Biden convictions were not the fault of the Justice Dept. [View all]

[Pototan]

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Let me see if I can remember this correctly. The Justice Department had entered into an agreement with Hunter and his defense attorneys to plead guilty to some of the crimes alleged and Hunter would receive no jail time and the plea deal ended any other investigations against him.

The plea deal was within the boundaries of any other defendant in a similar situation. The crimes were non-violent, and Hunter paid restitution in full to the US Treasury for back taxes, including fines and penalties. He also took responsibility for the gun application mistake, but no jail time. The Republicans freaked out. They used this plea deal to claim the "fix" was in and the intimidation seemed to have forced the judge to reject the plea bargain.

That's not the justice Department's fault and here is where President Biden is correct. Had Hunter Biden been Hunter Smith the plea bargain, which was well within normal guidelines for the DOJ (IMO), would have stood and Hunter's case would have been just another day at the office.

That's where politics played a role, much like the Comey letter against Hillary in October 2016. Too many otherwise good men and women second guess themselves when their first instincts are correct. Our side suffers from this, their side doesn't. Buckle up, it's about to get much worse.