Will Scharf
@willscharf
The Hunter Biden plea deal was apparently more outrageous and far reaching than had previously been publicly known.
In return for pleading to the two misdemeanor tax fraud charges, with a joint recommendation of no prison time, Hunter was getting not just pretrial diversion on his felony gun charge that would leave his record clear if he completed probation, but also broad guarantees against further prosecution on a wide range of other charges that haven’t been publicly aired as of yet.
Hunter refused to plead guilty without these guarantees, so the judge effectively blew up the plea.
Hunter wants to walk away from a decade of criminal activity, including potential FARA violations and other serious criminal charges, with a slap on the wrist.
It’s a scandal that Biden’s DOJ was willing to agree to this kind of a deal.
Fortunately, Judge Norieka isn’t playing ball.
12:22 PM · Jul 26, 2023
https://twitter.com/willscharf/status/1684237830896099328
notable seconded