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Hunter Becomes the Hunted? Biden Indictment May be Ruse to Prolong Cover-Up
Hunter Becomes the Hunted? Biden Indictment May be Ruse to Prolong Cover-Up
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Looming charges against Joe Biden's son Hunter may paradoxically be part of the long game of covering up his wrongdoing to save his father's career, pundits have suggested.US media reported this week that special counsel David Weiss was planning to indict Hunter on illegal firearms possession charges before the end of the month.Carter Clews told Sputnik the indictment was an elaborate deception, but that "the American people aren't that stupid."He pointed out that a New York Post editorial column had already exposed how Weiss had "run interference" for Hunter Biden for five years."If he wanted to indict Hunter Biden, he could have done it at any point during those five years," Clews said. "All of the transgressions were there, all of the lawbreaking."But by laying formal charges against the scion of the political family, the special counsel can declare all evidence sub judice and off-limits to journalists."This will enable Weiss to refuse to turn over any more documents, to refuse to answer any questions: 'well, you know, we have an indictment. There's a very thorough, ongoing investigation' — which will amount to nothing," Clews argued.He said the proceedings were a "three-part deception"Another aim may simply be to "dupe the American people once again... to deepen the cover-up, as I just said, to be able to say: 'oh, no, we can't comment. We can't give you any information over this'. They have blocked every request from [Congress representative James] Comer, the Oversight Committee chairman for documents. And this will enable them to continue doing it and they will do it even more so."Legal analyst Rory Riley-Topping told Sputnik that many US citizens had wanted a "more expeditious process" of indicting the president's son.But she argued the Biden administration had left a timebomb for itself by obstructing and delaying the investigation."But in a wonderful twist of irony, this is potentially going to trial during the campaign season. I think that's something that the Biden administration certainly wanted to avoid" Riley -Topping said. "So in some sense, their strategy to drag this out and hope it went away ultimately backfired."Investigative journalist Dan Lazare told Sputnik the Hunter Biden case was "getting messier and messier, bigger and bigger."He warned that the ongoing cover-up of the evidence in Hunter Biden's abandoned Laptop from Hell had undermined public trust in legal authorities."The American people, or a substantial portion of the public, believe that the Department of Justice and the entire criminal justice system has been hopelessly politicized," Lazare said. "It's been weaponized, to use the Republican term.""This is extremely dangerous. But when you look back and see how those prosecutors behaved during Russiagate, that strange episode that dominated American politics between 2017 and 2020, then the deep state behavior was so extraordinary that you can understand why much of the public is so suspicious of what they come up with."For more in-depth commentary on the top news stories, check out our Sputnik Radio shows.
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Hunter Becomes the Hunted? Biden Indictment May be Ruse to Prolong Cover-Up
16:38 GMT 08.09.2023 (Updated: 19:49 GMT 18.09.2023) Carter Clews, the president of Constitutional Rights PAC, Rory Riley Topping, a legal analyst at SpectrumNews 1 and opinion contributor at The Hill discusses the possible indictment of Hunter Biden with investigative journalist Dan Lazare.
Looming charges against Joe Biden's son Hunter may paradoxically be part of the long game of covering up his wrongdoing to save his father's career, pundits have suggested.
US media reported this week that special counsel David Weiss was
planning to indict Hunter on illegal firearms possession charges before the end of the month.
Carter Clews told
Sputnik the indictment was an elaborate deception, but that "the American people aren't that stupid."
"It's all done for obfuscation," Clews said. "David Weiss is a factotum, he's a lickspittle. He does what he's told for the Biden family. Always has, always will."
He pointed out that a New York Post editorial column had already exposed how Weiss had "run interference" for Hunter Biden for five years.
"If he wanted to indict Hunter Biden, he could have done it at any point during those five years," Clews said. "All of the transgressions were there, all of the lawbreaking."
But by laying formal charges against the scion of the political family, the special counsel can declare all evidence sub judice and off-limits to journalists.
"This will enable Weiss to refuse to turn over any more documents, to refuse to answer any questions: 'well, you know, we have an indictment. There's a very thorough, ongoing investigation' — which will amount to nothing," Clews argued.
He said the proceedings were a "three-part deception"
"They may be doing it to go to Joe and say: 'we're going to stick your son behind bars for the rest of his life, if you don't declare that you've decided not to run for re-election'," Clews said. "'Toxic Joe' is very difficult to get along with. And I'm sure they've approached him nicely and say maybe, maybe you should step aside come January or February. And he said: 'no, I'm not doing that'."
Another aim may simply be to "dupe the American people once again... to deepen the cover-up, as I just said, to be able to say: 'oh, no, we can't comment. We can't give you any information over this'. They have blocked every request from [Congress representative James] Comer, the Oversight Committee chairman for documents. And this will enable them to continue doing it and they will do it even more so."
7 September 2023, 11:38 GMT
Legal analyst
Rory Riley-Topping told
Sputnik that many US citizens had wanted a "more expeditious process" of indicting the president's son.
"Had he been just a regular citizen, if you or I or anyone on the street was caught doing some of the things that Hunter Biden was doing, I think that we probably wouldn't have taken five years to be indicted for some of those charges," she pointed out. "That's one of the main sources of frustration."
But she argued the Biden administration had left a timebomb for itself by obstructing and delaying the investigation.
"But in a wonderful twist of irony, this is potentially going to trial during the campaign season. I think that's something that the Biden administration certainly wanted to avoid" Riley -Topping said. "So in some sense, their strategy to drag this out and hope it went away ultimately backfired."
Investigative journalist
Dan Lazare told
Sputnik the Hunter Biden case was "getting messier and messier, bigger and bigger."
"It's beginning to penetrate into the public consciousness, and that's not good for Joe Biden," Lazare said. "There's a CNN poll out yesterday, I believe, which shows him trailing a whole slew of Republican candidates. He just looks like he's in just growing trouble."
He warned that the ongoing cover-up of the evidence in Hunter Biden's abandoned Laptop from Hell had undermined public trust in legal authorities.
"The American people, or a substantial portion of the public, believe that the Department of Justice and the entire criminal justice system has been hopelessly politicized," Lazare said. "It's been weaponized, to use the Republican term."
"This is extremely dangerous. But when you look back and see how those prosecutors behaved during Russiagate, that strange episode that dominated American politics between 2017 and 2020, then the deep state behavior was so extraordinary that you can understand why much of the public is so suspicious of what they come up with."
For more in-depth commentary on the top news stories, check out our Sputnik Radio shows. 
