Feds say Hunter Biden gun charge diversion deal no longer valid, deny they reneged on plea agreement

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday said a pretrial diversion deal that they had offered to Hunter Biden on a felony gun charge did not take effect, despite what lawyers for the son of President Joe Biden are arguing.

Special Counsel David Weiss also accused Hunter’s defense attorneys of “inaccurately” characterizing the collapse of renewed plea negotiations, which fell apart last week after a judge raised questions about the deals Weiss was offering.

Earlier Tuesday, one of Hunter’s lawyers asked the judge in the case for permission to withdraw from the case, citing the likelihood he will be a witness to the failed plea negotiations.

Weiss originally said he would not recommend jail time for Hunter if he pleaded guilty on July 26 to two misdemeanor counts of failure to pay federal income taxes.

And the prosecutor also was willing to allow Hunter to avoid conviction and have the felony firearm charge dropped if he abided by the conditions of the agreement over two years.