It came as Trump’s team was bracing instead for possible charges arising out of Smith’s investigation of efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Special counsel Jack Smith unexpectedly added a major allegation to the indictment charging former President Donald Trump with mishandling classified documents. That wasn’t the only legal surprise of the week. So it was remarkable Wednesday when the deal for Hunter Biden to plead guilty to two misdemeanors for his failure to pay taxes on time fell apart in a federal courtroom after the judge raised questions about it. When a plea bargain is hammered out after months of negotiation, the formal acceptance of it in court is usually carefully choreographed - and predictable. “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men” often go awry, Burns explained.īut some plans aren’t made to be broken. Writing “to a mouse,” the Scottish poet Robert Burns offered consolation for the little “beasties” eviction from its home by a “cruel” plough that turned up a field.
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