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Biden repeatedly demanded wealthy pay ‘fair share’ while Hunter allegedly evaded over $1M in taxes

Biden repeatedly demanded wealthy pay ‘fair share’ while Hunter allegedly evaded over M in taxes

Hunter Biden‘s indictment in California this week on nine tax-related charges shines an awkward light on his father’s repeated promises about forcing the wealthy to pay their “fair share” of taxes.  The younger Biden allegedly carried out a multiyear scheme to evade paying $1.4 million in federal taxes while leading a hedonistic lifestyle that included spending exorbitant sums on escorts and illegal drugs.  HUNTER INDICTMENT A ‘NUCLEAR BOMB FOR THE BIDENS,’ AS JOE SOUNDS LIKE CLINTON DURING LEWINSKY SCANDAL: EXPERTS According to Special Counsel David Weiss, the president’s son “engaged in a four-year scheme to not pay at least $1.4 million in self-assessed federal taxes he owed for tax years 2016 through 2019, from in or about January 2017 through in or about October 15, 2020, and to evade the assessment of taxes for tax year 2018 when he filed false returns in or about February 2020,” which was in the middle of his dad’s presidential campaign. Weiss said that, in “furtherance of that scheme,” Hunter “subverted the payroll and tax withholding process of his own company, Owasco, PC by withdrawing millions” from the company “outside of the payroll and tax withholding process that it was designed to perform.” Hunter allegedly “spent millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle rather than paying his tax bills,” and that in 2018, he “stopped paying his outstanding and overdue taxes for tax year 2015.” If convicted, the president’s son faces up to 17 years in prison. President Biden has repeatedly called on the rich to pay their fair share in taxes and pledged to go after “tax cheats” despite his son allegedly evading his own income taxes for several years.  HUNTER’S EX-BUSINESS ASSOCIATE BLASTS BIDEN’S NEW CLAIM ABOUT SON’S BUSINESS DEALINGS: ‘COMPLETE MALARKEY’ Throughout the 2020 campaign — when Hunter allegedly avoided his taxes — Biden routinely called on the rich and corporations to pay their fair share. “Corporations need to pay their fair share in taxes,” Biden posted on social media in November 2019. “I’ll reverse Trump’s giveaway to the super-wealthy and corporations because it’s time we reward work, not just wealth.” “As president, I’ll make sure giant corporations and the super-wealthy pay their fair share in taxes — and then invest that money in growing a stronger, more inclusive middle class,” he wrote weeks later in December 2019. Biden continued the call throughout the 2020 campaign and his presidency.  During his first re-election campaign rally this year, he targeted the wealthy and called for them to cough up more money. And before that, he proposed doubling the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to target tax cheats. In May 2021, Biden called for hiring 87,000 new IRS workers over the next decade as part of an effort to beef up the agency’s budget by $80 billion, Politico reported at the time.  “The president’s compliance proposals are designed to ameliorate existing inequities by focusing on high-end evasion,” the Treasury Department wrote in a report. WHITE HOUSE SCRAMBLES TO DISTANCE ITSELF FROM ISLAMIC GROUP AFTER LEADER’S PRAISE FOR HAMAS’ OCT 7TH SLAUGHTER “These unpaid taxes come at a cost to American households and compliant taxpayers as policymakers choose rising deficits, lower spending on necessary priorities, or further tax increases to compensate for the lost revenue.” Biden has also said paying higher taxes is “patriotic” and has regularly singled out the rich. “For too long we’ve had an economy that gives every break in the world to the folks who need it the least. It’s time to grow the economy from the bottom up,” Biden said months after entering office and calling on the rich to pay their “fair share” in taxes, a line he’s repeatedly said during his presidency. “I’m a capitalist, but just pay your fair share,” Biden said at his State of the Union address this year. Biden also targeted former President Trump over taxes in October 2020 in a Facebook post that included a video titled, “Americans compare their taxes to Trump’s taxes.” “I paid my taxes. These folks paid theirs. So why didn’t Trump pay his?” Biden wrote. The White House did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. 

