Hunter Biden’s defense attorney blamed federal prosecutors for the plea deal imploding in court last month.
Hunter Biden’s defense attorney is blaming federal prosecutors for a plea deal imploding in court last month.
Abbe Lowell, who is representing the younger Biden along with attorney Chris Clark, contended prosecutors did not make it clear to the defense team that additional charges could be forthcoming.
“What group of experienced defense lawyers would allow their client to plead guilty to a misdemeanor on a Monday keeping in mind that they knew that there could be a felony charge on a Wednesday?” Lowell told CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday.
Lowell also appeared to have confidence that if the prosecutors stick to “the facts, the evidence, and the law,” there won’t be new charges against the first son.
“There’s no new evidence to be found,” he said.
On Friday, US Attorney General Merrick Garland granted Delaware US Attorney David — the point-person in the Hunter Biden case — special counsel authority.
During a July 26 hearing, a federal judge ripped apart the probation-only plea deal to which both sides agreed, and found daylight with the defense over whether future charges were possible.
