Joyce Vance, a former Alabama attorney, said the court proceedings turned into 'more of a debacle.'
File photo of Hunter Biden on April 18, 2022, in Washington, D.C. A plea deal negotiated between Hunter's legal team and DOJ prosecutors collapsed on Wednesday.In a post on the blogging platform Substack, Joyce Vance, who served as attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 2009 to 2017, explained why the hearing turned into"more of a debacle."
Referring to the plea deal's collapse, she wrote:"Hunter Biden's team seemed to believe once he pled guilty, there would be no further prosecution coming out of the Delaware U.S. Attorney's investigation. "The government's view seemed to be that its investigation was ongoing, and it wouldn't make that commitment. That's unusual. There's little incentive for a defendant to plead to 'some' charges knowing an investigation is ongoing and others could be coming."
As a result, U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika"declined to approve the deal, until the parties could get back together and reach agreement." However, Vance suggested Hunter Biden's legal team will probably be able to come up with a new deal with prosecutors. She said:"It seems likely they'll do that and find a way to work this out before they are due back in court."
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