'Hunter Biden's lawyers are reportedly livid that Judge Maryellen Noreika refused to accept his plea deal with the Justice Department, and as we learn more about what was in the deal, it is clear why.' -conncarroll
It is becoming increasingly likely that the DOJ and Biden’s lawyers conspired to use the deal to foreclose prosecution for other bad acts, and Noreika blew that conspiracy up.For starters, the written agreement between Biden and the DOJ should have been made public before Wednesday's hearing. In normal circumstances, they are. That a leak to Politico is the only reason the public has the written agreement already stinks.
Then, there is the fact that the"agreement not to prosecute" is in the diversion agreement, not the plea agreement itself. Normally, this language is in the plea agreement.
When Noreika brought up the apparent broadness of the"agreement not to prosecute" language, the deal fell apart. The DOJ was unwilling to say in open court what the plain language of the diversion agreement clearly stated, that Biden would not be prosecuted for any acts committed in those years. It was only after the DOJ backtracked on the agreement not to prosecute that the deal fell apart.
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