The Dan Bongino Show - The Bongino Brief - A Presidential Pardon for Hunter

Episode Date: July 29, 2023

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Dan Bongino. Welcome to the Bongino Brief. I'm Dan Bongino. My biggest concern right now about what happened in the Hunter Biden court case. My biggest concern right now is Biden drops out of the race and pardons his son.

Now, part one would be a good thing because then we'd probably have Kamala Harris who, candidly, I think is an even worse candidate than Biden. I'm not kidding. There's like a sympathetic vote for Biden because he's a decaying, rotting corpse. And I think some people feel bad for him. You guys get this too. You have none of that with Kamala Harris. She's irritating. She's annoying. She's an elitist. She does the vocal fry. She gives the same dumb speech all the time. We love

the scuba. We love the scuba. We love the scuba. We love the scuba. We love the scuba. We don't want to be burdened by the fact she gives the same speech all the time. So that part that he would drop out is not necessarily a bad thing. The second part concerns me. I think he could go nuclear at this point and pardon Hunter.

Listen, you may think I'm nuts. Let me know in the chat. You know, yes, you think he's going to pardon him and you don't. You know, I'd love to get your take on it, but this is getting really ugly I'm nuts. Let me know in the chat. Yes, you think he's going to pardon them and you don't. I'd love to get your take on it, but this is getting really ugly and they're going to have a really, really hard time hiding this from the public from this point forward. It reminds me of that old line about bankruptcy that happens gradually and then suddenly. Political scandals happen like this too. And have you got this feeling, you know, again, give me your feedback.

Have you been getting this feeling like this thing's dragged on forever and it was like chip, chip, chip in the paint, chip in the paint, chip in the paint, and then a crack and now the paint's completely off and the body's exposed? Yeah, so you all know, I'm reading your feedback now. This is what, I really feel like this thing is starting to break right now. The media is still holding out But sooner or later we're going to have to throw this guy under the bus So let's get to it

About yesterday's court craziness Listen Everybody was confused about what happened yesterday This is the show Tune in today Don't miss a second of this Because there were things I did and things I didn't do I can't comment on professional baseball with experience because I never played there. I was a federal investigator. I was involved

in a number of federal trials. I have never seen anything like what happened yesterday in court. If I'm the investigating agent, I'm investigating Hunter Biden on a tax charge, that plea deal that's going to be cut with the United States attorney, the prosecutor, the defense attorney, you'll probably have some say in it too as the investigator. They're going to make the charging decisions at the AUSA's office. But you never, ever go into court without that thing buttoned up. Ever. When the judge asks you a question, the answer better damn well be yes.

Are you aware of what you're pleading to? Yes. To the prosecutor, are you aware of this in the plea agreement? The answer better not be no. Because if the answer's no, the judge is throwing that out immediately. There is zero chance the judge is going to get humiliated on an appeal somewhere because you asked the defendant or the prosecution a question and they said they didn't know. Well, they went in yesterday and no one seemed to know anything.

The judge is like, wait, this plea deal seems to handcuff us in the future if Hunter Biden does anything wrong. And the prosecution's like, no, not really. And the defense is like, yeah, it does. And the prosecution's like, uh, no, not really. And the defense is like, yeah, it does. And the judge is like, well,

who's right? Because this deal sounds really weird. Do you get what I'm saying? They're like, Hunter can't be convicted of almost anything from this point on being a little dramatic, but you get the point. And the defense attorney's like,

yeah, that's what it says. And the prosecution's like, uh, it doesn't say that. What did you expect the judge to do? I know nothing. Dude, the Sergeant Schultz was perfect,

but that doesn't work in court. No. They asked specifically the defendant, the defense attorney, if they believe that Hunter could be prosecuted for specific crimes. They said no. And then they asked the prosecutor if the investigation was ongoing, Joe, and they said yes. It's not the same thing. The judge is like, what the, what is going on? Here's where it got crazy. I'm going to bring up this one takeaway from this. It's huge.

The hint is in the title of the show. Something I've been warning you about forever. That's their biggest fear right now. Christina Wong of Breitbart is a great piece. It nailed it. Headline, plea deal would have given Hunter Biden immunity in perpetuity. What a deal. She notes the deal involved Hunter Biden pleading guilty to those two tax charges and entering pre-trial diversion on a gun charge the deal fell apart after the judge noriega questioned if it meant that biden would be immune from prosecution for other potential crimes in perpetuity. I'm sorry, this is hilarious. This guy, no, he will not be guilty of any crimes in the future.

