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Jennifer Van Laar

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UPDATE from Hunter Biden's trial - there is NO PLEA AGREEMENT. There is NOT an agreement between the government and Biden. Here are my quick and dirty notes. Court is in a 30 min recess.

· Biden wants to either enter an open or Alford plea; he does not plan to admit guilt

· Biden’s counsel maintains that Scarsi has to accept the Alford plea; Wise says under 9th circuit law the judge does not have to accept it. Scarsi agrees that he does not have to accept it and that there are issues of public interest related to transparency that have to be satisfied. Scarsi said a detailed proffer of evidence from the government could satisfy that and give him the factual basis he needs to accept the plea.

· Wise wants time to brief the issue of whether the

· Scarsi: “I haven’t seen a case that says I have to accept an Alford plea.”

· Lowell says Hunter Biden isn’t seeking to have any special privileges, but to have the same opportunity any other criminal defendant has.

· Lowell argues that it’s error for Scarsi to not accept an Alford plea.

· Scarsi says to satisfy Rule 11 he will need to hear a factual proffer of the evidence from the government, and then Biden would agree that while he’s not admitting guilt he agrees that the evidence proffered could lead a jury to find him guilty.

· Wise: “We will not under any circumstances agree to an Alford plea. We think it’s an injustice.”

· “If we go forward today, we will read the entire indictment into the record as being the evidence that we would prove at trial.”

· Wise urges Scarsi to reject the Alford plea.

· Scarsi says he wants to hold over until 9 AM Friday; government to brief their argument as to why he should reject the Alford plea and defense will brief why he should accept it, assuming that he has discretion to reject or accept.

· Lowell asks for 30 minutes to discuss.

2:41 PM · Sep 5, 2024

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