The federal judge who rejected Hunter Biden's plea deal released the proposed settlement publicly on Wednesday.
Judge Maryellen Noreika granted a request by NBC reporter Tom Winter for the full Hunter Biden plea deal to be released, The Messenger reported. Neither Biden's lawyers nor prosecutors objected.
A leaked version of the proposed plea deal was widely shared in the media last week.
Large portions of the plea deal were read in court on July 26, when Hunter Biden's proposed deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to tax charges and avoid a gun charge hit a snag when Noreika said she needed more time to review the agreement.
"Those agreements should be publicly docketed given that they were discussed in open court and played a role in Your Honor's decision on the proposed plea deal," Winter wrote in his request.
Noreika also released the diversion agreement, which included that the U.S. agreed to "not criminally prosecute Biden, outside of the terms of this Agreement, or any federal crimes encompassed by the attached Statement of Facts (Attachment A) and the Statement of Facts attached as Exhibit 1 to the Memorandum of Plea Agreement filed this same day."
Hunter Biden initially had agreed to plead guilty to two tax evasion charges and minor gun charges, much to the protest of Republican lawmakers.
After Noreika rejected the deal, the first son pleaded not guilty to charges of failing to pay taxes on more than $1.5 million in income in 2017 and 2018 despite owing more than $100,000, prosecutors allege.
The Republican heads of three House committees on Monday announced in a letter they will investigate the circumstances surrounding Biden's failed plea deal, the New York Post reported.
The letter, signed by Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., and Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith, R-Mo., was sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland less than one week after Noreika rejected the plea deal after describing it as "not standard" and questioning the deal's diversion agreement.
Noreika ordered attorneys Friday to raise issues with her chambers, not the court clerk.
The order came two days after an employee at a law firm representing Biden allegedly misrepresented her identity to the clerk's office during a phone call.
Reuters contributed to this story.
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