Internal Revenue Service whistleblower Gary Shapley said Tuesday that prosecutors in the Hunter Biden case had sought a prison sentence for much smaller tax liabilities in previous cases involving the Baltimore Police Commissioner. rice field.
Shapley and fellow whistleblowers Joseph Seigler At a rally on July 19, he testified about obstructing an investigation against Biden. hearing House Oversight Committee held. The plea deal, announced on June 20, fell apart after U.S. District Judge Mariellen Noreika rejected both the original plea deal and a more limited amendment on Wednesday, and Mr. Biden has pleaded guilty to all charges. claimed innocence. (Related: ‘Two Standards of Justice’: DeSantis says Hunter Biden ‘would be in jail by now’ if he was a Republican)
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“That’s all I came up with. There are 300 million taxpayers who want to be treated fairly, and this is a perfect example of that not being delivered,” Shapley said. Newsroom co-hosts Dana Perino and Bill Hemmer. “Let’s take a quick case. In 2018 and 2019, Baltimore Police Commissioner Daryl de Souza pleaded guilty to the same tax misdemeanor charges against Hunter Biden. The tax loss was $67,000.Hunter Biden’s tax loss was between $1.2 million and $1.5 million, which was based on court documents, not our calculations.”
“Government lawyers in charge of the case recommended 12 months in prison, but in the end he was sentenced to 10 months,” Shapley continued. “Government attorneys in this case recommended zero months in prison. The prosecutors in these two cases are the same prosecutors, Leo Weiss and Derek Hines. .”
Republicans in Congress, Republican candidates for the 2024 presidential election, and legal experts have all criticized the plea deal announced on June 20, with some calling it a “soft deal.”
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