The new twist in Hunter Biden’s case
is a huge political headache for his father
CNN News,
by
Stephen Collinson
Original Article
Posted By: Mercedes44,
8/11/2023 11:00:05 PM
A sudden new twist in the investigation into Hunter Biden means his legal tribulations will likely stretch on for months, creating an unwelcome new drag on his father’s White House and reelection bid.
Just weeks ago, the shadow of criminal suspicion over Hunter Biden seemed about to lift. But the elevation of David Weiss, the prosecutor investigating President Joe Biden’s son, to special counsel status on Friday was as important for symbolic and political reasons as it was for legal ones. The new status grants him extra powers to broaden his inquiries – potentially into other states beyond his current patch as US attorney in Delaware.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
stablemoney 8/11/2023 11:07:01 PM (No. 1532755)
CNN is feeding gruel for supper.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
thefield 8/12/2023 12:00:27 AM (No. 1532767)
The story is wrong. Joe and hunter are safe with the Dover lap dog in position.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
jalo1951 8/12/2023 12:21:58 AM (No. 1532773)
Weiss is a Biden CYA partner. I have no doubt they are toasting his "special prosecutor" status.
49 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
ironchefw 8/12/2023 12:33:10 AM (No. 1532780)
Great. Now Biden gets to say he can’t talk about it cause its “under investigation “ until after the election and the Mr Magoo special investigator says he didn’t find anything.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
kono 8/12/2023 12:58:59 AM (No. 1532788)
Already spinning it. This is just a major headache for Quid Pro Joe, when it should be seen as damning evidence of criminal activity.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
justjana 8/12/2023 1:09:00 AM (No. 1532791)
The sudden new twist is CNN gloating that the democrats just gave the ever so courageous republicans a huge body blow.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
smokincol 8/12/2023 1:54:15 AM (No. 1532802)
has anyone forgotten that this is a "huge political headache" that is self inflicted and besides being the dumbest of the whole body politic, diapers is the most dishonest and disloyal occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania we have ever had besides bill clinton and comrade obama
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Ruthless 8/12/2023 2:58:37 AM (No. 1532806)
The Biden crime syndicate will be just fine. Congressional Republicans will see to that.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
mifla 8/12/2023 4:36:07 AM (No. 1532815)
My first reaction was that Garland has tasked Weiss with keeping Hunter out of jail and from testifying against his father. A second thought that occurred to me is that the powers that be have decided to throw Hunter under the bus to protect dad, and then let dad pardon him. We shall see.
21 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
avital2 8/12/2023 6:09:01 AM (No. 1532844)
Weiss will slow walk past all statute of limitations now - and stonewall.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Strike3 8/12/2023 7:12:47 AM (No. 1532861)
Stuff it, CNN, Weiss was selected to try to put the brakes on a Congress that has successfully nailed Hunter and Biden as treasonous, not very intelligent pigs.
37 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Mcscow sailor 8/12/2023 8:11:52 AM (No. 1532892)
Kinda a biased article. Ol Joe is patently guilty of bribery, based on factual and corroborated testimonies and 18 U.S. Code § 201 - Bribery of public officials and witnesses…DJT’s cases are built quite a bit more on quicksand
18 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
NessunDorma 8/12/2023 8:51:18 AM (No. 1532911)
Horse puckey. Congressional investigations are stymied and now the DOJ can drag its heels for the next year. They can delay dealing with Hunter's defunct plea bargain and Joe can go one saying "not true, never happened." A blind man could have seen this coming.
16 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
Venturer 8/12/2023 9:00:07 AM (No. 1532914)
CNN is trying to put paint on a rotten board.
Weiss is a cover-up.
CNN believe all Americans are damned fools and if we keep allowing the Democrats to run our country we are.
19 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Califedup 8/12/2023 9:01:36 AM (No. 1532919)
Started to click on article, saw the letters CNN. Hard stop.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
chillijilli 8/12/2023 9:06:08 AM (No. 1532923)
How can Joe have a headache. He doesn't have a brain.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
NamVet70 8/12/2023 9:10:53 AM (No. 1532925)
The special counserl appointment is meant to take Hunter out of the news cycle real soon. Any new evidence cannot be reported on because Hunter is under investigation. This gives the DOJ an excuse not to answer questions from Congressional committees.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
JimBob 8/12/2023 9:15:40 AM (No. 1532926)
I'm with 'TheField' (#2).
Crooked Joe, the Huncher, Joe's brother, and all the rest of the Biden Crime Family can let out a collective Sigh of Relief.
