Hunter Biden's plea deal on hold after federal judge raises concerns over the terms of the agreement

a federal judge raised concerns about the terms of the agreement that has infuriated Republicans who believe the president’s son is getting preferential treatment.

Republicans believe all kinds of kooky things. That doesn't make it true. A quick Google search reveals deals like this aren't uncommon.

Republicans insisting he got a sweetheart deal and the Justice Department pressing ahead on investigations into Trump

These same people lied about Trump winning the elections and voter fraud in the 2020 elections. You know they're lying when their mouths are moving.

She also raised concerns that the agreement included a non-prosecution clause for crimes outside of the gun charge

That's the real concern here. Not whether Hunter got a "sweetheart" which doesn't prevent the DOJ from pursuing further charges as a result of their ongoing investigation.

I can't wait to see the Republicans jumping to defend his 2nd Amendment rights.

The guy is not above the law, now that the plea deal is in shambles he could try and take a chance with a jury, but I doubt his lawyers will want to take that chance, once a plea deal is null and voided anything goes.

The guy is not above the law, now that the plea deal is in shambles

Putting a pause on the plea doesn't mean it's in shambles. Very silly.

after a federal judge raised concerns about the terms of the agreement that has infuriated Republicans who believe the president’s son is getting preferential treatment.

The opening paragraph. I love the journalism that uses techniques of conjuring the ‘republican’ specter to cover up wrong doings of their own. It’s the perfect way to get polarized America to turn a blind eye and not have to think for themselves. If the republicans are saying it, it must be wrong. You probably think no one even notices.

The double standards and the mental gymnastics never cease to amaze this ( not republican ) Aussie spectator. Hunter Biden has been a very naughty boy, and should get the same treatment other naughty boys cashing in on their daddy’s get. Double standards and hypocrisy will always hurt you in the end, delegitimize your cause and expose you as a fraud. It’s plain as the light of day. This story is a banner case for everything that is broken about American politics. May we all learn from it and move on!

Putting a pause on the plea doesn't mean it's in shambles. Very silly.

Doesn't mean that it’s not.

https://twitter.com/foxnewspolitics/status/1684335986220711942?s=46&t=YGWP_lcRZjddiWlx4QxURQ

I agree, as long as it’s legitimate.

Not even a slap on the wrist for Trump concerning sedition and treason, yet Hunter Biden has some personal problems with guns and taxes and the Republicans are in a frenzy. Well, this witch hunt for Hunter has been going on for several years now and all we’ve learned is that the Bidens have family members in it who’re as screwed up as the rest of us.

Hunter Biden pleas not guilty to the tax charges.

The plan also included an agreement on a separate gun charge — Biden has been accused of possessing a firearm in 2018 as a drug user.

A significant percentage of Americans use illicit drugs, many of them have guns.

This is usually the point where we start hearing about the second amendment and all that ‘from my cold dead hands’ nonsense.

Hunter Biden has been a very naughty boy, and should get the same treatment other naughty boys cashing in on their daddy’s get.

That doesn't have anything to do with the criminal allegations.

Double standards and hypocrisy will always hurt you in the end, delegitimize your cause and expose you as a fraud.

What double standard?

Google search: back taxes probation.

Here are a couple of the first hits:

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/h-ty-warner-sentenced-probation-after-paying-80-million-taxes-and-penalties-tax-evasion

https://bernal-law.com/practice/tax-evasion/

President Biden, meanwhile, has said very little publicly, except to note, "I'm very proud of my son."

You have to admire Joe Biden loyalty to his son.

However Hunter Biden behavior, his toxic business relationships would always become under close public media scrutiny.

Hunter Biden has been a very naughty boy, and should get the same treatment other naughty boys cashing in on their daddy’s get. Double standards and hypocrisy will always hurt you in the end, delegitimize your cause and expose you as a fraud. It’s plain as the light of day. 

As of now the plea deal is off, should this go to trial, it’s a throw of the dice, who knows? But this definitely changes the entire Hunter protected paradigm.

It's very surprising to learn that Hunter Biden is an extremely successful artist who has sold $1.3m of works to various people in the last two years, including $875,000 worth of paintings to one single art collector.

