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Rahimi and the Second Amendment: How The Supreme Court Intercepts Hunter Biden’s Hail Mary Pass

JonathanTurley

The hope for a final pass to the Court ended with an 8-1 decision against the challenge to the federal gun law. Hunter and his legal team were counting on the Court striking down the federal gun law at issue in the case of United States v. Below is my column on Fox.com on the ruling in United States v. for that period.

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Did the Defense Make Prison More Likely for Hunter Under the Sentencing Guidelines?

JonathanTurley

Given the calculation for the three felonies, the defense had to know that they were increasing the chances of prison time by pursuing a nullification defense. The hope was that Wilmington is Bidentown and no local jury would convict the son of the favorite son of Delaware. It didn’t work out that way.

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“Patently False”: Special Counsel Files Blistering Reply to Hunter Biden Motion to Dismiss

JonathanTurley

The filing begins by outright accusing Hunter Biden and his counsel of lying to the court about what occurred after the earlier plea agreement fell apart in court after the judge in Delaware asked about a sweeping immunity clause in paragraph 14. ” The rest of the filing is equally devastating. Special Counsel Opposition

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DOJ to Devon Archer: Go Ahead and Testify. and Then We Can Jail You

JonathanTurley

After the debacle in Delaware where the Justice Department seemed entirely confused on its own filings, the letters only reaffirmed the image of a department adrift in this expanding scandal. The optics could not be worse and many took the letter as an effort to intimate Archer.

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“Shoeless Joe” and the Fixing of the Biden Scandal

JonathanTurley

The appointment of Delaware U.S. It is the same Weiss who did not indict on major tax felonies and cut a plea deal that brushed aside a felony gun charge. He could also pursue felonies on the crimes detailed in the now-defunct plea bargain. This is not a case of history repeating itself.

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“Hunter is Resolved”: Washington Celebrates the End to the Biden Corruption Scandal

JonathanTurley

They even threw in a phantom felony allegation that will evaporate once Hunter completes a diversion program. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School. The diversion program is particularly insulting to the intelligence of the American people.

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Did the Biden Administration Just Give a Boost To the Hunter Biden Defense?

JonathanTurley

By bringing this action as a civil lawsuit, the Justice Department may have undercut the ongoing investigation by David Weiss, the US attorney for Delaware, into Hunter Biden’s foreign dealings. laws in the strictest sense across the board.” This work happened during the same period as the Wynn work.