Here, here's the kick in the balls right here. The judge asked, would he be immune from prosecution from crimes in perpetuity, including not properly registering as a foreign agent? Hold that. Hold that. Hold it. Very, keep that in your head because I'm going to remind you what I told you five months ago about this. After Wise confirmed that the investigation would not give Biden immunity, that's the prosecutor, in perpetuity, Biden's lawyer, Clark That's the prosecutor in perpetuity. Biden's lawyer, Clark, called the agreement null and void.

What a shit show. No one even knows what the deal is. Pleading to the deal. The deal says something. We're going to say, what deal are we signing? Hell, if I know, we're going to make it up as we go along. More in a minute, but first. Some reports say that on August 22nd, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa could announce a new international super currency fully backed by gold or other commodities.

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They were under the impression they were not going to be prosecuted under Farah acting as a foreign agent. The prosecution said yesterday that's still ongoing. This is a huge deal. It's a huge deal. I'm going to get back to that in a second. Hold that in your head. Here was Comer last night, Republican congressman investigating Hunter Biden on Fox, making a really important point, too, about how yesterday's hearing and how the judicial system finally worked, if even for a few minutes. I'm not saying this thing is going to break bad or we should be popping champagne corks, okay? Everybody clear? But it did work yesterday. This was a shit deal and everybody knew it. This is now going to send a message to others out there who thought, no, I'm protected. I'm protected.

I'm not going to get prosecuted. Potential whistleblowers who were like, I'm going to sit on the sidelines and see how this thing plays out. Yesterday was not a good sign for them. Comer explains this last night. Check this out. Yes, there's a lot of speculation that that's what he's going to say. But remember, one thing Jason Smith pointed out, these lawyers have intimidated many of the witnesses that we've tried to bring forward for depositions and transcribed interviews. And they've told them things like, you're only going to implicate yourself.

We're not going to get in trouble. Hopefully, the witnesses, like Devin Archer and the others who we're going to be bringing before the committee this summer, hopefully they saw what happened in that court today and that these lawyers aren't going to continue to get away with the shenanigans that they tried to pull yesterday when they lied and said they were part of Ways and Means staff to get something removed. Those days are over and we're in control of this thing. And I believe if these witnesses will come forward and tell the truth, I think the American people are going to be in for a big eye opener with respect to Joe Biden. Folks, that's an important point. Now, you're right to be skeptical. It is still the Derek Farland DOJ. OK, I expect nothing to happen while Merrick Garland is in charge.

The question going forward, though, is are you willing to take that chance if you're a whistleblower now, knowing that finally, at least for two minutes out of the year, the judicial system seemed to work right, that you may not wind up in jail? It's a positive step, okay? It's not a be-all, end-all, you know, put the champagne away. But if you're out there on the edge of this and you've got criminal liability, you're thinking to yourself, damn, that didn't work out well yesterday. You're thinking to yourself, I better get in front of an Obama appointed judge stat. A couple other things before I get to this. Farah, foreign agent point. That's the biggest takeaway of all from this.

Jennifer Van Laar in red state. Here were the conditions because he pled not guilty yesterday, Hunter Biden. In one of the craziest court scenes I think I've ever seen, a guy going in to accept the plea deal does a dipsy do fliparoo and pleads not guilty. He had a bunch of conditions imposed upon him. And now do you understand why the Secret Service cocaine story and making sure we don't know who it is was the talking point that got out there?

Read the conditions. Are you guys picking up what I'm putting down? The judge said no use of alcohol, no use of or unlawful possession of narcotic drugs or controlled substances. Submit to testing for prohibited substances. Oh, no drug use conditions? You don't think the Hunter Biden legal team told Hunter,

Hunter, no matter what happens right here, plead or not, there's probably going to be some conditions opposed upon you. And one of those conditions is going to be no drug use. So IE, if you were caught with cocaine before you went into the trial, that would probably aggravate the judge and maybe throw the plea deal out. Oh, oh, oh, look, look at that. All of a sudden they got no suspects with the cocaine at the White House. So, so strange. Isn't that weird? Weird how that happened, guys? Don't you think that's odd?

