

Above the law


President Joe Biden’s son Hunter has pleaded guilty to all nine counts against him in a sprawling, $1.4 million tax evasion case highlighting his history of indulgence in drugs and hookers.
The surprise resolution of the case came just days before opening statements in his trial were set to begin. If it had proceeded, the trial would have likely run through the remainder of Joe Biden’s presidency, and proven politically damaging for the Biden’s successor – Vice President Kamala Harris, just two months out from the November 5 election.
https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240905-hunter-biden-guilty-tax-evasion-trial

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisour_Square_massacre
The Nisour Square massacre occurred on September 16, 2007, when employees of Blackwater Security Consulting (now Constellis), a private military company contracted by the United States government to provide security services in Iraq, shot at Iraqi civilians, killing 17 and injuring 20 in Nisour Square, Baghdad, while escorting a U.S. embassy convoy. The killings outraged Iraqis and strained relations between Iraq and the United States. In 2014, four Blackwater employees were tried and convicted in U.S. federal court; one of murder, and the other three of manslaughter and firearms charges; all four convicted were controversially pardoned by President Donald Trump in December 2020. United Nations experts said the pardons “violate U.S. obligations under international law and more broadly undermine humanitarian law and human rights at a global level”.
https://theintercept.com/2020/12/23/blackwater-massacre-iraq-pardons/




A collective of Palestinians and civil rights groups has taken legal action against the president for his complicity in the genocide in Gaza. The lawsuit cites violations of international and federal law, seeking a court order to cease any further US military aid or diplomatic support to Israel.







Cocaine was found in the White House. Looks like, instead of F-16s, a sedative has been prepared for the Kiev kiddy…
— Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) July 5, 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/13/white-house-cocaine-investigation-ends-no-suspect