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Hunter Biden Pleads Not Guilty After Plea Deal Falls Apart

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Summary

Hunter Biden plead not guilty on Wednesday to gun and tax charges after a plea deal fell apart due to a judge questioning if it covered future potential charges from an ongoing investigation. A new deal was negotiated which did not include any alleged Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) violations. However, the judge did not accept the plea deal and asked both the prosecutor and Hunter Biden to submit additional briefs. There are allegations of FARA violations, bribes, and consulting fees from a company linked to the Chinese Communist Party, as well as a possible involvement in a phone call between Joe Biden and the former President of Ukraine.

Q&As

What was the original plea deal between Hunter Biden and prosecutors?
The original plea deal between Hunter Biden and prosecutors was that it would cover future potential charges of the Justice Department’s ongoing investigation and would not include any alleged Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) violations.

What did the judge question concerning the plea deal?
The judge questioned if the plea deal covered future potential charges of the Justice Department’s ongoing investigation.

What are IRS whistleblower allegations about Hunter Biden?
The IRS whistleblower allegations about Hunter Biden are that FARA violations were a part of the Hunter Biden criminal probe, warranting a special counsel.

What did Hunter Biden tell whistleblower Tony Bobulinski?
Hunter Biden told whistleblower Tony Bobulinski that he did not want to register as a foreign agent on behalf of CEFC.

What is the National Archives email referring to?
The National Archives email is referring to a phone call between then-Vice President Joe Biden and then-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, in which Hunter Biden was possibly involved.

AI Comments

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AI Discussion

Me: It's about Hunter Biden, Joe Biden's son, pleading not guilty to gun and tax charges after his plea deal fell apart. The judge questioned if the deal covered potential future charges from the DOJ's ongoing investigation and Hunter ended up pleading not guilty. It sounds like the judge is worried about other potential charges and the scope of the deal.

Friend: Wow, that's pretty serious. It sounds like there could be a lot more to this case.

Me: Yeah, definitely. It's interesting that the prosecution said the deal didn't include any FARA violations, which is related to Hunter receiving money from a company linked to the Chinese Communist Party and sitting on the board of a Ukrainian energy company. It's also concerning that Joe Biden was involved in a phone call with a Ukrainian politician who fired a prosecutor probing the company. It will be interesting to see what happens in the future.

Action items

Research the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and its implications for Hunter Biden's case.
Follow Wendell Husebø on Twitter to stay up to date on the latest developments in the case.
Read the National Archives email to gain a better understanding of the relationship between Hunter Biden and the Ukrainian president.

Technical terms

Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA): A law that requires people who act as agents of foreign principals in a political or quasi-political capacity to make periodic public disclosure of their relationship with the foreign principal, as well as activities, receipts and disbursements in support of those activities.
MSNBC: An American pay television network that provides news coverage and political commentary from NBC News on current events.
CNN: An American news-based pay television channel owned by WarnerMedia News & Sports, a division of AT&T's WarnerMedia.
Sen. Josh Hawley: A Republican U.S. Senator from Missouri.
U.S. prosecutor David Weiss: A U.S. prosecutor who is part of the Justice Department's ongoing investigation into Hunter Biden.
IRS whistleblower allegations: Allegations made by an IRS whistleblower that Hunter Biden may have violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
CEFC China Energy Co.: A company linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that paid Hunter Biden a $1 million legal retainer and $3.8 million in consulting fees.
Burisma Holdings: A Ukrainian energy company on whose board Hunter Biden sat from which he earned $83,000 a month.
Tony Bobulinski: An IRS whistleblower who alleged that Hunter Biden did not want to register as a foreign agent on behalf of CEFC.
Petro Poroshenko: The former Ukrainian president who was the subject of a phone call between then-Vice President Joe Biden and then-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
Politics of Slave Morality: A book written by Wendell Husebø.