Hitherto, all I knew of Hunter was that he earned millions of dollars from Burisma, the Ukrainian energy company, spent most of his time smoking crack, racing his sports cars and enjoying saucy romps with a bevy of teenage girls.

Who could have imagined he possessed such great artistic talent? It really is a heartening story and a lesson to us all - you're never too old to become a millionaire artist!

These so called sweet heart deals, can be more trouble than they are worth. Far more honorable simply to take it on the chin.

In Hunter Biden case his Father President Biden position in office, it would be naïve no to fully comprehend the political implications/consequences.

The sick Repubs obsess over Hunter while ignoring;

Coming from you that’s beyond hysterical, says the man that can’t post on any single target without invoking Trump.

Hunter is stupid....the Trumps and Kushners are criminals...

Well, that rant is not going to save Hunter, nor will it restore his former plea deal. Let it run it’s course and see where it leads.

Bob Fosse

The plan also included an agreement on a separate gun charge — Biden has been accused of possessing a firearm in 2018 as a drug user.

A significant percentage of Americans use illicit drugs, many of them have guns.

This is usually the point where we start hearing about the second amendment and all that ‘from my cold dead hands’ nonsense.

Yeah, I'm surprised the 2nd amendment types aren't saying that this should be a crime...

Who could have imagined he possessed such great artistic talent? It really is a heartening story and a lesson to us all - you're never too old to become a millionaire artist!

Truly.

But instead of the GOP taking this heart and realizing nepotism and privilege and all the corruption associated with it are bad, they will totally with no self-awareness attack the "deep-state Dems for their unprecedented corruption and abuse of power , drain the swamp, Biden Crime Dynasty" etc etc.

The duopoly is a hell of a drug.

I love the double standard!

Never liked Trump, don't like Biden.

But the stink here is overwhelming.

A Black man caught in the same situation with a gun would have been prosecuted to the max.

Any poor white guy would have gotten at minimum a year in jail and probation.

Hunter gets nothing.

Rotten fish smell better

I love the double standard!

Never liked Trump, don't like Biden.

But the stink here is overwhelming.

A Black man caught in the same situation with a gun would have been prosecuted to the max.

Any poor white guy would have gotten at minimum a year in jail and probation.

Hunter gets nothing.

Rotten fish smell better

Exactly!

Hunter Biden has never been in an elected office. Private citizen. The court case is not concluded.

President Biden, meanwhile, has said very little publicly, except to note, "I'm very proud of my son."

That says a lot about Joe Biden. Hunter's a chip off the old block, but not bright enough to cover his tracks.

The DOJ across the country makes tens of thousands of plea bargains every day of the week. It's how the American system works.

Hunter seems a bit of a loser. Like Tiny don Jr.

Witchhunt? Or do only the insane Republicans get to play that victim card?

The duopoly is a hell of a drug.

It'll take a third party challenge, or a proper revolution to overthrow the nightmare system you have now.

Good luck Repubs...

With your "Chinese agent", disgruntled IRS employees, and laptop that has been insecure for six months at "Roger Stone's Electronics Repair Shop"....

It's all just "Benghazi 2.0" which McCarthy will slip up and tell everyone soon...just like he did in 2016...

https://www.salon.com/2015/09/30/kevin_mccarthy_lets_gops_benghazi_mask_slip_its_all_about_derailing_hillary/

Hunter better take the plea,or they can be upgraded to Felonies,he being a lawyer should have better sense of the law

Hunter's the favorite squirrel for GOP whataboutism. Meanwhile, most of us see a tree full of orange ones that the IRS has somehow failed to notice and, with so many squirreling away their ill-gotten gains with impunity, it's little wonder that the refrain "nobody is above the law" in America rings hollow.

Wallace,their are not 10 of thousands federal plea bargaining a day,their are not that many sitting judges or courts to handle this amount of cases ,they cannot give him immunity from prosecution ,If he violated of federal laws

Hunter Biden has never been in an elected office. Private citizen. The court case is not concluded.

A private citizen doesn’t need an 8 car motorcade. Again, 8 car?? Even if you’re the Presidents son.

