X-DOJ Official Says Hunter Face Jail Time

Former President George W. Bush Justice Department official John Yoo expressed surprise at the possibility of Hunter Biden avoiding prison time with his proposed plea deal.

Hunter Biden is seeking to change his plea in his federal tax case, which was set to begin jury selection Thursday in California, according to reports.

During an appearance on “Outnumbered,” Yoo remarked that, given Hunter Biden’s alleged failure to pay approximately $1 million in taxes, it seems improbable he will avoid serving time, predicting he may face at least one year in prison.

“I think you could see one to three years. I would be very surprised if the Justice Department let him get away with no time served at all,” Yoo said. “You’re talking about someone who didn’t pay a million dollars in taxes … So, remember, there’s another $20 million that whistle-blowers from the IRS say came in from foreign sources into Hunter. He still could be investigated for being a foreign agent. There’s lots of things he could still be investigated for.”

Hunter Biden is facing up to 17 years in prison for nine charges, including three felonies, related to his alleged failure to pay over $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019.

Prosecutors claim that instead of paying his taxes, he used his substantial income to fund an “extravagant lifestyle,” which allegedly included expenditures on “drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing, and other personal items.”

In court filings, special counsel David Weiss’ team indicated that they intend to call one of Hunter Biden’s business associates to testify about money he received from a Romanian businessman who was seeking to “influence U.S. policy and public opinion.”

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“Usually the Justice Department will offer you a pretty sweet deal if you plead, but if you go to trial, they’ll throw the book at you and go for maximum sentences. But this is a in political context now where lawfare has become one of the important issues,” Yoo said earlier in the segment. “This is a case where at the same time, on this very day, the special counsel is going after Trump, all guns blazing despite being smacked back as hard as you could be by the Supreme Court. And then on the other hand, you’re going to see Hunter Biden maybe get a very sweet plea deal from the very same Justice Department. And so I think this is all an effort to remove lawfare as a political issue by the Biden-Harris Administration.”