A federal judge will today have the opportunity to either reject or accept the terms of the plea deal Hunter Biden struck with the Justice Department last month.
Republicans embarked on a long shot bid in the hours leading up to Hunter Biden's expected arrival in court to press Judge Maryellen Noreika to consider denying his plea agreement until the court reviews testimony from a pair of IRS whistleblowers.
Experts said it would be exceedingly rare for the judge to deny a plea deal negotiated in good faith. But Theodore Kittila, the attorney for the House panel, wrote that the judge should “evaluate” the IRS whistleblowers’ remarks before ruling, claiming that “plea negotiations were tainted by improper conduct at various levels of government.
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