OA783: Hunter Biden Plea Goes Sideways, Fox News Goes Nuts
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🗓️ 27 July 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Liz and Andrew break down the latest developments in Hunter Biden's plea deal and help inoculate you against the coming right-wing storm of misinformation suggesting something nefarious.
In the Patreon bonus, Andrew and Liz take a deep look at the Trump SDFL docket and discover something very interesting about Special Counsel Jack Smith.
Notes
Liz’s ATL on Giuliani
https://t.co/CN4aal5bx9
DOJ Press release
https://www.justice.gov/usao-de/pr/tax-and-firearm-charges-filed-against-robert-hunter-biden
DOJ Information 2 - tax
https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-06/rhb_information_2.pdf
DOJ Information 1 - firearm
https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-06/rhb_information1.pdf
DOJ Agreement to produce Weiss
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23886334/doj-letter-weiss-testify.pdf
Fed R. Crim. Pro. 11
https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/rule_11
Jason Smith amicus brief
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.82801/gov.uscourts.ded.82801.7.3.pdf
Email correspondence between Kittila and Biden's counsel
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.82801/gov.uscourts.ded.82801.8.1_1.pdf
Ted Kittila's (Jason Smith's counsel) letter to the Court
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.82801/gov.uscourts.ded.82801.8.0_1.pdf
Clerk's office email to Ted Kittila (Jason Smith's counsel)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.82801/gov.uscourts.ded.82801.13.0_1.pdf
Salerno letter in response to show cause order https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.82801/gov.uscourts.ded.82801.14.0_3.pdf
Affidavit of Jessica Bengels, the litigation specialist:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.82801/gov.uscourts.ded.82801.14.1_4.pdf
Unsealed Search Warrant Order
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.617854/gov.uscourts.flsd.617854.146.0_2.pdf
26 U.S.C. § 6531
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/6531
NY Times on Hunter Biden Plea Deal Hearing
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/26/us/politics/hunter-biden-plea-deal-charges.html?smid=url-share
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| 0:00.0 | I'll have you know the contents of that dumpster are private. |
| 0:07.6 | You stick your nose in, you'll be violating attorney dumpster confidentiality. |
| 0:11.6 | I just want to say hello. |
| 0:13.8 | Oh, hello. |
| 0:16.8 | All right, we're done. |
| 0:20.9 | You think the language in the Second Amendment is clear enough? |
| 0:23.3 | You know about the right to bear arms? |
| 0:24.8 | Of course it's clear. |
| 0:25.8 | Every American has the right to hang a pair of bear arms on their wall. |
| 0:29.0 | How could that possibly be misconstrued? |
| 0:30.8 | All right, fantastic then. |
| 0:32.6 | Wait, you know what? |
| 0:33.6 | Before we send this to the printer, let's take that abortion thing out. |
| 0:39.5 | Oh, come on, I move for a hearing on the matter. |
| 0:41.5 | What? |
| 0:42.5 | You want me to have a special motion on the admissibility of the word asshole? |
| 0:45.6 | Well, let me have asked them. |
| 0:47.4 | That's close enough. |
| 0:48.5 | What law school did you go to? |
| 0:49.8 | I'll agree to it, Your Honor. |
| 0:50.6 | You will, why? |
| 0:51.6 | I don't want any interlocutorial appeals. |
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