Reader’s Links for July 26th, 2023

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  4. Brave Witness Leaves the Entire Congress SPEECHLESS with EPIC Speech, Gets a Standing Ovation

  6. NO DEAL! HUNTER PLEA DEAL FALLS APART! – ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS THE AGREEMENT IS “NULL AND VOID” – NEW DEAL LIMITED IN SCOPE
    By Jim Hoft Jul. 26, 2023 10:42 am570 Comments
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    NO DEAL!

    NO DEAL! Hunter Biden deal was called off following disclosure of many crimes.

    According to CNN reporter Kara Scannell: “Hunter’s attorneys said the plea agreement as they understand it is now null and void.”

    “The deal appears to be dead and off the table…one thing we’ve learned is that this investigation very much is still ongoing.”

    CNN reported:

    JUST IN: Hunter Biden plea deal has fallen apart
    From CNN’s Tierney Sneed, Marshall Cohen, Kara Scannell, Holmes Lybrand

    President Joe Biden’s son had been expected to plead guilty to two tax misdemeanors.

    More from MSNBC:

    More from CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins.

    Here is the live stream from outside the court:

    This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

    UPDATE: The new deal is limited in scope — DOES NOT SHIELD HIM FROM FUTURE CHARGES.

    The Hunter Biden plea proceedings have restarted and the president’s son has agreed to a limited agreement that covers 2014 to 2019 and only includes conduct related to tax offenses, drug use and gun possession.

    President Joe Biden’s son will still plead guilty to the tax misdemeanors for 2017 and 2018, but the agreement will also cover his tax-related conduct for the three years prior.

    The two sides have agreed that this deal does not shield him from potential future charges.

    The proceedings are ongoing.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/hunter-plea-deal-falls-apart-no-deal-according/

  7. LAWLESS BEHAVIOR: Hunter Biden Legal Team Responds to Allegations of Impersonating Republican Attorney to Court Clerk, Claims It was ‘Misunderstanding’- “There Was No Misrepresentation”
    By Jim H?ft Jul. 25, 2023 9:25 pm713 Comments

    Jessica Bengals, Hunter Biden’s Attorney accused of lying to court and impersonating an opposing GOP lawyer.
    Attorneys for Hunter Biden have responded to allegations of deceiving a court clerk to remove certain documents from a court docket, claiming it was a simple “misunderstanding.”

    The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Hunter Biden’s legal team is facing possible sanctions after they lied about their identity to have the testimony of IRS whistleblowers removed from the docket in Hunter’s tax fraud case.

    Hunter’s lawyer called the courthouse clerk PRETENDING to work for GOP lawyer Ted Kittila and told the clerk they didn’t really mean to file all the whistleblower stuff.

    Judge Maryellen Noreika had demanded an explanation from Biden’s lawyers by 9 pm ET Tuesday night. This controversy arises on the eve of Hunter Biden’s plea of guilty to misdemeanor tax charges on Wednesday, while he is expected to avoid jail time on a separate gun charge.

    A member of Biden’s legal team misrepresented herself when asking for amicus materials to be removed. According to reports, she called the clerk and requested that the information be sealed due to its sensitive nature, including grand jury, taxpayer, and social security details.

    Jesse Watters covered the development on Tuesday night.

    An order from Judge Noreika read, “The Court has discussed the matter with the relevant individuals in the Clerk’s Office and has been informed that the caller, Ms. Jessica Bengels, represented that she worked with Mr. Kittila and requested the amicus materials be taken down.”

    The order continued to express concern that the caller might have “misrepresented her identity and who she worked for in an attempt to improperly convince the clerk’s office to remove the amicus materials from the docket.”

    However, the attorneys for Biden issued a statement on Tuesday night to respond to the allegations, stating, “The matter under consideration appears to stem from an unfortunate and unintentional miscommunication between a staff member at our firm and employees of the Court.”

    Further, they stated, “We have no idea how the misunderstanding occurred, but our understanding is there was no misrepresentation.”

    The lawyers also stated that their Director of Litigation Services, the person who made the call, had properly identified her affiliation with Latham & Watkins LLP to the ECF Clerk.

    “We hope this letter and the attached declaration dispels any suggestion that undersigned counsel or our staff would ever intentionally misrepresent or mislead the Court with respect to any matter.”

    READ:

    Here’s more information…

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/hunter-bidens-attorneys-respond-allegations-impersonating-republican-attorney/

  8. Germantown, TN Suffers Severe Water Crisis Amid Diesel Contamination
    By Jim H?ft Jul. 26, 2023 10:15 am82 Comments

    A major crisis has hit the city of Germantown as residents have been left without clean drinking water for over five days. The water reservoir that supplies the city was contaminated with diesel fuel, rendering it unfit for consumption, personal hygiene, and even cooking.

    On Thursday, July 20, 2023, city officials discovered a generator leaking diesel fuel into Germantown’s main underground water reservoir, according to ABC24.

