No. of Recommendations: 5
Be on the lookout if Garland seals off Hunter's connection to Joe and the MILLIONS Hunter made selling access to his father when he was VP.It's probably time to mention, yet again, that many things are bad - but not actually crimes.
Selling access to a public official is bad. It is corrosive to the integrity of public institutions, and ethically unsound. However, it's almost certainly not
criminal. Back in the *McDonnell* case in 2016, SCOTUS held (unanimously) that even when the person selling the access is
themselves an elected official, it's not a crime:
scotusblog.com - Symposium mcdonnell decision substantially weakens the governments bbility to prevent corruption and protect cThis isn't to comment on whether the plea agreement was good or bad - just that the tax and gun charges are easily provable crimes, while the "selling access" behavior probably doesn't fall within any federal criminal statute.
