Now-Special Counsel David Weiss assured a Delaware federal court on Wednesday that an indictment against Hunter Biden would be forthcoming by month’s end. Meanwhile, Hunter Biden’s attorney told the same federal court his client continues to abide by the terms of a pretrial diversion agreement, representing that agreement as a done deal and the gun case over.
The dueling status reports filed late Wednesday follow presiding Judge Maryellen Noreika’s order last week directing the parties to provide her with an update on the case following the implosion of the plea agreement.
The plea deal between Delaware U.S. Attorney Weiss and Hunter Biden collapsed soon after the July 26, 2023, hearing at which Noreika questioned the parties on the interaction between the plea agreement on the two misdemeanor tax counts and a separate pretrial diversion agreement designed to resolve a separate felony gun offense. The judge was particularly concerned that the pretrial diversion agreement included a provision granting wide-ranging immunity to Hunter Biden, far beyond the gun charge, and ordered the parties to provide supplemental briefing on a variety of issues.
After Noreika continued the hearing, according to documents filed by Weiss in federal court, the parties “reached an impasse,” leaving the government to believe the case could not be resolved short of trial. Because “venue,” meaning the proper location for a trial, for the tax cases did not lie in Delaware but rather Washington, D.C., or the central district of California, Weiss moved to dismiss those charges against Hunter Biden “without
