The indictment of Hunter Biden for falsifying a gun application was inevitable once the judge turned down the original plea bargain. This does not mean, though, that there will be a trial, at least not a full-blown trial.
The likely scenario is as follows: Hunter Biden’s lawyers will try to negotiate a new deal under which he admits the factual allegations in the indictment, but denies that these allegations can be prosecuted as a crime under the Second Amendment.
Mr. Biden’s lawyers may also claim that by previously a …