Hunter Biden Plea Bargain

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

• [

https://www.justice.gov/jm/jm-9-16000-pleas-federal-rule-criminal-procedure-11#9-16.300 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.