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Judge rebukes Hunter Biden’s lawyers for ‘false statements’ in their bid to toss tax indictment
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Judge rebukes Hunter Biden’s lawyers for ‘false statements’ in their bid to toss tax indictment
By Marshall Cohen, CNN
Published 5:58 AM EDT, Thu July 25, 2024
--- Quote --- A judge on Wednesday chided Hunter Biden’s lawyers and threatened to sanction them for “making false statements” in their recent motion to throw out his federal tax indictment.
District Judge Mark Scarsi issued the warning in a 3-page order where he called out Hunter Biden’s lawyers for “misrepresenting the history” of the case. He gave them one week to explain themselves, or potentially face sanctions, like professional disciplinary proceedings or monetary fines.
The dispute revolves around previous assertions from Hunter Biden’s team where they claimed special counsel David Weiss “brought no charges” in the probe when he was serving as US attorney, before he was elevated to special counsel last year.
“These statements, however, are not true, and Mr. Biden’s counsel knows they are not true,” Scarsi wrote. ...
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mountaineer:
Miranda Devine
@mirandadevine
Whoa: "The Court orders [Hunter] Biden's counsel to show cause why sanctions should not be imposed for making false statements in the motion...
"California Rules of Professional Conduct prohibits lawyers from 'knowingly mak[ing] a false statement of fact ... to a tribunal.'
"In support of his motion, Mr. Biden asserts, several times, that Special Counsel Weiss brought no charges until after he received the Special Counsel title...
"These statements, however, are not true, and Mr. Biden's counsel knows they are not true."
8:30 PM · Jul 24, 2024
The disgraced felon first son's attorneys—including Abbe Lowell & the other legal luminaries at Winston Law could face sanctions for ... lying.
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