Hunter Biden's plea bargain fell apart Wednesday after a federal judge pressed both parties during a hearing about the prospect of President JoeBiden's son facing future charges, including failing to register as a foreign agent.
U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika raised the hypothetical of a Foreign Agents Registration Act violation as the Department of Justice faces scrutiny for declining to enforce the act for the younger Biden.“I don’t really understand the scope” of the deal's immunity provisions, Noreika said at one point, making note of Hunter Biden's foreign business endeavors with Ukrainian and Chinese energy companies.
Weiss, who was present at the hearing, also said, as he has in the past, that the investigation into the younger Biden remains ongoing. FARA requires, per DOJ, “certain agents of foreign principals who are engaged in political activities or other activities specified under the statute to make periodic public disclosure of their relationship with the foreign principal, as well as activities, receipts and disbursements in support of those activities."
After the judge's unexpected challenges to the deal, he switched his plea to"not guilty," and the judge deferred the case, potentially for weeks, as both parties come up with new terms.
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