Hunter Biden Laptop Controversy

mace1229

Gern Blansten said:

mace1229 said:

I thought all along he filed and intentionally hid or withheld several hundred thousand dollars each year from his tax return. I don't know why I thought that was the case. But if he just didn't file for a year or two instead of hiding income, it does seem less intentional and meets the criteria of a fine more than jail time. 

The odd part is that he did file, didn't pay, but the charges only hit him for two of the years that he owed...not all of them. Strange.

Ok, originally I thought he under reported by hundreds of thousands, was that not the case? Must have misread something when I googled it just then.
Filing and leaving off hundreds of thousands seems more intentional than just not filing or paying. You know they'll come after you if you don't file or pay, but excluding income seems like maybe you'd hope they won't notice. And intent seems to have everything to do with it.  Failure to pay is a misdemeanor, evasion is a felony. So did he fail to pay, or was he evading taxes? 

Gern Blansten

mace1229 said:

Gern Blansten said:

mace1229 said:

I thought all along he filed and intentionally hid or withheld several hundred thousand dollars each year from his tax return. I don't know why I thought that was the case. But if he just didn't file for a year or two instead of hiding income, it does seem less intentional and meets the criteria of a fine more than jail time. 

The odd part is that he did file, didn't pay, but the charges only hit him for two of the years that he owed...not all of them. Strange.

Ok, originally I thought he under reported by hundreds of thousands, was that not the case? Must have misread something when I googled it just then.
Filing and leaving off hundreds of thousands seems more intentional than just not filing or paying. You know they'll come after you if you don't file or pay, but excluding income seems like maybe you'd hope they won't notice. And intent seems to have everything to do with it.  Failure to pay is a misdemeanor, evasion is a felony. So did he fail to pay, or was he evading taxes? 

He failed to pay, just like Stone.

The initial reporting was definitely confusing. I was trying to figure out from the start why they were misdemeanors when it sounded like evasion.

The confusion was because there were comments made that some of the deductions he took were being examined. I have not heard anything definitive on those.

mickeyrat

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mickeyrat

ruh roh....

https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1702005107355959487?t=q2hfIjHocKOnbtuvZsciZw&s=19

mickeyrat

https://twitter.com/BrentTerhune/status/1600273638892134405?t=ysM-Yj8juJAJK5zdUEQKAw&s=19

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https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1702414973161677132?t=h26KxKPGg68FhaInjgnTJw&s=19

HughFreakingDillon

fact is, Hunter technically broke the law. the other fact is, it's rare to be indicted on such charges. this is obviously politically motivated, but it's hard to defend, since it is the law. 

Gern Blansten

Dude bought a gun...the right should be overjoyed

Berlin2000

Gern Blansten said:

Dude bought a gun...the right should be overjoyed

That’s what I thought. No 2nd amendment for Democrats? 

Merkin Baller

HughFreakingDillon said:

fact is, Hunter technically broke the law. the other fact is, it's rare to be indicted on such charges. this is obviously politically motivated, but it's hard to defend, since it is the law. 

I don't think anyone has an issue with him being charged for the crimes he committed. After years of investigating him, they've come up w/ all of 3 charges though. The constant investigations are obviously bullshit, and we know this is what the GOP does. 

They now have an established a track record of using 'investigations' to damage their opponents. They did it to Hillary, and they're doing the same to Biden. Remember tfg only needed Zelensky to SAY he was opening an investigation into Biden? He didn't even have to do it, just SAY he was going to do it... that's all he wanted. 

That alone tells us all we need to know. 

HughFreakingDillon

Gern Blansten said:

Dude bought a gun...the right should be overjoyed

oh but he was a POS addict. you know, cuz all addicts are democrats. 

mickeyrat

HughFreakingDillon said:

Gern Blansten said:

Dude bought a gun...the right should be overjoyed

oh but he was a POS addict. you know, cuz all addicts are democrats. 

just ask jr......

The Juggler

I cannot believe how weaponized the Department of Justice is these days. They're going after the president's own son!

Hey...wait a minute....

mickeyrat

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1702476798989045903?t=t3uzyu92VigX6VNkDDFA3Q&s=19

mace1229

Gern Blansten said:

Dude bought a gun...the right should be overjoyed

I have never seen 1 person in this forum or anywhere else that supports the illegal purchase of firearms, unless you’re talking about something like the Branch Davidians. Most are even okay with stricter laws.
Now I don’t think he deserves the 25 years max. But why have gun les if we openly don’t enforce them? Why fight for more les when we don’t enforce the ones we already have? Seems like common sense to hold him accountable to some extent, especially given the gun problem in America. 

gimmesometruth27

mace1229 said:

Gern Blansten said:

Dude bought a gun...the right should be overjoyed

I have never seen 1 person in this forum or anywhere else that supports the illegal purchase of firearms, unless you’re talking about something like the Branch Davidians. Most are even okay with stricter laws.
Now I don’t think he deserves the 25 years max. But why have gun les if we openly don’t enforce them? Why fight for more les when we don’t enforce the ones we already have? Seems like common sense to hold him accountable to some extent, especially given the gun problem in America. 

he is the first person to have these charges filed against him. it is only because his last name is biden.

mickeyrat

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  A who’s who — and who says what — of the IRS-Hunter Biden dispute
By Aaron Blake
September 15, 2023 at 17:29 ET
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced an impeachment inquiry into President Biden on Tuesday under pressure from his right flank, but McCarthy has also expressed interest recently in an inquiry into Attorney General Merrick Garland.
During Tuesday’s announcement, McCarthy alluded to his beef with Garland: the unproven theory that “the president’s family has been offered special treatment by Biden’s own administration.”
The crux of that theory is that Garland played a role in shielding Hunter Biden from prosecution and lied about having given U.S. Attorney David Weiss total authority to bring any charges. Biden reached a plea deal on a gun issue and tax charges, but the deal fell apart, and on Thursday he was indicted on a charge of allegedly making false statements and illegally possessing a gun.

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