaining to do about misleading the American people.” .....................
Georges Bergès stated he never had any communication with the White House about an agreement about Hunter Biden’s art and admitted Hunter Biden knew the identities of the individuals who purchased roughly 70% of the value of his art, including Democrat donors Kevin Morris and Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali.


Comer Statement on Interview with Hunter Biden’s Art Gallerist - United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability (https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-statement-on-interview-with-hunter-bidens-art-gallerist%EF%BF%BC/)

jlisenbe
Mar 4, 2024, 05:21 AM
If the pres was considered capable of intelligent thought, then this whole business could leave him with considerable liability, but since the DOJ believes he is not capable of such thought, then he is good to go. Someone might want to consider prying his finger off the nuclear trigger, however.

tomder55
Mar 4, 2024, 05:32 AM
They can't do that as long as Kam the Sham is his insurance policy .

jlisenbe
Mar 4, 2024, 05:56 AM
They can't do that as long as Kam the Sham is his insurance policy .Reading that gave me chills. The founding fathers must have rolled over in their graves quite a number of times.

tomder55
Mar 14, 2024, 05:12 AM
Remember when Hunter was saying that he would testify in a public hearing in Congress rather than a private one under oath ?

He was forced to testify behind closed doors.
Takeaways from Hunter Biden’s closed-door deposition with House Republicans | CNN Politics (https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/28/politics/takeaways-hunter-biden-deposition/index.html)

He has now has been invited to appear in an open session. Hunter now says no.

Hunter Biden declines invitation to testify on Capitol Hill | CNN Politics (https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/13/politics/hunter-biden-house-oversight-committee/index.html)


Meanwhile his gun charges trial is scheduled to begin June 3 . Dems don't like guns . Hunter crossed the line. Still I expect him to get at best a slap on the wrist.

jlisenbe
Mar 14, 2024, 06:07 AM
If he's lucky, Fani Willis will take charge of the case against him.

tomder55
Mar 21, 2024, 03:30 AM
Yesterday the Dems tried to turn the impeachment inquire into the same type of clown show that the Jan 6 committee's Kangaroo court was

Rep. Moskowitz wears Putin mask at Biden impeachment hearing (youtube.com) (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2C-FprognSM)

All Out Crazy said key witness ;former Hunter Biden business partner Tony Bobulinski could not identify a specific crime Quid Pro Joe was being accused of . His response was that Quid was the head of a crime family and that made him guilty of racketeering.

She replied "RICO is not a crime. It is a category of crimes "

Apparently she is not aware that it is a crime even though she probably endorses such charges against the accused in the Trump Atlanta trial.

Sara Gonzales on X: "Well damn. Hope @AOC can tell Fani Willis to drop those RICO charges against Trump." / X (twitter.com) (https://twitter.com/SaraGonzalesTX/status/1770518334129242143?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1770518334129242143%7Ctwgr% 5Eba215f90ad416bd163d6caa87c73082515b5ad92%7Ctwcon %5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.meaww.com%2Fhow-much-dumber-can-she-get-aoc-roasted-after-claiming-rico-is-not-a-crime-in-exchange-with-biden-impeachment-probe-witness)



Public corruption is a breach of public trust that typically occurs when federal, state, or local officials and their private-sector co-conspirators abuse their position.
What is an example of abuse of office and public corruption? Bribery is one of the most common examples of public corruption. Bribery and kickbacks are common types of corruption and often go together. Bribery and kickbacks are among the most serious types of corruption.
Among the most serious types of public corruption are bribery and kickbacks, extortion, blackmail, bid-rigging, influence-peddling, illegal lobbying, collusion, graft, conflict of interest, gratuities, product diversion, and cyber extortion. Public corruption violates public trust for personal gain.

PUBLIC CORRUPTION IS A FEDERAL CRIME

In no uncertain terms, the Department of Justice states that it is a violation of federal law for any federal, state, or local government official to ask for or receive anything of value in exchange for, or because of, any official act. Public corruption is a federal crime.

