Biden ‘Plunged Into Sadness and Frustration’ After Collapse of Hunter’s Sweetheart Plea Deal: Report
President Joe Biden “plunged into sadness and frustration” because of the breakdown of a plea deal between his son, Hunter Biden, and the Justice Department, the New York Times reported Sunday.
More than a dozen people close to the Biden family told the Times that, following the deal’s collapse, conversations between father and son are “tinged with a resignation that was not there before.”
The sweetheart plea deal broke down after the Justice Department and Hunter Biden’s lawyers could not agree on its terms. The judge in the case then refused to accept a revised plea deal that would have offered Biden broad legal immunity. Special Counsel David Weiss has said that the Biden case may now be headed for a criminal trial.
That possibility left the president “stunned,” according to the Times.
The bond between Joe and Hunter Biden is nonetheless “ironclad,” the Times reported. Biden family confidants said the president has been “too deferential to his younger son, appearing unwilling to tell him no, despite Hunter’s problems and his long trail of bad decisions.” (Read more from “Biden ‘Plunged Into Sadness and Frustration’ After Collapse of Hunter’s Sweetheart Plea Deal: Report” HERE)
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