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Special counsel David Weiss said the deal his team previously reached with Hunter Biden to resolve a felony gun possession charge was never approved by a probation officer and is not binding.
The Justice Department prosecutors said in a court filing on Tuesday that for the “diversion agreement” to be legally binding, it would have had to be signed by a probation officer after last month’s court hearing in Delaware.
They said the official who needed to sign it was Margaret Bray, the chief United States probation officer for the District of Delaware.
“In sum, because Ms. Bray, acting in her capacity as
