• Telorand@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    Maybe I missed it, but to what end? To angle for a mistrial? I agree that Hunter has been treated very unfairly and used as a political distraction, but there has to be a purpose for the subpoenas relevant to the case.

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      1 year ago

      From the filing, should have been included in the article:

      Mr. Biden seeks specific information from three former DOJ officials and the former President that goes to the heart of his defense that this is, possibly, a vindictive or selective prosecution arising from an unrelenting pressure campaign beginning in the last administration, in violation of Mr. Biden’s Fifth Amendment rights under the Constitution.

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            1 year ago

            Watch his lawyers file literal photocopies of this motion in all of his current cases, crossing out Hunter Biden’s name and replacing it with his in Sharpie.

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              crossing out Hunter Biden’s name and replacing it with his in Sharpie.

              The “I know you are but what am I” maneuver, bold move…