Deja Taylor, a Black single mom in Virginia, lied on a federal type about her drug use when she bought a firearm — very similar to Hunter Biden did when he purchased a revolver.

Unlike the president’s son, Taylor faces a jail time period of 18 to 24 months in her case. Her 6-year-old son used the gun to shoot his trainer at an elementary faculty in Newport News. Mr. Biden will seemingly keep away from jail and have the gun cost wiped off his file beneath the plea deal he reached this week with prosecutors.

The prospect of probation for a felony gun possession cost is elevating extra fees of favoritism and a double commonplace of justice within the case of the president’s 53-year-old son. Lawyers say it’s exceedingly uncommon for defendants to keep away from jail time for federal firearms violations.

A federal decide on Wednesday scheduled a court docket listening to for Hunter Biden to look and enter his plea on July 26 in Wilmington, Delaware. U.S. District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika, a 2017 Trump appointee, will oversee the case and determine whether or not to approve the plea deal.

Hip-hop artist Kodak Black, charged with the identical federal weapons crime as Hunter Biden, was sentenced to a few years in jail. His legal professional, Bradford Cohen, criticized the plea deal for Hunter Biden.

“2 tiers of justice?” Mr. Cohen stated on social media. “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?”

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Black had prior convictions when he falsified federal types to purchase 4 firearms in 2019. President Trump commuted his sentence.

Taylor, the one mom in Virginia, pleaded responsible to mendacity about her marijuana use on a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives type to buy the gun that was used within the faculty capturing.

Federal regulation prohibits individuals who have used managed substances from proudly owning a gun.

“Biden’s DOJ is giving Hunter a sweetheart deal for lying on a firearm background check. Meanwhile, the same DOJ is sending Deja Taylor to prison for 18-24 months for the exact same offense,” tweeted Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee Republican. “What happened to equal justice under the law?”

Eugene Rossi, a veteran of the Justice Department, is the lead protection counsel for Taylor within the gun case.

“My dual experience tells me that Hunter Biden’s attorneys put a rope through a needle to get this extremely generous resolution from the Trump-appointed prosecutor,” Mr. Rossi posted on Twitter. “Gold Stars for advocacy shall be awarded.”

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The Justice Department stated in January that federal prosecutors had been “aggressively pursuing those who lie in connection with firearm transactions.”

Federal prosecutors obtained a responsible plea in October from Brion Martai Odell Hamilton, 22, of Oklahoma City, for making false statements on ATF Form 4473. He now faces as much as 10 years in jail.

Hamilton was convicted the earlier May of carrying a firearm beneath the affect of marijuana in Oklahoma County. Thereafter, in line with the Justice Department, Hamilton lied on Form 4473 concerning his eligibility to buy firearms and tried to buy weapons 4 instances after the ATF knowledgeable him that he was prohibited from doing so.

Rep. Thomas Tiffany, Wisconsin Republican and a member of the House Judiciary Committee, stated any American besides Hunter Biden “would be facing up to 15 years in federal prison for lying on ATF Form 4473.”

“Hunter Biden gets a sweetheart plea deal because of his last name,” he tweeted.

Andrew Weissman, a former federal prosecutor on particular counsel Robert Mueller’s crew, stated Republicans criticizing the Hunter Biden plea deal are hypocritical.

“MAGA Rs are not in favor of enforcing gun laws, except now with respect to Hunter Biden,” he tweeted. “Lying on a 4473 form (req to buy certain guns) about your drug addiction was simply not routinely enforced.”

The Biden administration has boasted about being robust in different such prosecutions, together with in opposition to Amy and Kevin Carwile of Purcell, Oklahoma. The Carwiles had been sentenced in August to a few months in jail.

ATF stated the Carwiles had been engaged within the enterprise of promoting firearms and, relationship again to 2012, made false statements and failed to keep up correct information in promoting 253 firearms by means of their off-the-books operation.

Their federal firearms license to promote firearms has been revoked.

Eddie Wayne Morrison, 34, of Duncan, Oklahoma, was sentenced in December to time served of 16 months for making a false assertion whereas buying a firearm. Before buying a firearm, Mr. Morrison was deemed incompetent by a court docket, ATF stated, and was topic to a protecting order.

All candidates buying authorized firearms should fill out Form 4473, which requires solutions to a number of questions on competency, prison historical past, drug use, immigration standing and historical past of home violence.

“Applicants who knowingly make false statements may also face criminal prosecution for a felony and up to 10 years in federal prison,” the ATF states on its web site.

U.S. Attorney David Weiss of Delaware has agreed to advocate probation for Hunter Biden on two misdemeanor fees of failing to pay federal earnings tax. Republican lawmakers even have criticized that as a slap on the wrist and pointed to instances equivalent to that of actor Wesley Snipes.

Mr. Snipes was convicted of three misdemeanor counts in 2008 for failing to file tax returns from 1999 to 2001. He owed the federal government about $7 million in unpaid taxes and ended up serving practically three years in federal jail.

• Kerry Picket contributed to this report.

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