Hunter Biden’s sweetheart deal may be compromised, but the circumstances of its inception were arguably undeniable and begged the question, “where is Merrick Garland?”
(Video: Fox News)
Wednesday morning, the son of President Joe Biden arrived in federal court where he was expected to plead guilty on two misdemeanor counts for willfully failing to pay federal income tax as part of a deal to limit the consequences for a federal felony gun charge.
As reported earlier, like ordering from Wish, reality wasn’t quite meeting expectations as Delaware Judge Maryellen Noreika expressed her concerns about the terms of the agreement.
While the courtroom drama unfolded, Fox News legal analyst Andrew C. McCarthy spoke with anchor Bill Hemmer about the conditions of the deal amid the ongoing investigation of alleged criminal bribery by the Biden family, asking and answering his own question as to why Hunter would get “a discount plea at this point…”
“It can only be answered by the fact that it’s not an independent investigation. He’s getting — because of political reasons — he’s getting favorable treatment,” the former assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York said before roping in Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Framing his argument, McCarthy explained, “Devon Archer is supposed to testify, Devon Archer being Hunter’s partner in a lot of these business dealings, particularly the foreign business dealings. He’s going to testify behind closed doors before the House Oversight Committee on Monday. But what we’re told is that he’s probably already testified in front of a grand jury.”
“And the FBI keeps saying there’s information that they can’t share with the committee because there’s an ongoing investigation. The U.S. Attorney in Delaware, when he was pressed for information, said he couldn’t give up information because there’s still an ongoing investigation,” the legal analyst continued, fleshing out the position of the DOJ.
“We know that they’ve gotten this information from this informant that the IRS agents weren’t told about, that there was a $10 million bribe in connection with Burisma. So here’s my question,” McCarthy wondered. “If there’s a continuing investigation, and we’re talking about bribery of this nature, and we’re talking about millions and millions of dollars in foreign payments coming in to the Biden family coffers from people connected to regimes that are corrupt and anti-American, and all of this is still under investigation, why on earth would you give Hunter Biden a discount plea at this point in the investigation when the investigation’s ongoing and he looks like he’s one of the main culprits?”
When asked by Hemmer to indulge viewers with his perspective on the matter, the attorney tied it back to Garland and said, “One of the things I point out, he doesn’t have the luxury of sitting in the peanut gallery. He can’t sit back and say like he’s a spectator and these things are going on in the Justice Department beyond his control.”
“The central problem with the Hunter Biden investigation and the broader Biden family investigation is there’s a profound conflict of interest which prevents the Biden Justice Department, or should prevent them ethically, from investigating the president’s son in conduct that the president himself is implicated in,” contended McCarthy.
“So it’s a screaming, neon-blinking situation where you would have a special counsel,” he continued.”Under the Justice Department regulations, it’s the attorney general who has to appoint the special counsel.”
Tying a bow on his argument, the analyst concluded, “So again, where is Merrick Garland?”
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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