WILMINGTON, Del. — President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden will appear in a Delaware courthouse Wednesday to formally agree to the plea deal he negotiated last month with federal prosecutors -- a resolution to a yearslong probe that enflamed his father's political adversaries.
The younger Biden in June agreed to plead guilty to a pair of misdemeanor tax charges and enter into a pretrial diversion program that will allow him to avoid prosecution on a separate felony gun charge.
In April, IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, both longtime tax investigators, accused senior Justice Department officials of mishandling and slow-walking their probe -- a sentiment at odds with what the Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who led the investigation, has himself said.
"Generally speaking, it is very unusual for a judge to reject a plea agreement," said Belmont University law professor Lucian Dervan."In the vast majority of cases, judges accept the pleas that are presented to them in a belief that they reflect a negotiated settlement between the prosecution and the defendant."
"I know Hunter believes it is important to take responsibility for these mistakes he made during a period of turmoil and addiction in his life," Christopher Clark, an attorney for Hunter Biden, said in a statement last month."He looks forward to continuing his recovery and moving forward."
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