Hunter Biden Plea Bargain
Contents
Introduction
This page will be for documents relevant to the 2023 Hunter Biden criminal case, and to the plea bargain in particular. It is under construction.
[Here put a summary of the case. ]
Court Documents
- The Proposed Plea Agreement of July 26 that blew up, including
the Diversion Agreement (from Politico).
- amicus brief from Rep. Smith.
- Hertiage amicus brief and its Exhibits 1-12 (776 pages!) and Exhibits 13+
- Letter objecting to the Smith amicus from Hunter's lawyer.
- Tax case docket (July 27).
- Gun case docket (July 27)
- July 26 hearing transcript (not available via PACER]
Statutes and Rules
- Justice Dept. regulations for plea bargains," .e.g. "in accordance with JM 9-27.630, United States Attorneys may not make agreements which prejudice civil or tax liability without the express agreement of all affected Divisions and/or agencies. For additional discussion regarding plea agreements, see the Principles of Federal Prosecution, JM 9-27.400 et seq."
- Sentencing policies for tax cases, an excerpt in a tweet by Tigani.
- Flynn case order by Judge Sullivan appointing a court-chosen amicus because he didn't trust the Justice Dept. (I wrote an amicus for In Re Flynn myself.)
Other Documents
- The transcript of the IRS agent talking to the House of Representatives committee about Hunter Biden's tax investigation for three hours.
New Stories, Tweets, etc.
- @shipwreckedcrew on the normal procedural history of a guilty plea in a federal court"
- July 27 Axios article highly sympathetic to Hunter, suggesting that lawyer Lowell saw things were going badly for lawyer Clark and wants to stop things from being fouled up.