Crooked Garland has just thrown an impenetrable shield around his employer and family.
Any further Congressional hearing will be met with "I cannot comment on an ongoing investigation."
... and we're going to hear that phrase a LOT over the next year or two.
The Crooked Media can also sigh in relief,,,, they no longer have to worry about one day writing a story about the Biden Crime Family.
They can continue the Crooked Attorney's Persecution of Donald Trump.
Eventually the statute of limitations will run out, and the whole Biden Crime Family will walk free, burdened only by carrying the Million$ in foreign cash that is overflowing their pockets.
Meanwhile, our beloved America culturally, financially, and militarily Circles the Drain.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 8/12/2023 9:36:23 AM (No. 1532934)
Slo Joe is learning a new line. "We don't talk about Hunter Biden". All his acolytes in the media nod their heads in unison.
11 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
MickTurn 8/12/2023 9:39:58 AM (No. 1532936)
The twist is the "Special Council" will "Investigate", then find Hunter committed crimes etc. etc. bla bla bla.
Then they will have a big Show Trial where Hunter is convicted, then daddy Joey steps in and...you guessed it, PARDONS his Criminal SON! Case Closed!
6 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
Zigrid 8/12/2023 9:50:09 AM (No. 1532948)
I'm sure the Friday night DC cocktail parties were having a laugh how they pulled this off...a special counsel in their pockets...oh well...like WE didn't know there would be dirty tricks played...they are so desperate that they must cheat...just as they did in 2020...but they made have painted themselves into a corner now...should be interesting to watch....
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 8/12/2023 9:58:28 AM (No. 1532959)
No worries. The Garlic Man has just appointed Weiss as a special counsel in order to slow walk and conceal the investigation and protect the biden crime family.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 8/12/2023 10:03:09 AM (No. 1532967)
How many brain surgeries has Papa Joe gone through. Good thing he didn't have to pay for any of them. None of them helped, except to boost his sense of smell.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
PrayerWarrior 8/12/2023 10:48:23 AM (No. 1532989)
Where does this leave the 2 whistleblowers who came out and said Weiss told them every step of the way they couldn't investigate Hunter's crimes?
It leaves them, my friend, Blowing in the wind.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
lennon47 8/12/2023 10:58:04 AM (No. 1532990)
Deal with it...the entire democrat party (including dem voters), the governmental agencies, the news media and all the creeps under that rock will stick together so nothing happens. the biden crime family and democrats in the Senate and House are safe...never punished for their evil
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
snowoutlaw 8/12/2023 11:38:16 AM (No. 1533012)
I know its just part of the cover up and not a set back for Biden because there wasn't a Trump indictment the next day.
4 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
earlybird 8/12/2023 12:05:33 PM (No. 1533030)
Awwww. “A distraction for his father’s campaign”. Sarah Palin would say “you betcha”...
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Luandir 8/12/2023 12:21:26 PM (No. 1533041)
If Speaker McCarthy cares about his country, he will launch an impeachment inquiry immediately. There is no further excuse not to.
6 people like this.
Reply 29 - Posted by:
NotaBene 8/12/2023 12:41:45 PM (No. 1533053)
The Bidens are crooks who sold US to Ukraine, Rumania, Kazakhstan and China without even paying taxes.
4 people like this.
Reply 30 - Posted by:
Aklon70 8/12/2023 1:15:52 PM (No. 1533071)
And with that, Weiss will no longer have to testify in front of Congress. There's an "ongoing investigation" donchaknow ... Team Obama is clever when it comes to using lawfare.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
sherlock1 8/12/2023 2:20:22 PM (No. 1533096)
But maybe this will tell the House Republicans to quit wasting their time on Hunter and go for the Big Guy!
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Strike3 8/12/2023 2:53:19 PM (No. 1533109)
In more honorable times, if America ever enjoyed such a period in our history, the question about Joe's reelection would be moot as he is an old, smelly dead fish, proven incapable of finding his way across the lawn without help. Nobody supports him except the fanatical, radical leftists that he so willfully joined. Now, who knows, the democrats have had sufficient time to put a whole new cheating system into place that could elect Kermit the Frog to the Oval Office and Miss Piggy to the VP position. (Although that might be an improvement)
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Rama41 8/12/2023 4:02:26 PM (No. 1533126)
CNN's wrong. Sadly, for many here, should Donald be the nominee as it seems now, the election will be about J6 and Trump's trials. The election will have nothing to do with Biden.
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