THE SHOW NOTES: Hunter Biden Gets Off Easy, The Narcissism of the Would Be Elite, & Biden Played By China
BREAKING: Hunter Biden is pleading guilty to federal charges.
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Hunter’s Deal
Hunter Biden is pleading guilty to two misdemeanors for failing to pay $1 million in taxes while avoiding gun charges in exchange for two years of probation. The Biden attorney says the Justice Department’s five-year investigation into the President’s son is now considered over.
Explain the gun charge: A gun belonging to Hunter Biden was tossed in a garbage can across from a high school when his then-girlfriend found it in his car. When the gun was found, authorities investigated its origin and found that Hunter Biden had lied on a background check form claiming he was not addicted to drugs while he publically admitted otherwise. Here are the best takes:
Tom Cotton: Remarkable how DOJ suddenly rediscovered prosecutorial discretion when it benefits Joe Biden's preposterously corrupt son.
Ben Shapiro: Remember folks, you -- a law abiding citizen owning a gun -- are a danger to the republic. Hunter Biden, a crack addict who lied on gun forms, and whose then-girlfriend threw his gun in a dumpster across from a high school, barely did anything wrong.
Guy Benson: Democrats loudly proclaim their passionate commitment to “gun safety” & “tax fairness.” After an investigation that (inexplicably) dragged on for years, the Biden DOJ has handed a no-jail deal to a repeat tax cheat who also lied on a gun purchase form—whose last name is Biden.
Me: The Hunter Biden deal indeed reeks of favoritism and partiality by his father's DOJ. However, it is also true first-time offenders frequently get deals like this.
Trump on Fox
Donald Trump admitted to hiding boxes of classified documents from investigators to Brett Baier on Fox News last night. Trump claimed he told an aide to move the subpoenaed boxes to a different location so he could clean them out following the grand jury’s subpoena.
This is bad: As Ed Morrissey points out at Hot Air, Trump’s implied admission of obstructing justice matches the word-for-word language in counts 32 and 33 of the indictment.
You think Jack Smith and his attorneys are busy transcribing the whole interview at the moment? You’d better believe they are, and for good reason. Trump just made it almost impossible for a jury to believe any denial on these allegations, and his justification here would be damning in court. By talking publicly, Trump likely ruined a potential defense strategy for his attorneys, and now they will have to work around Trump’s public statement on national TV when this case comes to trial.
New: The judge presiding over Trump’s document case has set a tentative trial date for August 14th. While the date is likely to be pushed back due to pre-trial litigation, the date signals an aggressive stance from the Trump-appointed judge.
WATCH: Brett Bair presses Trump on hiring the best people. - Twitter
China Goes To Cuba
While Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Bejing attempting to mend US relations, The Wall Street Journal broke news this morning that China is in advanced talks with Cuba to build a military base less than 100 miles off the coast of Florida. This is a significant escalation from the four spy bases the Chinese currently operate on the island. While the deal is not final it is expected to be completed within the near future.
Robert Kennedy Jr.
Robert Kennedy Jr, the environmental lawyer turned anti-vaccine activist, has garnered a barrage of media interest in his attempt to oust President Biden in the Democratic Primary. A recent appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast and the ensuing discussion over vaccines and cell phone-induced cancer has garnered the fringe candidate more media attention than any other 2024 contender with the exception of Donald Trump.
The problem: The opening for Kennedy in the Democratic primary seems clear. A deeply unpopular incumbent that 73% of his own party doesn’t want to see run again has nearly 1 in 5 Democrats supporting Kennedy. The problem is that is likely his ceiling. 84% of hardcore Democrats support Biden’s agenda while at the same time hoping he does not run again.
Bottom line: Kennedy is a fringe candidate with a laundry list of conspiratorial beliefs that continue to alienate voters as he becomes more widely known.
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