    Another report suggests an underground pipe carrying water was cracked, exposing the water supply to diesel fuel-tainted soil.

    This leak resulted in a complete shutdown of the city’s water supply, as boiling the water would not suffice to eliminate the oil-based contaminant. As a result, residents have been left unable to drink, cook, shower, or perform other essential activities that require water.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/germantown-tn-suffers-severe-water-crisis-amid-diesel/

  9. Project Veritas Dumps 8gigs of Documents Showing Chinese Plans to Crush U.S.
    By Ben Wetmore Jul. 26, 2023 2:40 pm77 Comments

    Today, Project Veritas released 8 gigabytes of data showing the current plans of the Chinese government in their latest ‘five year plan.’ These plans include expanding efforts in business, agriculture, weapons, military, high-end technology.

    The stated Chinese goal is to become the sole global superpower.

    Project Veritas CEO Hannah Giles told the Gateway Pundit:

    “These are the business plans the Chinese government is utilizing to grow their technological and military infrastructure. Project Veritas released these internal Chinese Communist Party plans to the public because transparency is the greatest weapon in pursuit of the truth.”

    The Chinese government has recently been caught:

    Bribing the Biden Crime Family

    Setting up dirty battery plants on top of major US aquifers such as the Gotion plant in Michigan, using hundreds of millions in subsidies and tax breaks from Democrats

    Developing the COVID virus at the Wuhan Lab while receiving some funding from Anthony Fauci, where Fauci funded ‘gain of function’ research to make the virus much more transmissible

    Acquiring food plants. The Chinese own 25% of major pork plants in America

    Engaging in “balloon espionage” earlier this year over sensitive US military sites

    Setting up secret ‘police stations’ around America

    Using purchases of real estate to advance its intelligence interests – causing some GOP lawmakers to try and prevent the sale of land to the Chinese government or its proxies

    Announcing it would interfere in American elections, and then, apparently, interfering in American elections in at least the Konnech Data controversy where information on election workers was shared with Beijing.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/project-veritas-dumps-8gigs-documents-showing-chinese-plans/

  12. Judge Sets ‘Conditions of Release’ For Hunter Biden – Orders Him to Get a Job, Submit to Drug Testing – READ THE FULL LIST HERE
    By Cristina Laila Jul. 26, 2023 3:20 pm905 Comments

    Hunter Biden arrived at court today in Delaware to agree to a sweetheart deal by the Biden Department of Justice on his years of criminal drug use, trafficking prostitutes, and multi-million dollar pay-for-play and bribery schemes with foreign officials from China, Ukraine, Romania, etc.

    Hunter was only charged with two misdemeanors related to tax fraud and he will avoid prison time on the gun charge.

    According to the DOJ’s sweetheart deal, Hunter Biden would receive immunity from future charges.

    This is unprecedented.

    The judge was not having it!

    Prosecutors tried to quietly slip immunity into Hunter’s plea deal so the deal blew up on Wednesday.

    Hunter pleaded not guilty to the charges so the case is ongoing.

    Delaware judge Maryellen Noreika, a Trump appointee, set new ‘conditions of release’ for Hunter Biden.

    If Hunter does not comply with any part of the judge’s order, he can be arrested.

    HUNTER IS REQUIRED TO:

    1) NOT possess a firearm
    2) NOT use or possess any controlled substances (including marijuana) unless prescribed
    3) Submit to full federal supervision
    4) NO use of alcohol AT ALL
    5) Seek active employment
    6) Submit to testing for prohibited substances
    7) Participate in substance abuse therapy

    PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING COULD INCLUDE:

    1) Immediate issuance of an arrest warrant
    2) Revocation of release
    3) Forfeiture of bond
    4) Prosecution for contempt of court

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/judge-sets-conditions-release-hunter-biden-orders-him/

  13. Lawfare: The Legal Precedent Behind the “Alternate Electors” in Several Swing States, as Indictments Linger
    By Brian Lupo Jul. 26, 2023 4:45 pm60 Comments

    The Collins English Dictionary defines lawfare as “the strategic use of legal proceedings to intimidate or hinder an opponent.”

    In the United States, we have seen glaring examples of such a practice in the last several years. For example, President Donald Trump was found “liable” for sexual abuse from a decades-old accusation in which no specific date was provided of the alleged “abuse”. How does one defend himself of such an accusation when they cannot potentially provide an alibi as to their whereabouts on that particular day, especially someone who’s schedule is as detailed and documented, both internally and via the Press, as Donald Trump’s? Lawfare.

    (It’s worth noting in the above case that under New York State law, the claims against President Trump would have been well beyond the statute of limitations, however, the New York State legislature passed a one-year “lookback” window to bring legal claims with the Adult Survivors Act. Lawfare.)

