referenced this is to say that when you cut to sentencing guidelines, which is this idea of what eventually sentence hunter biden should get for the misdemeanor tax offenses, you can t include the gun charge into that. everything seemed to be okay at that point, but the judge asked, there is an ongoing investigation going on here, the government said, yes, they agree. they say, what does that ongoing investigation involve? they say they can t talk about it. they said, okay, so you re asking me to accept a plea agreement but does that cover any potential charges? she referenced the work that hunter biden has done for entities in foreign countrys? she sai does this preclude you from bringing charges in the future if i accept this plea agreement, the government said no, we could bring the charges. the defense acting on behalf of hunter biden disagreed with that and said that s not my understanding of the agreement, and then the federal prosecutors said, then there is no deal.
someone from the biden legal side had misrepresented themselves, just a giant mess. but at the end of the day, the republicans were trying to intercede, trying to influence this proceeding and trying to get the judge to raise these issues. now, as has been reported, the judge this morning asked the defense lawyers and the prosecutors whether in light of this there is anything more that, you know, should be given out here, or looked at differently and both sides said no. so, barbara, i mean, this is so unusual and so many different levels. but the amicus brief being introduced, the moment the hearing is going on, how unusual is this and is there any kind of history to show that this kind of stuff works? it is not only unusual, jose,
purchase of that weapon. so, he provided misleading information to the federal government at the time of the purchase. something that as barb was saying is there is a criminality question there, but it is rarely brought as a charge. mike memoli, michael schmidt, barbara mcquaid, thank you so much for being with us this morning. our coverage of hunter biden s plea agreement continues. up next, we ll get reaction from capitol hill and break down the political fallout to all of this. we re back in 60 seconds. you re watching jose diaz-balart reports on msnbc. you re watching jose diaz-balart reports on msnbc.
relate to, he s the father of this only surviving son, and he and the first lady want to express love for his continued work on recovery. our colleague mike memoli mentioned that the subject was introduced in court about when was the last time hunter biden had been using illegal substances, that is a part of his process going forward. so, expressions of support for hunter biden as a person, not weighing in on the particulars of the prosecution here. on this matter, and on things relating to former president trump and other subjects, the white house has tried to put as much distance between the president and the function of the white house and the department of justice. as today s events unfold, you know if this is unresolved, that will give us new questions to pose here. but it is mostly been in the personal lane of trying to maintain that family support. we have seen hunter biden on campus here at the white house, for white house events, at the state dinner, an active member
and we have breaking news in the hunter biden hearing. let s go right to nbc s tom winter who just ran outside of the court. what do you have, tom? reporter: well, right now the united states department of justice and the son of the president of the united states robert hunter biden have no deal. that s what was just stated in court. both sides are taking a ten-minute recess now to see if they can agree to terms on the plea agreement. starting about 11:00 a.m., the judge started to question whether or not a provision in the agreement, this pretrial diversion on the gun charge, as well, and we re just finding this out now, i ask the audience patience with this, because we haven t within able to see the court documents today, as part of the charges there aadditional tax charges, that won t be brought, the judge questions that and says, look, the pretrial diversion agreement is outside of my purview, but it is