The article is poorly written, so I can't tell if the deal is officially dead. What I know for sure is that the judge refused to simply rubber stamp it, and gave both sides 30 days to explain why she should accept the deal. What I'm unable to discern is if the whole thing fell apart after the hearing. Either way it's bad news for Hunter the Crackhead.
I saw something this morning where Hunters Defense dosen't want something in the case made public and sealed. So they impersonated the prosecution and filed to have it sealed. Judge found out and is pissed.
One of Biden's lawyers called up the Clerk of the court office, pretending to be from the prosecutor's office. Told them they needed to remove something, a document, from the pile of documents on file. Someone from within the Clerks office called bullshit on that and checked with the prosecutor who confirmed it was a faked request. Biden's people denied that they impersonated anyone, used some lame excuse that caller ID would have shown it was not the prosecutor office calling but Bidens lawyers.
So, either Team Biden tried to impersonate the opposing team in order to get the prosecution's document removed, or Team Biden just attempted to get the opposing team's document removed from the record without having permission to do so. Legit, ethical behavior, either way.
The article is poorly written, so I can't tell if the deal is officially dead. What I know for sure is that the judge refused to simply rubber stamp it, and gave both sides 30 days to explain why she should accept the deal. What I'm unable to discern is if the whole thing fell apart after the hearing. Either way it's bad news for Hunter the Crackhead.
I saw something this morning where Hunters Defense dosen't want something in the case made public and sealed. So they impersonated the prosecution and filed to have it sealed. Judge found out and is pissed.
Yeah, I read something about her threatening sanctions for something sleazy that Hunter's defense team did, but I was unclear on the details.
One of Biden's lawyers called up the Clerk of the court office, pretending to be from the prosecutor's office. Told them they needed to remove something, a document, from the pile of documents on file. Someone from within the Clerks office called bullshit on that and checked with the prosecutor who confirmed it was a faked request. Biden's people denied that they impersonated anyone, used some lame excuse that caller ID would have shown it was not the prosecutor office calling but Bidens lawyers.
So, either Team Biden tried to impersonate the opposing team in order to get the prosecution's document removed, or Team Biden just attempted to get the opposing team's document removed from the record without having permission to do so. Legit, ethical behavior, either way.
That sounds literally illegal. Disbar that motherfucker.