WILMINGTON, Delaware (LifeSiteNews) — Hunter Biden’s sweetheart plea deal for breaking a federal gun law is now dead, after his other deal on a variety of other charges fell apart after a judge questioned the unprecedented agreement.
A Tuesday filing from the Department of Justice (DOJ) asked the federal court “to reiterate, the now-withdrawn diversion agreement, by its own terms, is not in effect.”
The president’s troubled son and likely business partner, had struck a deal with his dad’s DOJ to plead guilty two to tax misdemeanors in exchange for a more serious felony gun charge being dropped.
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The deal included a “diversion” agreement to help Hunter avoid felony prosecution for illegal purchase and possession of a Colt Cobra revolver in 2018 while he was an “unlawful user of and addicted to a controlled substance.”
The deal would have involved just two years of probation. However, Biden’s attorney backed down on the plea deal after prosecutors stated during a July hearing that there was not an agreement to protect Hunter from future prosecutions as part of investigations into his other alleged criminal activity.
“[Biden’s attorney] called the deal ‘null and void’ after a prosecutor told the judge that Hunter Biden isn’t immune from future charges in the investigation, including potential counts under the Foreign Agents Registration Act,” CBS News reported.
However, the investigation into Hunter’s dealings continues to raise questions. Attorney General Merrick Garland, who has faced accusations of running a politicized DOJ, recently appointed David Weiss, who oversaw the sweetheart deal, as a “special counsel” to look into Hunter and other Biden family activities.
Respected legal commentator and George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley sharply criticized that decision. “The Weiss appointment definitively established Garland as a failure as attorney general,” Professor Turley, a former supporter of Garland, wrote in The Hill recently. “As someone who initially praised Garland’s appointment, I now see that he has repeatedly shown he lacks the strength and leadership to rise to these moments.”
Special deal, counsel add to concerns about two-tiered system of justice
The ongoing controversy over the DOJ investigation comes as the law enforcement agency grapples with accusations of political bias and a two-tiered system of justice, where pro-life Catholic dads and the former president are treated harshly but the current president’s son gets a pass.
The same DOJ carried out an early morning armed raid on the home of pro-life dad Mark Houck on a minor charge that he pushed a pro-abortion escort who had a history of causing problems. A state charge on the matter had already been tossed when Garland’s DOJ brought it back, though it ultimately failed to convict.
In October 2022, the FBI raided the home of pro-life advocate Paul Vaughn in front of his children and arrested him, charging him with “conspiracy against rights secured by the FACE Act, and committing FACE Act violations,” as previously reported by LifeSiteNews.
Vaughn, the married father of 11 children, told the Daily Signal that the FBI came to his home in Centerville, Tennessee, with “guns pointed at the door, banging on the house, yelling and screaming, ‘Open up. FBI.’”
The Federal Bureau of Investigation also was caught seeking to spy on Latin Mass parishes and communities. FBI Director Christopher Wray initially stated that the intelligence bulletin, which relied on the discredited Southern Poverty Law Center and an article about the Rosary being a symbol of extremism, was isolated to one office. That testimony has since proven false, as at least two other FBI offices were found complicit.
Garland also ordered federal law enforcement to closely surveil parents who spoke out at school board meetings against racial and sexual content in the curriculum and libraries. A U.S. House subcommittee concluded there was “no legitimate basis” for the memo.
Meanwhile, the DOJ asked for no jail time for a “transgender” vandal who attacked a Catholic church in apparent anger over the Supreme Court’s decision in June 2022 to return the issue of abortion to the states.