Missouri Republicans propose legislation to allow women who receive abortions to be charged with murder

Missouri Republicans propose legislation to allow women who receive abortions to be charged with murder

Some Missouri GOP lawmakers are renewing the push to allow homicide charges against women who receive abortions in proposals that would go beyond any state’s pro-life laws currently on the books. Republicans in both the state House and Senate have introduced bills to be considered in the legislative session, which begins next month, that would apply homicide laws to women who receive an abortion on behalf of a victim who is an “unborn child at every stage of development.” The proposals would offer exceptions if the woman terminates a pregnancy after being coerced or threatened, or if a physician provides an abortion to save the life of the woman. “To me, it’s just about protecting a baby’s life like we do every other person’s life,” said GOP state Rep. Bob Titus, who is sponsoring one of the measures. “The prosecution is just a consequence of taking an innocent human life.” WI REPUBLICAN PROSECUTOR PLANS APPEAL IN STATE ABORTION CASE Titus said no charges would be necessary as long as people follow the state law already on the books that bans abortions at all stages of pregnancy, with limited exceptions to save the mother’s life or to prevent serious risk to the mother’s physical health.  Missouri is one of 14 states with bans in effect on abortions at all stages of pregnancy, with limited exceptions. Titus said he has not spoken with legislative leaders about the bill and that he did not base it on any model legislation. But the bill is similar to one introduced by Republican state Sen. Mike Moon. The bills to tighten existing abortion laws come as two groups are attempting to have measures put on ballots in Missouri in 2024 to legalize abortion in more cases. One would allow abortion access during the first 24 weeks of pregnancy while the other, which is proposed by moderate Republicans, would scale back restrictions to a lesser extent. Abortion-related measures could be decided by voters in several states in next year’s elections. Since last year, voters have sided with abortion access in the seven states where the questions were on the ballot. PREGNANT TEXAS WOMAN CHALLENGES STATE ABORTION BAN WITH LAWSUIT AFTER RECEIVING FETAL FATAL DIAGNOSIS Since the Supreme Court last year overturned the 1973 decision Roe v. Wade that had guaranteed the right to an abortion, most Republican-controlled states have adopted bans or restrictions on the procedure and most Democrat-controlled states have taken steps to protect a woman’s access. Prominent pro-life groups have generally opposed measures that would allow women to face charges for having an abortion. But identical legislation to allow women to be charged for having an abortion was introduced earlier this year in Missouri and similar bills were introduced in other states, including Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky and South Carolina, although none were advanced by a legislative committee. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Arizona governor requests $512 million reimbursement from Biden for southern border security ‘failure’

Arizona governor requests 2 million reimbursement from Biden for southern border security ‘failure’

In a letter to President Biden on Friday, Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs expressed her frustration and concern about the administration’s response to the southern border crisis and, in the process, demanded a hefty reimbursement.  “Today, I sent a letter to President Biden calling on him to reassign National Guard members to assist in its reopening, as well as reimburse the $512,529,333 federal border inaction has cost us,” Hobbs posted on X. In the letter, Hobbs told Biden that the reimbursements are for the federal government’s “failure to secure the Arizona border,” emphasizing that moving forward, the state Arizona will regularly seek reimbursement from the federal government. DEM GOV KATIE HOBBS REQUESTED TWITTER CENSOR CRITICS OF TWEET COMPARING TRUMP SUPPORTERS TO NAZIS On Monday, the Lukeville Port of Entry was closed at the federal government’s order, forcing all American and Mexican residents to drive several hours to the next closest port of entry in Nogales, Arizona. “For far too long, Arizona has continued to bear the burden of federal inaction in managing our southern border,” Hobbs wrote in the letter. “The recent decision to close the Lukeville Port of Entry has led to an unmitigated humanitarian crisis in the area and has put Arizona’s safety and commerce at risk.” In her letter, Hobbs urged Biden to “immediately” move 243 National Guard soldiers who are already assigned to the Tucson region to the Lukeville Port of Entry. MIGRANT CRISIS SMASHING NEW RECORDS AMID FRESH SURGE AT SOUTHERN BORDER “Further, to the extent it is necessary, I am requesting that additional National Guard members currently on federal active duty orders be reassigned to Arizona to assist U.S. Customs and Border Protection to reopen the Lukeville Port of Entry,” Hobbs said.  Hobbs was set to travel to the state’s southern border with Mexico this weekend to visit the border crisis in Lukeville. CONGRESS STALLS ON TACKLING BORDER SECURITY AS MIGRANTS STREAM IN WITH NO END IN SIGHT Hobbs added that border security and keeping their communities safe was her top priority. “As long as I’m Governor, I will do everything I can to keep Arizonans safe — even when the federal government fails to act,” Hobbs said. Gov. Hobbs’ office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Biden administration to investigate 6 additional schools for discrimination amid Israel-Hamas war

