UPDATE: For a brief time, it looked like the plea deal was falling apart. Hunter’s legal team pushed too far and wanted the judge to assure him of immunity to any future charges, not just the ones included in the original case. The Daily Caller reports that the judge bucked and pushed back. But then a new agreement was reached. Hunter will still be able to face future charges from the DoJ, including potential FARA violations. He would be entering a guilty plea on the tax and gun charges.

Original story continues below:

It’s a busy news day on a number of fronts. This is the day when we anticipate finding out whether or not Hunter Biden will be granted his sweetheart deal by U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika, who is hearing his case involving tax fraud and gun charges. A plea deal was already put on the table and if the judge agrees to it, Hunter will likely not do a single day behind bars. But that’s no longer a sure thing. The court has heard requests from Congress to hold off and consider recent whistleblower testimony. And just this week, more complicating factors and questions have emerged. (Associated Press)

President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, faced new challenges on the eve of a scheduled court appearance Wednesday in which he’s set to plead guilty in a deal with prosecutors on tax and gun charges.

On Capitol Hill, where Republicans are ramping up their investigations of the president and his son, the GOP chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee took the unusual step of filing court documents urging the judge in Hunter Biden’s case to consider testimony from IRS whistleblowers. The whistleblowers alleged the Justice Department interfered with investigations into Biden, a charge that has been denied by the lead prosecutor in the case, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump.

At the eleventh hour, Judge Noreika received a request to keep “sensitive grand jury, taxpayer and social security information” under seal. The request came from an attorney who may have claimed to be working with an attorney from the Ways and Means Committee but turned out to be working with Hunter’s defense. That remains unclear, however. But either way, somebody is clearly still trying to keep as much information about Hunter Biden away from the public as possible.

Then we learned of another wrinkle in the story. It turns out that the Ways and Means Committee actually was involved, but not in the way that was previously suggested. They have contacted the judge alleging that Hunter’s legal team has lied to the court in an effort to protect the plea deal. (National Review)

The GOP-controlled House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday accused one of Hunter Biden’s attorneys of misrepresenting herself to the court in an attempt to block the release of evidence that could threaten the execution of the president’s son’s plea deal,  set for Wednesday.

On Tuesday morning, the committee filed an amicus brief to Delaware U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika, who will review Hunter Biden’s plea agreement. The brief alleged that the deal was “tainted,” noting the testimony of two IRS whistleblowers who sat for transcribed interviews. Hunter Biden had benefited from “political interference which calls into question the propriety of the investigation” into alleged offenses including money laundering, felony tax evasion, and failure to register as a foreign agent, wrote Theodore Kittila, an attorney who filed the brief on behalf of House Ways and Means chairman Jason Smith.

We’ve been following this story closely because of the disgusting atmosphere surrounding the entire thing. Biden’s largely hidden backers have bent over backward to protect Hunter from any accountability and they are dangerously close to the finish line. If this plea deal goes through, it’s game over and Hunter Biden will be laughing all the way to the bank where he keeps all of the illicit money he received from his overseas influence peddling and his phony bologna “artwork.” And The Big Guy will be laughing right along with him. This should not be allowed to stand.