Prosecutors could have charged Hunter Biden in 2019, a police source reveals

Politicians and former prosecutors have criticized Hunter Biden’s ‘blow on the wrist’ after it was revealed that the First Son pleaded guilty to not paying income taxes and breaking a deal on a gun charge in court documents filed today

Labeled a “sham” and an “absolute laughable joke,” the charges mark the end of a four-year investigation by Delaware federal prosecutor David Weiss.

But a law enforcement source close to the investigation told DailyMail.com prosecutors had “all the information” they needed to charge Hunter with tax and gun violations in 2019.

“They looked at the tax case, they looked at the gun case, they had all that information in 2019. They could have sued it in 2019, before President Biden announced it,” the source said.

The source also told DailyMail.com that Weiss has been investigating possible money laundering offenses by the First Son for just as long, but has been unsuccessful in charging them.

James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, which is investigating allegedly corrupt transactions of the Biden family businesses at home and abroad, told DailyMail.com he had seen evidence of “influence peddling and possibly bribery.”

“Hunter Biden gets away with a slap on the wrist when mounting evidence uncovered by the House Oversight Committee reveals the Bidens engaged in a pattern of corruption, influence and possibly bribery,” the senior Republican said.

These charges against Hunter Biden and a plea deal will not affect the Oversight Committee’s investigation. We will not rest until the full extent of President Biden’s involvement in the family’s plans is revealed.”

Republican Senator Ron Johnson, who has been involved in a four-year congressional investigation into the Biden family’s business dealings, said the charges fell far short of what he said Hunter should be tried for.

“A sham investigation within our layered justice system yields the predictable result: Hunter gets off with a light blow and the public doesn’t get to know the truth,” the Wisconsin senator told DailyMail.com.

Former Utah federal prosecutor Brett Tolman, who leads a Texas criminal justice advocacy group, said: “This prosecution is an absolute laughable joke,” claiming that the Justice Department is “violating its own internal policy in this case” by declaring the ” highly provable violation’.

If DOJ Hunter treated Biden like the thousands of unnamed people being prosecuted, he could face decades in federal prison. Yes, I said decades,” Tolman said.

Criminal defense attorney Kevin Evans, who is currently suing the State Department over its refusal to release records of Hunter’s suspicious overseas business deals, said he “expected nothing more” than a “sylphic slap on the wrist” from the DoJ.

“I’d be pretty shocked if they added really significant charges like failing to register for the Foreign Agents Registration Act, accepting bribes, things like that,” Evans told DailyMail.com.

“If there’s going to be an outing of that kind of activity, it’s going to have to be through congressional investigations.

“Now there will be a probation officer reporting a preliminary conviction to the judge. The parole officer will issue their report with a recommended range, and then it’s up to the judge to convict.

“I don’t know if the prosecutor and Biden’s lawyers have agreed on that in advance, but that doesn’t mean the court is bound by it.

The case against Hunter is riddled with claims of a cover-up and suppression by whistleblowers within the government investigation.

The DoJ last month removed the entire team investigating Hunter Biden’s tax returns after an IRS whistleblower claimed his colleagues “covered up the financial crimes of the president’s son.”

14-year IRS veteran Gary Shapley said the agency was taking Hunter’s case “slowly.”

“There were multiple steps that were walked slowly — just weren’t done at all — at the direction of the Justice Department,” he said in a CBS interview last month.

‘When I was put in charge of this specific study, I immediately saw deviations from the normal process. It was way beyond the norm of what I’ve experienced in the past.”

Insiders from the congressional investigation into the Bidens say their fight to shed light on the family’s business dealings — which they say are corrupt — will continue despite his plea deal.

James Comer, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, will take testimony from Hunter’s longtime close friend and business partner Devon Archer, who served with the First Son on the board of directors of the allegedly corrupt Ukrainian gas company Burisma.

Archer, as well as Hunter’s business partner Eric Schwerin, who handled Joe Biden’s taxes when he was vice president, are cooperating with the commission’s investigation, Comer’s aides say.

Hunter’s attorney Chris Clark issued a statement saying the allegations “resolved” the investigation.

“With the announcement of two agreements between my client, Hunter Biden, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Delaware, I understand that the five-year investigation into Hunter has been resolved,” he said.

Hunter will take responsibility for two counts of misconduct and failure to file tax payments under a plea deal. The government will also file a firearms charge, which will be subject to a preliminary diversion agreement and will not be the subject of the plea deal.

“I know it’s important to Hunter to take responsibility for the mistakes he made during a period of turmoil and addiction in his life. He looks forward to continuing his recovery and moving forward.”

A White House spokesman said: “The President and the First Lady love and support their son as he continues to build his life. We will not comment further.’