Department of Justice prosecutors rejected Hunter Biden‘s offer on Thursday to enter an unusual plea in his criminal case in California that would involve the first son accepting guilt for the nine tax charges he is facing while avoiding admitting to the underlying allegations in his indictment.
The hearing was still underway as of Thursday afternoon, and it was unclear how Biden and his defense attorneys would respond to Weiss’s unwillingness to accept the first son’s plea terms.
Hunter Biden is guilty, and he’s not allowed to plead guilty on special terms that only apply to him,” Wise said, according to a report from the courtroom.
Leo Wise, a prosecutor working on behalf of special counsel David Weiss, told Judge Mark Scarsi that Biden appeared to be asking for “special terms.” “Hunter Biden is not innocent.
The decision by the special counsel’s team to urge Scarsi to move the case to trial comes after Biden’s legal team surprised prosecutors Thursday morning by entering what is known as an “Alford plea” just before jury selection in the case was set to begin.
Scarsi proposed punting jury selection until Friday to allow the government to prepare a full argument against Biden’s Alford plea.
An Alford plea involves a defendant admitting that there is enough evidence in a case for prosecutors to secure a guilty conviction, but it allows the defendant to avoid admitting to any allegations.
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