OA783: Hunter Biden Plea Goes Sideways, Fox News Goes Nuts
About this episode
Liz and Andrew break down the latest developments in Hunter Biden's plea deal and help inoculate you against the coming right-wing storm of misinformation suggesting something nefarious.
In the Patreon bonus, Andrew and Liz take a deep look at the Trump SDFL docket and discover something very interesting about Special Counsel Jack Smith.
Notes
Liz’s ATL on Giuliani
https://t.co/CN4aal5bx9
DOJ Press release
https://www.justice.gov/usao-de/pr/tax-and-firearm-charges-filed-against-robert-hunter-biden
DOJ Information 2 - tax
https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-06/rhb_information_2.pdf
DOJ Information 1 - firearm
https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-06/rhb_information1.pdf
DOJ Agreement to produce Weiss
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23886334/doj-letter-weiss-testify.pdf
Fed R. Crim. Pro. 11
https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/rule_11
Jason Smith amicus brief
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.82801/gov.uscourts.ded.82801.7.3.pdf
Email correspondence between Kittila and Biden's counsel
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.82801/gov.uscourts.ded.82801.8.1_1.pdf
Ted Kittila's (Jason Smith's counsel) letter to the Court
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.82801/gov.uscourts.ded.82801.8.0_1.pdf
Clerk's office email to Ted Kittila (Jason Smith's counsel)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.82801/gov.uscourts.ded.82801.13.0_1.pdf
Salerno letter in response to show cause order https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.82801/gov.uscourts.ded.82801.14.0_3.pdf
Affidavit of Jessica Bengels, the litigation specialist:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.82801/gov.uscourts.ded.82801.14.1_4.pdf
Unsealed Search Warrant Order
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.617854/gov.uscourts.flsd.617854.146.0_2.pdf
26 U.S.C. § 6531
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/6531
NY Times on Hunter Biden Plea Deal Hearing
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/26/us/politics/hunter-biden-plea-deal-charges.html?smid=url-share
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