Understanding Federal Public Corruption And Bribery - Prison Professors (https://prisonprofessors.com/understanding-federal-public-corruption-and-bribery/)



Ted Cruz on X: "This is bizarre. RICO—the Racketeer Influenced & Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961–1968—is most assuredly a crime. It often results in massive felony sentences. And yet @aoc—eager to defend Joe Biden—insists it’s not a crime." / X (twitter.com) (https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1770664035060510961)

Lou Dobbs on X: ".@AOC probably got confused, give her a break! Maybe she thought RICO was a person…" / X (twitter.com) (https://twitter.com/LouDobbs/status/1770658229581705444)

If she is looking for charges that would warrant an impeachment ,all she really needed to do was to listen to the opening statement of Chair James Comer.



We’ve reviewed emails, bank records, text messages, Suspicious Activity Reports at the Treasury Department, and other evidence normally compiled during an expansive investigation such as this.
The Oversight Committee has found no credible evidence of the Bidens providing any work product. The Committee has identified no legitimate value or document or even one single hour of work that the Bidens have provided their business partners.
What is apparent, after over a year of investigation, is that the Bidens do not work in any traditional sense of the word. They do not work as consultants. Or lawyers. Or advisors. The Bidens don’t sell a product or a service or a set of skills.
The Bidens sell Joe Biden.


Comer: The Bidens Sell Joe Biden - United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability (https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-the-bidens-sell-joe-biden%EF%BF%BC/)

Because in the course of this investigation, we have learned that Joe Biden has taken action after action to further his family’s plans to get rich.
He shows up to meetings, gets on phone calls, shakes hands and tells people to “look after my family.”
He goes to dinners with foreign oligarchs and a Ukrainian executive paying his son millions of dollars.
He gets paid with money from Chinese businessmen who he has meetings with and tells other business associates he’ll see what he can do to help their situations. He writes letters of recommendation for foreign business associates’ children.
The scam is simple. The Biden family promises they can make a foreign partner’s problems go away by engaging the U.S. government.
The problems can be anything. A Ukrainian corruption investigation. Moving Russian money to the United States. A Romanian criminal prosecution. Access for China to American energy resources. Joe Biden shows up, shakes a few hands in front of his son, and says “take care of my boy,” or something similar. And the money flows. It’s done over and over again. The Biden family promises Joe’s power, Joe Biden shows up, and millions of dollars come into the Bidens’ pockets. Joe Biden is the Biden family’s closer.
How could he not be? The Bidens aren’t doing any other work for these foreign companies that would warrant tens of millions of dollars.
There are only two explanations for this. The first is that Joe Biden knows exactly what he is doing, and knows a handshake, a wink, and a smile is enough for him to maintain, as Jim Biden called it, “plausible deniability.”
Or Joe Biden is being led around by his family and has no idea who he is meeting with or what message he is sending and is truly “an elderly man with a poor memory.”
There is no other explanation: either Joe Biden is complicit, or Joe Biden is incompetent.

jlisenbe
Mar 21, 2024, 05:18 AM
The Oversight Committee has found no credible evidence of the Bidens providing any work product. The Committee has identified no legitimate value or document or even one single hour of work that the Bidens have provided their business partners.Should cause even the staunchest Biden supporter to rethink his/her position.

tomder55
Mar 22, 2024, 04:43 AM
What is the end game ? ?Repubs ;whether they have the smoking gun evidence on Quid or not, cannot successfully impeach him. They don't have the votes ;not even in the House .

Plan B .

To save face ;the House GOP ;who have had a hard enough time keeping their coalition united .....

(see the way they will suddenly pass a continuous resolution essentially the same one that got McCarthy ousted
Lawmakers unveil $1.2 trillion funding package, kicking off sprint to avoid government shutdown - CBS News (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-funding-package-spending-congress/))

.....will "symbolically " send a criminal referral to the DOJ for Quid's Biden Crime Family activities since he was a Senator .

As Biden Impeachment Flails, House Republicans Explore Criminal Referrals - The New York Times (nytimes.com) (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/us/politics/biden-impeachment-republicans-criminal-referrals.html)


Ultimately the American people will be voting in October or November to decide whether or not this president is suitable for office,” Garcia said. “I think he’s got enough other challenges and failures under his belt that the impeachment probably wouldn’t even affect the outcome of the election.”

Impeachment inquiry appears on ice as House GOP tries to wrangle support - The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/20/biden-impeachment-inquiry-hearing/)



They will let the electorate decide Quid's fate.(what a novel idea !) If he wins then nothing comes of it .
If he loses ,then expect a Trump DOJ to follow up .