Hunter better take the plea,or they can be upgraded to Felonies,he being a lawyer should have better sense of the law

True.

In America, if he was black, that gun charge would put him behind bars, case closed.

Hunter Biden, should be a man and accept his punishment,he benefited from his criminal activity,now it time too man up,

Plea bargaining takes place tens of thousands of times every day in America.

https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/coercive-plea-bargaining-has-poisoned-the-criminal-justice-system-its-time-to-suck-the-venom-out

Politicians, world leaders, Prime Minsters and Presidents will never escape the sometime wayward behavior of there offspring.

Another vintage example is Margret Thatcher and her feckless, hapless son Mark.....

Read Margaret Thatcher biography part 10: The trouble with Mark........Charles Moore 

Joe Biden is probably cursing social media relentless scrutiny.

Plea bargaining takes place tens of thousands of times every day in America.

That’s gone now, and that’s possibly very bad for him, as to how bad remains to be seen. No holds bar.

bass4funk

Plea bargaining takes place tens of thousands of times every day in America.

That’s gone now, and that’s possibly very bad for him, as to how bad remains to be seen. No holds bar.

I expect the plea deal to be amended and approved.

2020,only a judge can accept a plea bargains,judges usually do not give immunity from other criminal investigation,you are not qualified to give any rudimentary legal advice

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In America, if he was black, that gun charge would put him behind bars, case closed.

Agreed, but the remedy is to have a fairer justice system for blacks and not put them behind bars for lesser crimes.

While I am in favour of gun laws, I have seen this law as a way to persecute minorities.

Yrral

2020,only a judge can accept a plea bargains,judges usually do not give immunity from other criminal investigation,you are not qualified to give any rudimentary legal advice

I'm not giving legal advice, and I'm pretty sure Hunter isn't reading Japan Today.

And what part of "amended" don't you understand?

Plea bargaining takes place tens of thousands of times every day in America.

But not for Hunter now, that option is gone for now, for sure.

I expect the plea deal to be amended and approved.

Not so sure about that.

Poor Hunter, lost his sweetheart deal.

Wanted “take responsibility” for his supposedly very minor crimes and totally divert a gun charge that others go to prison for. 

But when the secret immunity for all his other crimes not accepted? “Not guilty your honor!”

Why would immunity matter and what do he give up to earn it?

Thought these crimes in the plea were his only crimes?

“Zero zilch zip nada” just called- still under investigation. For crimes.

They really thought they were going to sneak in that future immunity inside the gun diversion which should have led to 6 to 9 months in jail.

I was wondering why his lawyers and posters here were so confident the plea deal was done and incessantly posting that every future case against Hunter was over, its all done they said.

Well nope, FARA and money laundering and racketeering all on the table still.

now hes "not guilty" again?

Maybe hes gonna "flip" on Daddy?

But not for Hunter now, that option is gone for now, for sure.

No it isn't.

No it isn't.

So you know more than the judge? Maybe you can overrule or replace her.

“I cannot accept the plea agreement today, said District Judge Maryellen Noreika.

Noreika said she had “concerns” about the parties seemingly linking the tax plea agreement to resolving a felony gun charge. During the proceedings, prosecutors confirmed that the investigation into Biden was ongoing.

After negotiations, the president’s son then agreed to plead guilty to the two tax charges in a deal that only includes conduct related to tax offenses, drug use and gun possession. The two sides agreed that this deal does not shield him from potential future charges. But the judge wasn’t satisfied.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/26/politics/hunter-biden-plea-hearing/index.html

I would error on the side of serious, serious caution if I were Hunter at this point. Humility helps a lot….or may not.

meh Trump judge.

right?

after all those protestations that there is "no such thing!!!" as a Biden judge or an Obama judge.

So you know more than the judge? Maybe you can overrule or replace her.

No, that's not what I said. What I do know is that

But not for Hunter now, that option is gone for now, for sure.

is nonsense. Nothing the judge said means the deal is off. Silly argument.

The issue with the gun charge is the law that includes a 10-year penalty for lying a federal gun application form was introduced and voted for by none other than his father who has always advocated tougher gun laws.

