After Hunter Biden accepted a plea deal from federal prosecutors June 20, observers said he was treated more leniently than actor Wesley Snipes and rapper Kodak Black, defendants in similar cases. Experts said the cases cannot be directly compared.
secutors, while actor Wesley Snipes and rapper Kodak Black served prison sentences on similar charges?
That’s what some observers have asked after Hunter Biden’s June 20 agreement to plead guilty to two tax-related misdemeanor offenses and enter a pretrial diversion program to avoid prosecution on a separate felony firearm offense. The younger Biden is not expected to serve prison time, though ultimately that will be up to a judge at afor July 26. Some reports suggest the Justice Department will recommend probation for the tax charges. Following former President Donald Trump’s indictment, some people criticized what they called a"sweetheart deal" for Hunter Biden.
Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., suggested a double standard in the Justice Department’s handling of criminal cases in a June 20 tweet. Referring to Snipes, who was sentenced in 2008 to three years in prison for tax evasion, DonaldsBiden’s weapons charge also sparked comparisons to Black, who in 2019 was sentenced to nearly four years in prison after pleading guilty to lying on federal gun background-check forms about his history of violent criminal offenses.
"2 tiers of justice? Kodak was charged for the same crime. Got over 3 years. Mr. Biden will not serve a day. Feels right? Do FBI agents and federal authorities take cases personally?," said Black’s attorney, Bradford Cohen, in a June 20They said in the Snipes case, two key factors were different than in Biden’s case: Snipes owed the U.S. government significantly more money, and he proceeded to trial rather than agreeing beforehand to plead guilty.
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