It's now clear that the agreement was never meant primarily to shield Hunter from future prosecution, but to protect President Joe Biden.
In a Delaware federal court on Wednesday, Hunter's lawyers ended up rejecting a plea deal once it became clear the deal would not confer broad immunity on the president's son.
Although the language of the plea deal has not been released, it was supposed to have Hunter plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of willful failure to pay federal income tax, as well as enter a pretrial diversion agreement for illegal possession of a firearm.
Hunter Biden then pled not guilty to the tax charges and the hearing was over.
What to make of this? The most obvious explanation is that Hunter's lawyers know what most Americans know: He was involved in complex foreign bribery schemes that implicate his father, President Biden.
Hunter's plea deal, in other words, wasn't meant to shield Hunter from future prosecution, it was meant to protect Joe.
A plea agreement granting Hunter broad immunity would make it harder to dig into his murky overseas business deals - deals which increasingly appear to have involved his father.
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