(RightIsRight.co) – A former Department of Justice (DOJ) official under former President George W. Bush revealed that Hunter Biden might face at least a year in prison for failing to pay about $1 million in taxes.
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John Yoo stated he would be surprised if Hunter avoided prison time with his proposed plea deal, which he attempted to change in his federal tax case.
Yoo, appearing on “Outnumbered,” mentioned that Hunter’s alleged failure to pay about $1 million in taxes makes it unlikely that he will avoid serving prison time.
“I think you could see one to three years. I would be very surprised if the Justice Department let him get away with no time served at all,” Yoo said. He added:
“You’re talking about someone who didn’t pay a million dollars in taxes … So, remember, there’s another $20 million that whistle-blowers from the IRS say came in from foreign sources into Hunter. He still could be investigated for being a foreign agent. There’s lots of things he could still be investigated for.”
Hunter is facing up to 17 years in prison on nine charges, including three felonies, related to his alleged failure to pay over $1.4 million in taxes from 2016 to 2019.
Moreover, prosecutors alleged that instead of paying his taxes, he spent his substantial income on an “extravagant lifestyle,” which included “drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing, and other items of a personal nature.”
Special counsel David Weiss’ team indicated in court filings that they plan to have one of Hunter’s business associates testify about money he received from a Romanian businessman who was trying to “influence U.S. policy and public opinion.”
“Usually the Justice Department will offer you a pretty sweet deal if you plead, but if you go to trial, they’ll throw the book at you and go for maximum sentences. But this is a political context now where lawfare has become one of the important issues,” Yoo said earlier in the segment.
“This is a case where at the same time, on this very day, the special counsel is going after Trump, all guns blazing despite being smacked back as hard as you could be by the Supreme Court,” he continued.
Yoo underscored that it is likely that people would see Hunter Biden getting a very sweet plea deal from the very same DOJ.
“And so I think this is all an effort to remove lawfare as a political issue by the Biden-Harris Administration,” Yoo concluded.
Former DOJ Official Says He'd 'Be Very Surprised' If Hunter Biden Gets 'Away With No Time Served' pic.twitter.com/3Lp5JEhzvZ
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