{"id":1983037,"date":"2023-07-26T12:09:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T16:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-plea-sweetheart-deal-collapses-in-court-as-judge-throws-curveball\/"},"modified":"2023-07-26T12:47:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T16:47:09","slug":"hunter-biden-plea-sweetheart-deal-collapses-in-court-as-judge-throws-curveball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-plea-sweetheart-deal-collapses-in-court-as-judge-throws-curveball\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden&#8217;s plea deal collapses as judge surprises with unexpected decision."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhunter-biden-plea-sweetheart-deal-collapses-in-court-as-judge-throws-curveball%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1983037&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Federal\u200d Judge Poised to Reject Plea Agreement for Hunter\u200b Biden<\/h2>\n<p>A federal district judge in Delaware is \u2063expected to reject\u200c a plea agreement between Hunter Biden and prosecutors, citing concerns over the inclusion \u2063of a diversion program to avoid a felony gun charge. The plea deal, which \u2064involves two misdemeanor tax charges, has been contested by the\u200d judge, who expressed her\u200d reservations during a hearing.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I am concerned you are taking\u2063 provisions\u2062 out \u200bof \u2064the plea\u2062 agreement,&#8221; said \u200dU.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The judge also questioned the ongoing investigation into Hunter Biden, to which the prosecution confirmed its continuation. This \u200bled Judge\u200d Noreika to question the piecemeal approach of the plea\u2063 deal. \u200dThe attorneys for the Justice \u200cDepartment stated that\u2064 they were unable to disclose further details\u200d about the investigation.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;As far as I&#8217;m concerned, the plea agreement is null and void,&#8221;\u200b said Biden attorney Chris Clark.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>During the hearing, Hunter Biden discussed his past\u200c struggles with drug and alcohol abuse,\u2062 revealing that he had been sober since 2019. The judge\u2063 then \u200dcalled for a recess\u2062 to gather more information \u200dabout the plea deal \u2062arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>If the plea agreement is rejected, President \u2064Joe Biden&#8217;s son could <a title=\"Austin has approved changes to how classified information is handled after leaks.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/austin-approves-changes-to-classified-information-handling-following-leaks\/\">face significant penalties<\/a>, including up to 12 \u2062months in\u200d prison and a fine of\u200c $25,000\u2062 for \u2062each tax \u2063violation count, as well as a maximum sentence of 10\u2064 years in jail \u2063for the felony \u2064charge.<\/p>\n<p>The charges against Hunter Biden stem from his willful neglect to\u2063 pay income taxes in 2017 and 2018, resulting in a debt of \u2063over $100,000 for each tax\u2064 period. The felony charge relates to a 2018 incident in which\u2062 he lied on a\u200c gun application while\u2062 attempting to make a purchase.<\/p>\n<p>The plea deal, which included\u2062 a \u200cpretrial diversion agreement for the gun charge, was \u2064expected to be\u2063 approved by Judge Noreika, who has bipartisan support for her appointment. However, the <a title=\"Devin Nunes On Life After Congress, Elon Musk, And Big Tech Censorship\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/devin-nunes-on-life-after-congress-elon-musk-and-big-tech-censorship\/\">high-profile nature<\/a> \u200dof the case prompted the judge to\u2063 thoroughly examine the agreement during the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>If the plea agreement is not accepted, \u200dit would \u2062mark the culmination of a nearly five-year investigation \u2064into Hunter Biden&#8217;s taxes and <a title=\"Biden Calls Travel Lid for Wednesday an Hour After Bobulinski Interview Airs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-travel-lid-for-wednesday-an-hour-after-bobulinski-interview-airs\/\">foreign business dealings<\/a>. It would also be the first time the Justice Department has brought charges against a\u200d sitting \u2063president&#8217;s child.<\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers have criticized the plea agreement, questioning whether Biden received preferential treatment\u2063 compared to other defendants. Testimony \u200bfrom IRS criminal investigators in May\u2063 supported these claims, alleging that harsher charges against Hunter Biden were blocked in two jurisdictions and that <a title=\"Former AG Bill Barr To Merrick Garland: Appoint A Special Counsel Already\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-ag-bill-barr-to-merrick-garland-appoint-a-special-counsel-already\/\">special counsel status<\/a> was denied.<\/p>\n<p>This \u200dis a developing story and will\u2062 be updated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Delaware judge is likely to reject a plea deal between Hunter Biden and prosecutors. The judge disagrees with combining a diversion program for a gun charge with a guilty plea for two tax misdemeanors. Hunter Biden, 53, and his lawyers had advocated for this agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1983038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Hunter Biden&#8217;s plea deal collapses as judge surprises with unexpected decision.","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1983037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Hunter Biden&#8217;s plea deal collapses as judge surprises with unexpected decision.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1983037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1983038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1983037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1983037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1983037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}