Staff Reports
Hunter Biden, the son of Vice President Joe Biden, is in a lot of trouble with the law after a rough court meeting on Wednesday. Axios says that Hunter Biden’s lawyers did not like how Judge Maryellen Noreika asked both the defense and the prosecution a lot of questions about the terms of the plea deal. It looks like both sides had different ideas about what the deal meant.
Lawyers for President @JoeBiden's son Hunter Biden were fuming hours after a tumultuous Wednesday court hearing that left the first son in legal limbo.https://t.co/AyeURQeYqI
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) July 27, 2023
Hunter Biden went to court in Wilmington, Delaware, on Wednesday morning. He planned to enter a diversion deal for a felony gun charge and plead guilty to tax misdemeanor charges. Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty at the meeting, which changed the course of events. Judge Noreika had a big problem with a part of the law that said the Department of Justice couldn’t go after Hunter Biden for breaking the Foreign Agents Registration Act if he did. The DOJ said that they could still charge him under the act if they thought it was necessary.
After Judge Noreika talked with the parties and asked more questions, she chose to wait to make a decision on the final agreement until she got more information from both sides. The court is likely to meet again in the next four to six weeks. One of Hunter Biden’s team members even made a surprising connection between Judge Noreika and Judge Lance Ito from the famous O.J. Simpson murder trial.
Judge Noreika was picked by former President Donald Trump, which Hunter Biden’s team thinks may have political implications in this case. Abbe Lowell, who works for Hunter Biden’s lawyer and also handles his congressional inquiries, was heard complaining about the federal investigators. It looks like this court case is getting more and more heated.
It’s not surprising that Hunter Biden’s lawyers are upset with Judge Noreika’s detailed questions. It’s their job to make the legal process as easy as possible for their client, but it looks like the judge is making them work for it. And since Trump chose Judge Noreika, it’s clear that this case may have some political elements. Even so, if Hunter Biden is found guilty of these charges, he needs to face the consequences for what he did.
