So what the article actually said was:
But at a stunning three-hour court hearing last month, the deal nearly collapsed under scrutiny from the federal judge overseeing the case. District Judge Maryellen Noreika said the intertwined deals to resolve the tax and gun charges were “confusing,” “not straightforward,” “atypical” and “unprecedented.” At the end of that hearing, she ordered the Justice Department and Hunter Biden’s lawyers to file additional legal briefs defending the constitutionality of the agreement.
Friday, Weiss said talks had failed.
“After the hearing, the parties continued negotiating but reached an impasse,” prosecutors wrote. “A trial is therefore in order.”
By naming Weiss as a special counsel, Garland gave him further independence from the Justice Department as he embarks on an unprecedented trial against the son of the sitting president, and as Republicans claim the department is politicized.
The White House and Hunter Biden’s legal team were not informed beforehand of the decision to appoint a special counsel, according to a senior Justice Department official.
So the plea deal was fucked up on technical grounds that you would have to be a US criminal law attorney to understand. So it's not really "headed to trial". It's just headed to another, better drafted plea deal.
There's nothing about Joe taking bribes or Hunter selling Joe out. This is all just Butler's weird fantasy delusion about what's going on. What seems to be happening is Hunter is facing tax evasion charges and gun charges and the deals will have to be re written and kept separate.
That's all, folks!
