President Joe Biden’s son Hunter pleaded not guilty — for now — on two tax charges Wednesday after an earlier plea deal fell apart when a judge scrutinized a related agreement regarding a more significant gun possession charge.
Earlier on Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika refused to sign off on a previous agreement Hunter Biden made with prosecutors in which he’d plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges for failure to pay taxes and enter a diversion program in place of pleading guilty to felony gun possession as an admitted drug user.
As discussed in court Wednesday, Biden will reverse his not guilty plea if his lawyers and prosecutors can agree in the next few weeks on a plea deal that satisfies Noreika. She has asked each side to submit additional briefs detailing the legal structure of the potential new agreement.
As part of the previous agreement, prosecutors planned to recommend two years of probation for his failure to pay taxes on more than $3…