Lawyers for President Biden’s son Hunter Biden have again moved to dismiss federal firearms charges brought against him in Delaware.
Lawyers for Hunter Biden filed a motion in federal court Tuesday, arguing that a diversion agreement previously reached by the Justice Department and Hunter Biden’s legal team should remain in effect.
The agreement would have allowed Biden to avoid prison time. The government also won’t prosecute Hunter Biden on more serious federal gun charges if he pleads guilty to misdemeanor tax charges and acts under certain terms of the agreement for about 24 months. Dew. If Hunter Biden violates diversion, the government will seek to bring serious firearms charges against him.
However, in July 2023, Judge Mariellen Noreika did not accept the plea deal, questioning its constitutionality, specifically the diversion clause and the immunity Hunter Biden received.
Hunter Biden seeks dismissal of Delaware firearms charges due to broken plea deal
Hunter Biden (center) and his attorneys Abby Lowell (right) and Kevin Morris (left) at the Rayburn Building for a resolution recommending that the House of Representatives find Robert Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress. Leaving House Oversight and Accountability Committee Markup entitled. Wednesday, January 10, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
Special Counsel David Weiss argued that the diversion agreement also expired the day the plea agreement expired.
Hunter Biden’s attorney, Abby Rowell, is once again insisting that the Justice Department’s agreement with Hunter Biden should remain in effect because it was agreed to by both parties last spring.
Hunter Biden (center) and his attorneys Abby Lowell (right) and Kevin Morris (left) speak during the House Oversight and Accountability Committee meeting in the Rayburn Building. I arrived to attend a resolution recommending that Congress be found in contempt. Wednesday, January 10, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
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“Prosecutors are bound by agreements they have made, approved, and signed with defendants, just as prosecutors often seek to hold defendants to the terms of agreements they have made and signed,” Lowell wrote. . “No matter how vehemently a prosecutor’s decision to enter into a diversion agreement is criticized by extremist Republican politicians and right-wing media outlets, prosecutors remain bound by the agreements they enter into. Don’t allow it.”
The president’s son pleaded not guilty to all charges in October.
Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
