Hunter Biden tax charges dismissed by federal judge following plea deal breakdown

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Hunter Biden's misdemeanor tax charges have been dismissed by a federal judge in Delaware, an expected move after his "sweetheart" plea deal fell through last month during his first court appearance in the case.

The Justice Department submitted a filing last week to dismiss the case ahead of a possible trial on Biden's felony gun charge in a different district.

After the plea deal fell apart, Biden pleaded "not guilty" as federal prosecutors confirmed he is still under federal investigation. He was expected to plead guilty to the two misdemeanor tax counts of willful failure to pay federal income tax as part of the plea deal to avoid jail time on the felony gun charge.

Biden's attorneys and Special Counsel David Weiss are still fighting over a diversion agreement concerning the felony charge that would allow him to avoid any jail time. Weiss has indicated he plans to potentially take Biden to trial in the future in either Washington, D.C., or California.

On Tuesday, Weiss strongly rejected claims by Biden's legal team that his office "reneged" on the plea deal for President Biden's son to resolve the federal tax and gun charges, while stressing that agreement was "not in effect."

In a court filing, Weiss fired back at the Biden attorneys, which, over the weekend, filed a motion stating that "the parties have a valid and binding bilateral Diversion Agreement."

 

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[EastBayRay]

So what is the implication of this? 
 

sounds like Weiss is once again helping Hunter rather than going after him, is this another case of the Dems owning the justice system? 
 

the sweetheart deal he arranged for Hunter was so outrageous a federal judge threw it out…

[candide]

35 minutes ago, EastBayRay said:

So what is the implication of this? 
 

sounds like Weiss is once again helping Hunter rather than going after him, is this another case of the Dems owning the justice system? 
 

the sweetheart deal he arranged for Hunter was so outrageous a federal judge threw it out…

1. Read the title: not Weiss, a judge

2. Read what the judge said about the previous deal, rather than right-wing propaganda:

"I have concerns about the agreement," Noreika said. "I can't let him plea to something if he thinks he has protection from something and he doesn't."

Clark called the deal "null and void" after a prosecutor told the judge that Hunter Biden isn't immune from future charges in the investigation, including potential counts under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hunter-biden-plea-deal-court-judge/

[Chomper Higgot]

43 minutes ago, EastBayRay said:

So what is the implication of this? 
 

sounds like Weiss is once again helping Hunter rather than going after him, is this another case of the Dems owning the justice system? 
 

the sweetheart deal he arranged for Hunter was so outrageous a federal judge threw it out…

You ask what the implication is and then launch into accusations of conspiracy and corruption.

[candide]

So the initial plea deal was not "sweetheart". Hunter will get the same outcome without it