What is good for the goose is good for the gander .

tomder55
May 16, 2024, 04:11 AM
The Menendez trial has begun ..

I have to laugh . There was a skit during Watergate where they knocked away any attempt by Nixon to blame shift responsibility for the Watergate break in. It concluded with Nixon saying (paraphrase ) "It can now be revealed that my wife Pat lead the Watergate break in ......and I of course had nothing to do with it."

This appears to be the Menendez defense .


“They want you to be blinded by the gold and the cash,” Menendez attorney Avi Weitzman told the jury, suggesting that many of the items the senator allegedly took as bribes – including gold bars and a luxury car – were owned or obtained by his wife, Nadine, who is also charged and set to go on trial in July.

Menendez lawyer denies bribe scheme, says gold bars are wife's (mercurynews.com) (https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/05/15/menendez-lawyer-denies-bribery-scheme-says-gold-bars-are-his-wifes/)

tomder55
Aug 20, 2024, 05:01 AM
The House ended it's inquiry of Quid Pro Joe . They released their findings yesterday .


First and foremost, overwhelming evidence demonstrates that President Biden participated in a conspiracy to monetize his office of public trust to enrich his family. Among other aspects of this conspiracy, the Biden family and their business associates received tens of millions of dollars from foreign interests by leading those interests to believe that such payments would provide them access to and influence with President Biden. As Vice President, President Biden actively participated in this conspiracy by, among other things, attending dinners with his family’s foreign business partners and speaking to them by phone, often when being placed on speakerphone by Hunter Biden. For example, in 2014, Vice President Biden attended a dinner for Hunter Biden with Russian oligarch Yelena Baturina.4 Following the dinner, Baturina wired $3.5 million to Rosemont Seneca Thornton, a firm associated with Hunter Biden.5 Then, months later, as Hunter Biden and his business associates continued to solicit more money from Baturina, Vice President Biden participated in a phone call with Baturina and Hunter Biden where Vice President Biden told Baturina, “you be good to my boy.”6 Moreover, President Biden knowingly participated in this conspiracy. Based on the totality of the evidence, it is inconceivable that President Biden did not understand that he was taking part in an effort to enrich his family by abusing his office of public trust.

The evidence also establishes that the Biden family went to great lengths to conceal this conspiracy. Foreign money was transmitted to the Biden family through complicated financial transactions. The Biden family laundered funds through intermediate entities and broke up large transactions into numerous smaller transactions. Substantial efforts were also made to hide President Biden’s involvement in his family’s business activities.


2024.08.19-Report-of-the-Impeachment-Inquiry-of-Joseph-R.-Biden-Jr.-President-of-the-United-States.pdf (house.gov) (https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024.08.19-Report-of-the-Impeachment-Inquiry-of-Joseph-R.-Biden-Jr.-President-of-the-United-States.pdf)

Evidence obtained during the Committees’ impeachment inquiry also shows Hunter Biden and his business associates leveraged Vice President Biden’s official position to garner favorable outcomes in foreign business dealings and legal proceedings.

President Biden’s participation in this conspiracy to enrich his family constitutes impeachable conduct.

Separately, the Committees have gathered evidence that President Biden used his official position to conceal his mishandling of classified information as a private citizen.


Finally, the Committees have obtained significant evidence that corroborates many of the allegations made by the IRS whistleblowers with respect to the Justice Department’s deviations from standard procedures to benefit Hunter Biden. The Justice Department allowed the statute of limitations to run on two serious charges facing Hunter Biden. The Justice Department prevented line attorneys from conducting key interviews and pursuing important lines of inquiry. The Justice Department tipped off Hunter Biden’s attorneys about nonpublic investigative actions and implemented unnecessary hurdles and approvals for prosecutors to charge Hunter Biden.


There is also a paragraph about the obstruction of the investigation by the Biden-Harris regime.

The final page of the report reads, “As both president and vice president, Joe Biden has abused his office of public trust, putting his family’s financial interests above the interests of the American people. Although the Committees’ fact-finding is ongoing amid President Biden’s obstruction, the evidence uncovered in the impeachment inquiry to date already amounts to impeachable conduct.”