Biden administration to investigate 6 additional schools for discrimination amid Israel-Hamas war

The Department of Education announced this week that an additional six schools across the country are being investigated for discrimination amid the Israel-Hamas war. Investigations into Montana State University, Tulane University, Union College, the University of Cincinnati, Santa Monica College, and Cobb County School District in Georgia, were opened over the past week by the DOE’s Office for Civil Rights. The investigations are focusing on cases of alleged discrimination that involve shared ancestry. A DOE spokesperson declined to comment on the investigations, but pointed Fox News Digital to a November press release after opening investigations into several schools after the Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas. STEFANIK BLASTS HARVARD PRESIDENT OVER APOLOGY REGARDING JEWISH GENOCIDE COMMENTS: ‘I ASKED YOU 17X’ “Hate has no place in our schools, period. When students are targeted because they are — or are perceived to be — Jewish, Muslim, Arab, Sikh, or any other ethnicity or shared ancestry, schools must act to ensure safe and inclusive educational environments where everyone is free to learn,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. “These investigations underscore how seriously the Biden-Harris Administration, including the U.S. Department of Education, takes our responsibility to protect students from hatred and discrimination.”  At the time, Cornell University, Columbia University, and the University of Pennsylvania were among those being investigated. While the DOE didn’t say why it opened the investigations, a pro-Palestinian protest near Tulane in November ended with several people being arrested after three individuals were assaulted. The protest wasn’t sanctioned by Tulane, nor was it hosted on its campus, but police from the university were present, according to university President Michael Fitts. 74 HOUSE MEMBERS ISSUE LETTER CALLING ON MIT, HARVARD, UPENN BOARDS TO ‘IMMEDIATELY REMOVE’ PRESIDENTS Fitts said the protest was “deeply distressing,” adding that the demonstration “intentionally” took place on a public sidewalk located outside the university. “Everyone who committed an illegal act on this day will be held accountable for their actions,” Fitts said. “We must now lean on our common humanity and the Tulane spirit to find a path forward during these challenging times. Symbols and acts of hatred, anti-Semitism, deliberate provocation and preying upon the fears of others are not part of who we are.” A spokesperson for Tulane told Fox News Digital, “The incident at the center of this investigation took place at a rally organized by a group that is not recognized by Tulane.” “The rally was deliberately staged on public property contiguous to our campus but over which we have no control. As a result of assaults against Tulane students and a Tulane police officer at the rally, four individuals unaffiliated with the university were arrested on a variety of charges, including hate crimes,” the spokesperson said. “Following this incident, Tulane significantly increased security on campus and undertook other measures, including increasing its teaching and trainings regarding antisemitism.” The Tulane spokesperson said the university will “fully comply” with the investigation. In a statement to Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for Santa Monica College said it was asked to respond to a complaint regarding an Oct. 19 incident, where its student government improperly denied a charter to Students Supporting Israel, a student organization. “When students brought their concerns to the attention of College administrators, the College took prompt action on October 20, 2023 and shared publicly the steps it took to immediately redress a situation in which the Associated Students’ ICC failed to install Students Supporting Israel at SMC (SSI-SMC) as a club,” the spokesperson said. “This prompt action demonstrates the college’s commitment to a discrimination-free environment for all students and was acknowledged by SSI-SMC via a post on their official Instagram account that same day. The college stands against all forms of hate, including anti-Semitism.” Fox News Digital reached out to Montana State University, Union College, the University of Cincinnati, and Cobb County School District. Fox News Digital’s Peter Aitken contributed to this report.