Christopher Clark, the top lawyer heading Hunter Biden’s legal team in his tax and gun cases, has requested to be removed from those two cases.
It appears that the negotiation and drafting of the plea agreement and diversion agreement will be contested, and Mr. Clark is a percipient witness to those issues.
This raises further questions about the shady deal proposed by the Department of Justice which included an agreement on a separate gun charge – but fell apart after U.S. District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika raised concerns about the terms of the agreement.
This news comes after the plea deal that was offered to Hunter Biden fell apart due to a provision that was found unacceptable by Trump-appointed US District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika.
Hunter Biden’s lead criminal defense attorney Christopher Clark filed a motion to withdraw from the case in the wake of his failed plea deal citing he could now be called as a witness in future proceedings pic.twitter.com/0F7BaFHSqA
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Hunter Biden is facing charges for failing to pay over $100,000 in taxes on an income amounting to more than $1.5 million in 2017 and 2018.
In addition, he is also charged with purchasing a firearm and lying on a federal background form about never having been addicted to drugs – this carries with it a felony charge of up to 10 years in prison.
In order to avoid felony charges which would come with 10 years in prison, Hunter had been offered what some have called a “sweetheart” deal – but it fell apart during court proceedings due to unethical terms within the agreement which did not sit well with Judge Noreika who is herself a Trump appointee.
The appointment of U.S Attorney David Weiss of Delaware by Attorney General Merrick Garland has drawn criticism from the right who feel that this is merely a distraction tactic as Weiss has been at the forefront of probes related to Hunter Biden for years now.
Andrew McCarthy, formerly U.S attorney himself and Fox News’ legal analyst criticized this appointment saying that it violated established Justice Department guidelines as Weiss remains very much part of the Biden administration despite being given the title ‘special counsel’.
This title should have gone outwards instead of within their own camp according to McCarthy himself.
He described this as ‘the Biden Justice Department’s vehicle for maintaining control of an investigation that they are not pursuing’ and accused them of allowing time limitations to run.
That way 2014/2015 conduct would already be time-barred when it came down investigations into funds worth $21 million uncovered by congressional investigators during their probe into Hunter Biden’s activities last week.
