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.
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.
HUNTER BIDEN PLEA DEAL COLLAPSES IN COURT AS JUDGE THROWS 'CURVEBALL'
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. Additionally, the "agreement not to prosecute" language is exceptionally broad, and a plain reading would suggest it would cover all possible crimes Biden committed during the years in question, not just the tax crimes identified in the plea agreement or the firearms crime the diversion agreement purportedly covers.
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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Some analysts are chalking all this up to sloppiness on the part of the DOJ and Biden's lawyers. That seems way too convenient. Both sides just happened to be sloppy in exactly the same way that maximized the chances the broadness of this agreement would be hidden from the public and possibly rubber-stamped by a friendly judge?
I’m not buying it, and neither should you.