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Hunter Biden Plea Deal Blows Up – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

The deal, decried by anyone interested in justice, gave the impression of ending all investigations into Hunter s crimes. His gun charge, his drug charges, his tax evasion, and everything else would be wrapped up into a misdemeanor bow with Hunter serving no time and instead receiving a light probation sentence with all charges expunged once finished. Hunter Biden, current drug addict, would have a clean slate in mere months. Hilariously, the media denied the extraordinary nature of the deal. See here, here, and here.

U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika asked a simple question about this deal, one that even the media never mind voters and Republicans wanted answers to: I really don t understand the scope of the agreement.

In laymen s terms: Is this it? Is Hunter under any other criminal investigations? Could he be prosecuted for anything else including Foreign Agents Registration Act [FARA] violations within the applicable years of this agreement?

When the government lawyers said that Hunter could be prosecuted for other crimes, Hunter s lawyers called the deal off.

The attorneys huddled. The deal was back on!

Then, and this is just a wild guess, Hunter s attorney called the deal off again probably because admitting to the tax-evasion scheme on money from foreign entities would amount to a tacit admission of FARA violations and help make the FARA case easier for the feds.

Another question raised relates to special counsel Robert Hur, the attorney in charge of investigating the documents that Joe Biden mishandled. Did Hunter have access to the classified documents that Joe had in his possession? Do these documents include ones on Ukraine? If so, will Hunter be subject to that investigation?

via spectator.org

This is really tedious, as scandals tend to be.