Hunter Biden’s lawyers scramble to explain ‘miscommunication’ over false claims to court

[HARK!]

The mess will likely come up during a Wednesday hearing for Hunter Biden in Delaware.

Hunter Biden’s lawyers scramble to explain ‘miscommunication’ over false claims to court

A federal judge is threatening Hunter Biden’s attorneys with sanctions over a confusing episode in which a staff firm member at their firm allegedly told court clerks that she was allied with a lawyer for a senior Republican congressman and wanted documents removed from the court record.

www.washingtontimes.com

 

[essentialsaltes]

a declaration from Bengels [the staffer], written under penalty of perjury, [says] she first called a clerk named Julia to ask for guidance as to the procedures for restricting access to the private information.

Upon being asked by the clerk, Bengels said she provided the name of her law firm during the call and indicated the documents were filed by attorney Theodore Kittila’s firm, which represents the Republican committee chairman.

 

[RestoreTheJoy]

The mess will likely come up during a Wednesday hearing for Hunter Biden in Delaware.

Hunter Biden’s lawyers scramble to explain ‘miscommunication’ over false claims to court

A federal judge is threatening Hunter Biden’s attorneys with sanctions over a confusing episode in which a staff firm member at their firm allegedly told court clerks that she was allied with a lawyer for a senior Republican congressman and wanted documents removed from the court record.

www.washingtontimes.com

"Miscommunication". Sure it was.

"Court filings indicate that Jessica Bengels, an administrative staff member at Latham & Watkins, a firm representing Biden, called a member of the court clerk’s office just before noon Tuesday seeking the documents’ removal from the public docket, saying they contained secret details including social security, taxpayer and grand jury information.

But U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika, who is overseeing Biden’s case, later suggested Bengels had pretended to call from the committee chairman’s law firm. Noreika ordered Biden’s attorneys to submit in writing why they shouldn’t be sanctioned.


“It appears that the caller 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,” Noreika, a Trump appointee, wrote in the order.


Responding to Noreika’s order Tuesday night, a Biden attorney said there was no misrepresentation.

Attached to the letter was a declaration from Bengels, written under penalty of perjury, in which Bengels said she first called a clerk named Julia to ask for guidance as to the procedures for restricting access to the private information.


Upon being asked by the clerk, Bengels said she provided the name of her law firm during the call and indicated the documents were filed by attorney Theodore Kittila’s firm, which represents the Republican committee chairman.


Twelve minutes later, Bengels said she received a call back from another court employee who said they would be removing the material from the docket. Bengels said she was “completely confident” she did not pretend to call from the other firm, although the second employee did not ask about who Bengels worked for.

In court filings, Kittila said he was “deeply concerned” by the development and attached an email from the clerk’s office indicating Bengels had pretended to be calling from the other firm. He also pushed back on the need to seal the documents in question, saying they were already public before they were submitted to the court.


I would like to hear that phone call.

Judge says Hunter Biden legal team apparently ‘misrepresented’ identity to court clerk

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[essentialsaltes]

"Miscommunication". Sure it was.

What makes you so certain?

they contained secret details including social security, taxpayer and grand jury information.

Should Hunter Biden's SSN be published publicly?
Surely this is a legitimate reason for making a document non-public, and it doesn't require anyone to misrepresent who they are.

 

[RestoreTheJoy]

What makes you so certain?

Should Hunter Biden's SSN be published publicly?
Surely this is a legitimate reason for making a document non-public, and it doesn't require anyone to misrepresent who they are.

Because I know how this system works. Didn't you read what I posted above? The filing was ALREADY public. That's a ruse.

Kittila said he was “deeply concerned” by the development and attached an email from the clerk’s office indicating Bengels had pretended to be calling from the other firm. He also pushed back on the need to seal the documents in question, saying they were already public before they were submitted to the court.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Because I know how this system works. Didn't you read what I posted above? The filing was ALREADY public. That's a ruse.

OK, so some lady perjures herself in an effort to 'hide' something that is already public? This makes even less sense.

 

[essentialsaltes]

The mess will likely come up during a Wednesday hearing for Hunter Biden in Delaware.

Did it? Or is it all cleared up?

 

[HARK!]

Did it? Or is it all cleared up?

I'm not sure; but it looks like it might have been.

In the courtroom, Judge Noreika told the prosecutors and defense attorneys to file additional information within 14 days.

Judge Noreika asked whether the ongoing investigation acknowledged by prosecutors involved violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. She sought details from Hunter Biden about the foreign companies he worked for.

He provided details about his employment on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma, which paid him up to $1 million a year, as well as CEFC, a Chinese energy firm tied to the Chinese Communist Party, which paid millions of dollars to Biden family members and their close circle of business associates.

Plea deal derails, Hunter Biden enters ‘not guilty’ pleas

Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to tax fraud and a gun charge after a federal judge put the brakes on a no-jail deal struck between prosecutors and defense attorneys.

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[Pommer]

I'm not sure; but it looks like it might have been.

In the courtroom, Judge Noreika told the prosecutors and defense attorneys to file additional information within 14 days.

Judge Noreika asked whether the ongoing investigation acknowledged by prosecutors involved violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. She sought details from Hunter Biden about the foreign companies he worked for.

He provided details about his employment on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma, which paid him up to $1 million a year, as well as CEFC, a Chinese energy firm tied to the Chinese Communist Party, which paid millions of dollars to Biden family members and their close circle of business associates.

Plea deal derails, Hunter Biden enters ‘not guilty’ pleas

Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to tax fraud and a gun charge after a federal judge put the brakes on a no-jail deal struck between prosecutors and defense attorneys.

www.washingtontimes.com

Where’re we getting this “million dollars a year” thing from?
Last I heard it was $50k/mo.

 

[Ana the Ist]

a declaration from Bengels [the staffer], written under penalty of perjury, [says] she first called a clerk named Julia to ask for guidance as to the procedures for restricting access to the private information.

Upon being asked by the clerk, Bengels said she provided the name of her law firm during the call and indicated the documents were filed by attorney Theodore Kittila’s firm, which represents the Republican committee chairman.

Sounds like the clerk is pretty certain about what was said on the call. That's a rather "odd" mistake to happen in this proceeding. I don't know how these two parties bungled the plea deal so badly. How did they both get into court and not understand what the deal was?

I don't like assuming the worst....but it could be they were hoping the judge would be distracted by the arguing and not notice the attempt to grant Hunter immunity from FARA which I think requires jail time....and indicates a possible narrative spin Democrats intend to run during Biden's reelection campaign....

Those weren't bribes....Hunter was just lobbying for foreign Chinese millionaires and Ukrainian gas oligarchs....he just forgot to register as a foreign agent. In fact, his relatives are all foreign agents too....they just don't know about laws and stuff. Hunter's only a lawyer....you can't expect a lawyer to know the law....

 

[Ana the Ist]

I was under the impression Biden had those prostitutes flown into the Ukraine and other countries before writing them off as tax deductions. How did he avoid the human/sex trafficking charges? Or is he one of those classy guys who only ever hires local prostitutes to support the local economy?