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Julian Assange’s Plea Deal: A Mockery of Justice in the US and UK

Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 6:37 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Julian Assange returning to Australia with image of him over the years in custody

Plea deal for bail-jumping Assange Finally, after over a decade of high drama, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faced justice. In a courtroom far, far away — in Saipan, of all places — he pleaded guilty to one felony charge of violating the Espionage Act. According to a plea deal with the US government, the court… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, Espionage Act, free speech, International Law, Jennifer Robinson, justice system, plea deal, UK justice, ulian Assange, US justice, WikiLeaks

Judge Balks at Hunter Biden Plea Deal as GOP Hunts the ‘Biden Crime Family’

Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 9:07 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Hunter Biden leaving court after plea deal fell apart and image of Donald Trump entering court for his arraignment.

Trump-appointed judge balks at a plea deal Republicans can’t believe their luck. They’ve been hurling contempt at David Weiss, the Trump-appointed special prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden, for years. They wanted Weiss to prosecute Hunter on trumped-up charges and implicate his father, President Joe Biden. Instead, Weiss struck what Republicans denounced as “a sweetheart deal,” giving Hunter a get-out-of-jail-free card.   But… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Biden crime family, DOJ, GOP, Hunter Biden, plea deal, political weaponization, projection, Trump crime family

Hunter Biden Plea Deal Brings Presidential Relief but Incites Trumpian Projection

Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 7:46 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Joe Biden and son Hunter with Republicans holding hearing on Bidens and Donald Trump, Ivanka and Jared inset.

Hunter Biden plea deal Donald Trump pressured the Georgia secretary of state to find 11,780 votes. He needed those votes to help him steal the 2020 presidential election. He failed. But there’s an audio recording of him applying that pressure attempt. So the whole world knows about it. Trump also pressured his attorney general to investigate Hunter Biden. He wanted… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Benghazi, Hunter Biden, Jared Kushner, MbS, plea deal, political projection, reelection campaign, Republicans, Roy Cohn, special prosecutor

Jeffrey Epstein Killed Himself! There Was No Foul Play

Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 4:51 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Jeffrey Epstein hugging Ghislaine Maxwell with Epstein surrounded by images of Trump, Clinton and other famous men.

Jeffrey Epstein was arguably the most notorious sex trafficker in US history. He was also a serial rapist with too many victims to count, invariably too young. Epstein pimped many of his victims out to his rich and powerful friends. That might explain how he amassed a fortune of over $500 million. Because I suspect many of those friends fell prey… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Alexander Acosta, conspiracy theories, Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein, plea deal, prison suicide, sex trafficking, suicide

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