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RODGERS: "So, you would look to other similar cases. So, on the gun form charge, it's very, very standard for someone in this situation who lies on the form because they are an addict. The gun is long gone, apparently he only had it for a couple of week, and it's very standard in these circumstances for this diversion to occur and to wipe out the charges, assuming he successfully completes it. So that's totally standard. And the tax fraud is similar as well. I mean, he paid those taxes back a long time ago, and that is something that the DoJ takes very, very seriously when negotiating these deals. And I'll also say that Hunter Biden was an addict at the time, so there was discussion of this back when this investigation got going. When you're talking about a drug addict, you have to think about whether you can prove the mens rea. If this goes to trial, is he going to be able to undercut their case about whether he knowingly and willfully didn't pay his taxes. So given all of that, and given similar cases with tax fraud, this is not a sweetheart deal. It's a deal, I think it's a good deal for Hunter Biden in that he will stay out of prison and end up with only two misdemeanors on his record, but it is certainly not a sweetheart deal out of line with what happens in the rest of the country."