ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 7月27日 06時29分

A deal for Hunter Biden to plead guilty to a pair of misdemeanor tax charges while avoiding prosecution on a gun charge hit a last-minute snag, with the judge in the case unexpectedly putting off her decision.

The federal judge overseeing the case, Maryellen Noreika, deferred her decision on approving the deal between Biden and federal prosecutors on Wednesday afternoon — the latest twist in a politically charged case that seemed to have been sewn up just hours earlier.

During a three-hour hearing in Federal District Court in Wilmington, Delaware, Judge Noreika asked the two sides to make changes to the deal that would clarify her role and insert language that limits the scope of immunity from prosecution it would grant to Biden for past business dealings that came under scrutiny by investigators.

The decision delays, at least briefly, a proposed deal that came after a yearslong investigation by the federal prosecutor in Delaware, David Weiss. Under the terms of the proposed agreement, Hunter Biden would not serve time in prison.

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