Yeah, it's weird. Strange. Yeah, coincidence again. Yeah. Speaking of that, the whole Secret Service angle, yes, you are paying for this. The Secret Service, listen,

you know I've been kind of hard on their leadership over the drug thing, which I think was ridiculous. I think the director candidly should resign over it. but this don't blame them for this one. This isn't their fault, but you are paying. They have to protect the president's kid. They're obligated by law unless he signs up. They don't have a choice, but this came up on Fox yesterday. I have two clips from this. This is only about 20 seconds, but this came up yesterday, you know, because the Biden team, the Biden team keeps claiming like, this is not a government issue.

It's a private issue. No dip wad. It is a government issue because you are paying the secret service to protect this guy. He is a protectee of the United States secret service with your money. So it damn well is your business. This came up yesterday on Fox. And the answer is yes you are paying take a listen they support him as he continues to rebuild his life that private

citizen as she describes hunter biden was escorted to court this morning in a multi-car secret service motorcade presumably funded by taxpayers so it's frustrating to reporters here that we can't get answers for the taxpayers about the Secret Service protectee we're asking about or about any potential links to the president. Good reporting there by Jackie Heinrich. She's correct. It's not your business. Number one, it's your business for a number of fairly obvious reasons. The president United States is a foreign agent who was taking bribes from a foreign country. It's kind of a big deal, okay? But outside of that, it's your business financially too. This is a United States government protectee. If Hunter Biden wants to work some way to sign

off Secret Service protection and get his own security and do his own thing, then that argument would be null and void. However, again, I'm just telling you the truth. It's not the Secret Service's fault. There's nothing they can do. You know, they're assigned to protect these people by law. Unless they sign off, they're kind of stuck. Believe me, I know a lot of people who don't like this guy, but do their job.

I mean, I didn't like Obama, but I, you know, did my job. It's just the way we do it. We got to protect these. What's the old line? You elect them, we protect them. Hunter Biden wasn't elected, but, you know, he's stuck with the family. More in a minute, but first. Hey, the, we protect him. Hunter Biden wasn't elected, but it stuck with the family. More in a minute, but first. Hey, the Durban Accords, they can impact the US dollar's global

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from Birch Gold. Performance may vary. Consult with your tax attorney or financial professional before making an investment decision, message, and data rates apply. Let's wrap this thing up. This is the most important part of yesterday's hearing by far. Folks, the biggest fear the Biden crime family has right now is Biden being exposed as a foreign agent. I don't mean James Bond, Jason Bourne, foreign agent. I mean it in the legal sense. Was Joe Biden, his vice president, working on behalf of a foreign power for money, millions of dollars, against U.S. law? He would have had to register under FARA, Foreign Agent Registration Act, which would have been absurd for a vice president to do that.

There would have been calls for him to be impeached immediately. So he took the money. He did not register. Joe Biden was a foreign agent. They are desperate to make this part of the investigation in a Hunter Biden go away. Because if he goes on trial for Farah and the Foreign Agent Registration Act, all of this stuff is going to come out in a trial under oath right before election that the president of the United States amazingly is a freaking foreign agent. Here's part two of that where Jackie Heinrich hits on this too. Listen, this is very important. The prosecutor said in court, Hunter Biden's being investigated for matters other than tax evasion and unlawful gun possession, revealing that the government could potentially bring a charge under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. And given that

this other universe of material could potentially implicate President Biden, we wanted to ask if the White House would support a special counsel to oversee this, to ensure the independence of the Department of Justice and A.G. Merrick Garland, who reports to President Biden. But Corrine skipped over Fox in today's briefing. We were not called on. She did call on, however, another reporter who tried to get clarity about the shifting answers around Biden's prior claims that he's never spoken to his son about his overseas business dealings. Earlier this week, you said the president was never in business with his son. But can you say specifically that the president did not have discussions of any kind with Hunter about his business dealings? I was asked this question multiple times on Monday. Nothing has changed.

I don't have anything to add to what I stated on Monday. She says nothing has changed, but the language has changed. It's the difference between no knowledge and no involvement. And that question, like so many others, Martha, remains unanswered. Folks, now go back to the Breitbart article. I told you to remember that line in the article, the Biden team, the Biden, the Hunter Biden crime families, legal team is absolutely paranoid. Thank you about the registration as a foreign agent. They want immunity and perpetuity from this Farrah violation because what they fear most is Biden looking like he committed treason.

