The Hunter Biden Thread

Mojo weighed in on the tax charges if you’re interested.
I’ll defer to him on tax law and the facts of this case and just point out again that lawyers don’t tend to tell their clients to plead not guilty when they’ve got a sweetheart deal and prosecutors wouldn’t be telling the judge that the investigation remains open with additional charges possibly forthcoming if the fix had been put in form on high. Also the fact that the judge was clearly there to put them through their paces is another indication that the institution is at least going to try to get it right.
 
I’ll defer to him on tax law and the facts of this case and just point out again that lawyers don’t tend to tell their clients to plead not guilty when they’ve got a sweetheart deal and prosecutors wouldn’t be telling the judge that the investigation remains open with additional charges possibly forthcoming if the fix had been put in form on high. Also the fact that the judge was clearly there to put them through their paces is another indication that the institution is at least going to try to get it right.
The dance is usually when deception occurs
 
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I’ll defer to him on tax law and the facts of this case and just point out again that lawyers don’t tend to tell their clients to plead not guilty when they’ve got a sweetheart deal and prosecutors wouldn’t be telling the judge that the investigation remains open with additional charges possibly forthcoming if the fix had been put in form on high. Also the fact that the judge was clearly there to put them through their paces is another indication that the institution is at least going to try to get it right.

My understanding is that the defense thought they had a sweet heart deal and the prosecution was not reading the deal the same way.
 
I’ll defer to him on tax law and the facts of this case and just point out again that lawyers don’t tend to tell their clients to plead not guilty when they’ve got a sweetheart deal and prosecutors wouldn’t be telling the judge that the investigation remains open with additional charges possibly forthcoming if the fix had been put in form on high. Also the fact that the judge was clearly there to put them through their paces is another indication that the institution is at least going to try to get it right.
What did you think of the judge?
 
My understanding is that the defense thought they had a sweet heart deal and the prosecution was not reading the deal the same way.

Or, said another way: the prosecution didn’t agree to what the defense wanted. They may ultimately decide that it is an acceptable deal, but it is marginal enough that he backed out of it and the prosecution wasn’t just rolling over and giving them everything they wanted, which was the narrative on here.
 
Or, said another way: the prosecution didn’t agree to what the defense wanted. They may ultimately decide that it is an acceptable deal, but it is marginal enough that he backed out of it and the prosecution wasn’t just rolling over and giving them everything they wanted, which was the narrative on here.

How often do the two sides go to court in your experience thinking they have a deal and then realize they disagree on what the language of the deal actually means?
 
Sounded like she grilled them on it and that turned out to be a good thing and was probably warranted given the scrutiny it was getting. Sometimes you build the record for the appeal and sometimes you build it for the public.
I appreciate your insight
 
How often do the two sides go to court in your experience thinking they have a deal and then realize they disagree on what the language of the deal actually means?
It happens, it just doesn’t usually make national news. I think it’s way more common for the defendant to get up there and change their mind. But I did once get appointed to a case where the prosecutor and defense lawyer got so acrimonious arguing over what they agreed to that the defense lawyer thought it was in the client’s best interest for her to withdraw.
 
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