Hunter Biden's lead defense attorney has requested to withdraw from the case involving the president's son following the collapse of his client's plea agreement. Attorney Christopher Clark seeks to become a witness for the defense in an increasingly likely trial.
Tuesday's development follows last week's decision by Attorney General Merrick Garland to elevate U.S. Attorney David Weiss to special counsel due to the “extraordinary circumstances” of the case and “public interest.”
The New York Times reports:
The lawyer who represented Hunter Biden in plea negotiations to end a five-year Justice Department investigation into tax and gun offenses stepped down early Tuesday, saying that he intends to testify as a witness on behalf of the president's son.
The decision by the lawyer, Christopher J. Clark, is the latest development in the long-running negotiation — which has now devolved into a fight — between the Justice Department and Mr. Biden.
The department has said that a substantial part of the plea agreement no longer stands and suggested in court documents that it could indict Mr. Biden. Mr. Clark is now contending that Mr. Biden will need him as a witness to prove that the department is seeking to back out of a legally binding deal intended to definitively end the federal investigation.
“Based on recent developments, it appears that the negotiation and drafting of the plea agreement and diversion agreement will be contested, and Mr. Clark is a percipient witness to those issues,” a new lawyer for Mr. Biden said in a motion filed in federal court in Delaware on Tuesday.
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Democrats lie a lot, too.
Dems always do since day 1
What a bunch of hogwash. The left knows exactly what they are doing and anything that they do is to help this crooked administration and the American people see it for what it really is. HOGWASH.
Biden will continue to have no comment on matters of importance, he is not mentally capable to rationally answer questions.
globalist puppet soros will continue to write notes and write messages on a teleprompter for globalist puppet, chester biden to attempt to read and continue to feed globalist puppet, chester biden messages in his earpiece to attempt to repeat .
Well, it is a demonrat, can’t expect anything resembling a TRUTH.
All parties to cover up, will be COVERED UP!