Is something wrong, Hunter?
The first son cut a dejected figure as he arrived at Los Angeles’ Van Nuys Airport on a private jet early Friday as a documentary filmmaker captured his every move.
Hunter, 53, landed shortly before 1 a.m. SoCal time, more than 36 hours after Delaware District Judge Maryellen Noreika he blew the whistle in a wrist-baring plea agreement worked out by lawyers for Hunter and Father Joe’s Department of Justice.
As an airport worker retrieved Hunter’s bags, the first child was comforted on the tarmac by an unidentified friend wearing a Yankees cap and mustard-colored sweater. A camera operator observed the scene a few meters away.
While it’s unclear why they were filming, the New York Times reported last year that Hunter’s attorney and “sugar brother” Kevin Morris was funding a documentary project about Hunter’s “redemption story.”
A few minutes later, Hunter was driven from the airport in a two-car motorcade, four less than the convoy who had taken him to federal court in Wilmington, Del.
The first son agreed last month to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of failing to pay federal income taxes and entering a diversion program for a weapons offense in exchange for two years of probation and no time prison
But the deviation agreement includes a blanket immunity clause this would have ruled out prosecution of most of the charges still covered by the statute of limitations.
Noreika blew the deal when he asked prosecutor Leo Wise if there was an ongoing investigation into Hunter Biden.
“You said there’s an investigation, I don’t know what it is, but you should know if there are particular charges that could be brought based on the facts that are there,” he said.
“I can tell you what I think we can’t charge,” Wise said, trying to be coy. “I can’t tell you what the ongoing investigation is.”
Noreika then asked if the feds could charge Hunter with violating federal law by acting as an agent for foreign entities without registering with the Justice Department. Wise admitted they could, prompting an angry reaction from the first son’s attorney, Christopher Clark.
“As the government has said right now, I don’t agree with what the government said,” the first son’s lawyer said.
“I mean, these are contracts,” Noreika said. “To be applicable, there must be a meeting of the minds. So what do we do now?”
“Then there’s no deal,” Wise said.
“To me, the plea agreement is void in its entirety,” Clark agreed.
Hunter is due back in court next month, while his former business partner, Devon Archer, is expected to testify before the House Oversight Committee on Monday that the first son took Joe Biden to meetings. with its business partners abroad.