No - I remember this one too. The judge discovered a broad grant (crimes still under investigation, crimes not yet discovered, that sort of thing) of immunity for Hunter deep in the fine print of some supporting document, something she apparently wasn't supposed to find. When she questioned the attorneys about support, ie precedent, for such a broad grant, they couldn't cite any. Hunters attorney's thought they had agreed to broad immunity but the prosecutors couldn't defend that to judge, so it was out. Hunter would not agree to the plea agreement without it meeting his understanding of granting broader immunity, so they parties were at an impasse and Hunter rather than pleading guilty under plea agreement entered a plea of not guilty.

You are 100% correct. Weiss tried to pull a fast one on the judge by hiding the real plea agreement in some side documents, a deal that would have excused Hunter from literally everything he's ever done. That deal is dead, and now he goes to trial.

I don't care what the apologists here say: this whole thing is corrupt. Garland doesn't want Weis in front of Comer's or Jordan's committees and so only now - after the statute of limitations on many of Hunter's crimes have passed - does he get the "Special Counsel" title that Weiss himself said he didn't need.

Their plan is to run out the clock until Biden wins in 2024, then they can hand out a slap on the wrist and The Big Guy can issue a blanket pardon with zero political consequences.