I warned you about this. It's a very specific, they are worried about this foreign aid. They don't care about Hunter Biden's tax thing. They don't even care about the gun thing. They don't. In the grand scheme of things, they know the media will protect them. They care about this. They have been accusing Trump of colluding with Russia now for seven years. What if it comes out in a trial under oath

that the real foreign agent the entire time was Joe Biden? And you don't think, oh, oh, oh, you don't think they're going to throw Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton under the bus? Obama knew. This is their biggest fear, the Democrats. If this goes to trial, the entire Obama White House, including Secretary of State, former Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, former Secretary of State through Christopher Hines and their friend Devin Archer. Ladies and gentlemen, this are all going to get roped into this during a presidential election. This is why they are in deep, deep trouble right now. I warned you about this five months ago. Again, you're not wasting your time. I hate playing clips of myself. It's stupid and dorky, but let me just pull this

one off, please. Just tolerate me for a second. Check this out. Today's show, I'm going to prove to you again, something I put out there that Joe Biden is a foreign agent. I'm going to play for you and phone call of Joe Biden and the president of Ukraine. Oh, Zelensky? No, no. The guy before Zelensky that I promised you is going to blow your cerebral cortex apart. Ladies and gentlemen, that was in February. If you go and watch that show titled, I think the same thing, Joe Biden is a foreign agent. You'll see I walked you through this. Obama knew, Hillary knew, John Kerry knew, every single prominent Democrat out there knew Joe Biden was taking money from foreign governments to influence U.S. policy. That is potential treason. They know this guy is dirty and they're all going to get roped in.

Folks, here's the problem they have now. This is why we need to impeach this guy immediately and get rid of this guy, Biden. This guy, we are in real trouble. Obama knew, John Kerry knew, Hillary Clinton knew, China knew, Ukraine knew. And as I heard someone say, forgive me, I don't remember who it was on cable news this morning. It was a senator. They were on TV and they said, here's the problem.

We don't know what the Chinese Communist Party and the Ukrainians have on Biden. They've been bribing this guy and his family for years. We don't have any idea what else is out there. How do you know if a world war breaks out that Hillary, John Kerry, Obama and Biden, the upper echelons, the elites in the Democrat Party, aren't out there giving speeches in their interest, not the interest of the country? Here's the problem they're going to have going forward. And earmark this episode. Tell me what you think going forward, because I think there's only a couple scenarios moving forward now that Hunter Biden has absurdly pled not guilty to a charge he was going to plead guilty for. In my experience, if you go into a courtroom and a defendant does not plead to what he agreed to

plea to before, I've only heard about it. It's never happened to me. It's so rare. Absolutely, the book gets thrown at him. Folks, you're done. You are finished. Now, we have a problem here. What's the problem here? The problem is Derek Farland is in charge of the Department of Justice, the Attorney General. I know his name's Merrick. I know. He's Derek Farland, this show. Derek Farland's not going to throw the book at Hunter Biden. So in the real world, what would happen to Hunter Biden right now? He would be charged with everything. Felony gun charges, felony tax evasion, FARA violations. This guy would spend 10 years in jail. That's in the real world for you. This is what would happen to you. His last name is Biden. He's a protected class. He's a Democrat in good standing with the left because he's a useful idiot, right?

I need you to understand that is not what's going to happen to him likely. What will likely happen is they are going to draw up now a new deal, a new deal that is clearer on the terms. And one of them, one of the immunity things is going to involve a Farrah charge. Here's a problem going forward. That's not a great deal for them either, folks. Because the government just said it was an ongoing investigation.

Is this too complicated? The government just said they're still investigating this. So now they have to come back in 30 days to the judge with a new deal and they're going to go, oh yeah, yeah, Hunter's immune now and in perpetuity for any crime and they're going to go, oh yeah, yeah, Hunter's immune now and in perpetuity for any crime he's ever going to commit. The ongoing investigation is now wrapped

up. Folks, the judge is going to be like, are you guys on crack? Well, in that case, it may be yes. Are you guys on crack? Are the lawyers on crack? Well, who knows? I mean, folks, there's no way this is going to fly. You want to talk about the, you know, cliched rock in a hard place? Charge him with everything and send the president's son to jail and then go through a brutal trial where you got to bring in Obama, Hillary,

and everyone else on Farrah. Or give this guy the sweetest of sweetheart deals specifically written out that you're going to immunize him to everything and then explain to the judge how in 30 days you did an ongoing investigation and wrapped it all up folks it ain't gonna happen brother it ain't gonna happen it's just no way they are if you know what I mean, big time. There is no way out of this. It's either going to be legally damaging to Hunter

who gets the book thrown at him or politically damaging to his dad as they go through a trial.