The hypocrisy is the same on the cocaine recently found in the WH. Joe has a long history of advocating tough drug laws and more jail.

Tougher gun and drug laws and incarceration for thee but not for me.

But Mommy and Daddy love their son and support him as he rebuilds his life!

the "throes of addiction"!

so cant their (53 year old degenerate) child just plea deal his crimes into not crime and then go back home and continue his degeneracy with no consequences?

So many Black families would hope they could get such a deal to just say they love their child and then their child doesnt have to go to prison for federal level gun crime.

No, that's not what I said. What I do know is that 

Then you are essentially saying, you know more than the judge, and she doesn’t know squat.

is nonsense.

Tell the judge, I didn’t make the ruling.

Nothing the judge said means the deal is off. Silly argument.

Ok, so you know more than her.

Interesting, no need for judges and courts, just ask your local liberal.

The two sides agreed that this deal does not shield him from potential future charges. But the judge wasn’t satisfied.

Also not mentioned in this article is the judge accused and blasted his legal team for having one of their members impersonate someone else and call the clerk of the court in a ham-fisted attempt to have adverse evidence removed from his docket. Specifically, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith filed documents on Tuesday urging the judge to consider recent testimony to Congress by IRS whistleblowers, who alleged Biden received preferential treatment.

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Then you are essentially saying, you know more than the judge, and she doesn’t know squat.

No, the only thing I'm saying is that the judge delaying the deal doesn't mean it's "over" for Hunter Biden. That's not a logical conclusion to reach.

But Mommy and Daddy love their son and support him as he rebuilds his life!

Imagine mocking someone for having parents who love them. This isn't the "own" you think it is.

We already know. A black and white man up on the same charges with the same criminal records, the chances of the black guying going to prison is greater and too often happens. 38% of prisons are black.

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research/race_and_ethnicity/

The GOP used to be about family values. Now they mock it.

No, the only thing I'm saying is that the judge delaying the deal doesn't mean it's "over" for Hunter Biden. That's not a logical conclusion to reach.

Doesn't mean the deal will be back on either given the charges.

Imagine mocking someone for having parents who love them. This isn't the "own" you think it is.

Like Trump and the love for his kids?

The partisan fanaticism by some commentators is off the chart here. Talk about double standards. It is said to see partisan fanaticism makes any rational discussin the US impossible these days.... they have turned everything into team A vs team B.

The GOP used to be about family values. Now they mock it.

The Dems used to be the party of the working man, now they’re only for the wealthiest elites.

The Dems used to be the party of the working man, now they’re only for the wealthiest elites

I thought you called them ‘far-left Marxist Socialists’ or something like that.

oh but it is when you wont comment and just repeat over and over that you love your son.

Thats not what is being asked, and its just being reinforced in this moment as some desperate "please dont flip on us to save yourself" type gesture.

If they really loved their son, they for example would have told him his relationships with his dead brother's wife and her sister was....wrong? human trafficking is wrong. taking bribes is wrong. hey you are working for a foreign company, you need to register under FARA. Pay your fair share! gun crimes are bad! teach and guide from a position of love and caring.

But instead they approved of his behaviors/actions and enabled him every step of the way. up until now with the expected plea deal being his way to escape all accountability, including crimes found in the future.

Mommy and Daddy Biden cant even control the family dog, much less love their son by challenging him when he is doing wrong and stopping to enable him.

The Dems used to be the party of the working man, now they’re only for the wealthiest elites

Wait, I thought the dems were devils for giving free health care, and handouts during the pandemic. But now you're telling us that they are only for the wealthiest elite?! How are they hiding this from us? It must be a conspiracy to keep us thinking the Dems are giving away free stuff, right? I mean, what other theory could their be when you've been telling us Dems give out too much free stuff for so many years?!?

bass4funk

   The GOP used to be about family values. Now they mock it.

> The Dems used to be the party of the working man, now they’re only for the wealthiest elites.

Strange then how most of the top ten richest in Congress are Republicans.

Majority of lawmakers in 116th Congress are millionaires

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/04/majority-of-lawmakers-millionaires/