{"id":2000635,"date":"2023-08-14T21:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T01:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-attorneys-claim-gun-portion-of-plea-deal-is-valid-after-special-counsel-report\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T21:53:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T01:53:25","slug":"hunter-biden-attorneys-claim-gun-portion-of-plea-deal-is-valid-after-special-counsel-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-attorneys-claim-gun-portion-of-plea-deal-is-valid-after-special-counsel-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden&#8217;s lawyers assert the legitimacy of the gun aspect in his plea deal following the Special Counsel report."},"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\">38<\/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-attorneys-claim-gun-portion-of-plea-deal-is-valid-after-special-counsel-report%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=2000635&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hunter Biden. (Photo by RYAN COLLERD\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>6:37 PM \u2013 Monday, August 14, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden\u2019s lawyers are reportedly pushing to maintain a portion of a plea agreement they had negotiated with the prosecutor, whose new role as special counsel has heightened the tax inquiry into the president\u2019s son ahead of the 2024 race.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>As House Republicans conduct their own probing efforts, Biden\u2019s counsel contended in court records that a bargain to keep him out of jail on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-lawyers-say-part-of-deal-to-resolve-felony-gun-charge-remains-intact\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden's lawyers confirm that a portion of the agreement to settle the felony gun charge remains unchanged.\">felony gun charge remains<\/a> in effect, despite the fact that the plea deal on minor tax crimes fell apart during a court hearing last month.<\/p>\n<p>One of his attorneys claimed that the Justice Department opted to \u201crenege\u201d on its half of the bargain on tax charges. <\/p>\n<p>The bargain on the gun charge includes an immunity clause from federal prosecution for other potential offenses.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney Christopher Clark stated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-drops-cases-against-five-visiting-chinese-researchers-accused-of-lying-about-ties-to-china-military\/\" title=\"DOJ Drops Cases Against Five Visiting Chinese Researchers Accused Of Lying About Ties To China Military\">court documents filed late<\/a> on Sunday that Hunter intends to follow the terms of the agreement, including not using drugs or alcohol. Prosecutors who \u201clargely dictated\u201d the arrangement after asking them to begin plea discussions in May, he claimed, should be held to it as well.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear whether prosecutors feel the same regarding the validity of the firearms arrangement. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika gave them until Tuesday to answer.<\/p>\n<p>The two-part agreement on tax and gun charges was intended to bring the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-attorneys-claim-gun-portion-of-plea-deal-is-valid-after-special-counsel-report\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden's lawyers assert the legitimacy of the gun aspect in his plea deal following the Special Counsel report.\">long-running investigation supervised<\/a> by Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss to a close. <\/p>\n<p>However, it stalled after a judge voiced concerns about its provisions, and it seemed to have collapsed altogether when prosecutors announced in court filings on Friday that the case would go to trial instead.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors exposed the stalemate when Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Weiss as special counsel, a position that grants him extensive authority to probe and report on his findings.<\/p>\n<p>The government said that plea discussions failed, that they sought to dismiss the tax charges against Hunter Biden in Delaware, and that they may prosecute him in another court, such as Washington, D.C., or California.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden\u2019s background of heavy drug usage and shady foreign business affairs has consistently shadowed his father\u2019s, President Joe Biden\u2019s, political career. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cHe loves his son, and he is proud of him overcoming his addiction and how he\u2019s continuing to build his life,\u201d said White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>House Republicans are also conducting their own legislative investigations into Hunter Biden\u2019s business transactions and the Justice Department\u2019s handling of the matter.<\/p>\n<p>They provided a transcript of an interview with a former FBI agent who worked on the case and stated that he was unable to question Hunter Biden since FBI authorities informed the Secret Service in advance back in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>This echoed previous evidence from IRS agents turned whistleblowers and also contributes to Republicans\u2019 distrust of the Justice Department and Weiss as special counsel, according to Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.).<\/p>\n<p>The GOP has consistently referred to Hunter Biden\u2019s plea deal as a \u201csweetheart deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It called for him to plead guilty to failing to pay taxes on over $1.5 million in income in 2017 through 2018 and for him to get probation instead of jail time on the misdemeanor counts.<\/p>\n<p>A separate agreement he had called for Hunter to avoid prosecution in 2018 for the felony offense of being a heavy drug user in possession of a gun if he stayed out of trouble for two years.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the unexpected nomination of Weiss as special counsel sparked new concerns about the case. Garland stated that Weiss had specifically requested to be appointed as special counsel.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. 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