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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Dope1   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Hunter pleas
Date: 09/06/24 1:52 PM
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Hunter pled guilty to every single tax charge, and what he did had zip to do with his drug habit. He was clocking bucks and getting paid and avoiding reams of taxes.

It's worth noting that Weiss tried to deal away all of his crimes but fortunately a judge tossed his ridiculous plea deal earlier.

If Hunter's last name was "Trump" he'd already be in jail on a felony firearms conviction and would have been charged with being an unregistered foreign agent, among other things.

Further recall IRS Whistleblower Gary Shapley:

redstate.com - Vindication IRS whistleblower gary shapleys legal team statement on hunter biden guilty plea

Shapley's disclosures, of course, were not welcomed by the Biden administration and received some heavy pushback, including from Attorney General Merrick Garland, as well as Hunter Biden's legal team and congressional Democrats, who virtually did everything but spit pea soup at Shapley and Special Agent Joseph Ziegler when they testified before the House Oversight Committee in July of 2023. All of that came after Shapley and his entire team were removed from the investigation in retaliation for his protected whistleblower disclosures.

And let's not forget, Hunter Biden turned around and sued the IRS in September of 2023, attacking Shapley and Ziegler and accusing them of engaging in a campaign to "publicly smear him." That suit remains pending, by the way.


Shapley now gets the last laugh.
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