    There’s also a Southern District of New York criminal case brought against President Trump in which “a novel legal theory untested anywhere in the country and one that federal authorities declined to pursue” is being used to prosecute the President over alleged “hush” payments made to former porn-star Stormy Daniels. As stated by Jonathan Turley, the Manhattan DA, Alvin Bragg, isn’t just “outside his lane, but in this case, he’s on a completely different highway.” Bragg charged President Trump with falsifying business records, which is a misdemeanor and therefore beyond the statute of limitations in NY. However, Bragg has claimed they were in the commission of an (undisclosed) felony, thus nullifying the statute of limitations and escalating the charges themselves to felonies. Lawfare.

    On July 18th, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel charged 16 Republican electors with forgery, election fraud, and conspiracy charges regarding their submission of alternate elector certificates in the 2020 Election. The Gateway Pundit covered the indictments, as well as the pushback from the Michigan State House Elections Vice Chair, who called the charges “political prosecution” and called Nessel a “threat to the rule of law.”

    The Impending Case in Georgia (and other States)
    It is anticipated that the 16 Republican Electors in Georgia, and President Trump, will also face indictments for submitting an alternate slate of electors, despite, at the time, existing contestation and litigation. The Fulton County District Attorney, Fani Willis, has previously used the lingering indictment of President Trump to fundraise and garner Twitter followers.

    But legal precedent shows not only did the alternate electors not violate law, they actually took proper Constitutional action in submitting their certificates amidst a contested election, according to the Judge’s ruling in the 1960 Hawaii election dispute between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.

    Politico:
    In an article published in February 2022 by Politico titled “See the 1960 Electoral College Certificates That the False Trump Electors Say Justify Their Gambit”, author Kyle Cheney, under the misleading sub-heading “Why Hawaii 1960 isn’t the same as Trump 2020“, he admits:

    “Although the three Democratic electors in Hawaii took the same action — signing false certificates — it does not appear they ever faced similar scrutiny, in part because of what happened next. Namely, that Hawaii’s recount ultimately did reverse the state’s election outcome.“

    According to Cheney, the only distinction between Hawaii 1960 and Trump 2020 is that Hawaii ended up reversing the outcome and honoring the alternate electors. It is beyond baffling how that is a meaningful procedural distinction since that decision wasn’t made until well after the Electoral Count Act required the certificates to be submitted. I guess the precedent for that logic in the United States is the American Revolution, where Washington et al. would have been deemed “traitors” if they hadn’t, fortunately, won. Perhaps the foundation of whether something is permissible or not is outcome determinative now.

    Cheney also writes, ironically:

    One crucial feature of the 1960 episode is that a state court weighed in on Jan. 4, 1961, two days before Nixon (then vice-president) oversaw the electoral vote count.

    In that case, Judge Ronald Jamieson agreed that the certified Kennedy electors were legitimate. But, more significantly, Jamieson said it was important that those electors met and gathered on Dec. 19, 1960, as prescribed by the Electoral Count Act.

    Rather than suggest the Democratic electors committed fraud, the judge pointed to their meeting as a key step that preserved their ability to be counted after the recount showed Kennedy had actually won the state.

    CNN:
    Much like Democrats who were avidly against voting machines prior to 2020 before flipping in favor of them, on Nov. 4, 2020, Lawrence Lessig and Van Jones wrote for CNN:

    The key – and this is the critical fact for 2020 as well? – ?is that the Democratic slate had also met on December 19 [1960], and had also cast their ballots in the manner specified by the Constitution. When they voted, no one knew whether their votes would matter. But at least someone recognized that the only way their votes could matter was if they were cast on the day that Congress had set.

    But now, a rogue District Attorney in Fulton County is ready to put private citizens through legal hell that will cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars or more in legal fees and could potentially land them in jail under some mysterious precedent that even the admitted-Marxist Van Jones doesn’t know about.

    Perhaps Jones and Lessig should be charged with “conspiracy [for whatever crime DA Willis makes up]”? (sarcasm)

    Lawfare.

    Expert Witness Declaration:
    Todd Zywicki, the George Mason Foundation Professor of Law at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, submitted a declaration regarding the actions taken by the Georgia electors specifically, but applicable in many ways to all of the alternate electors. In his declaration, he states:

    Lawfare.

    Zywicki Declaration by CannCon on Scribd

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/lawfare-legal-precedent-behind-alternate-electors-several-swing/

  14. CORRECTING THE RECORD

    The Fake News says I admitted to lying in an overnight court filing. I didn’t.
    We are simply moving to a point in the case where we can file a motion to dismiss.
    If you see a headline claiming I made an admission, just know it is #FakeNews.
    Rudy Giuliani – July 26, 2023
    https://twitter.com/RudyGiuliani/status/1684307957419241474

    America’s Mayor Live (E198): Hunter Biden Pleads Not Guilty After Plea Deal Falls Apart
    Rudy Giuliani’s Common Sense – July 26, 2023
    https://rumble.com/v32kzzc-americas-mayor-live-e198-hunter-biden-pleads-not-guilty-after-plea-deal-fal.html