The District of Columbia Bar’s Board on Professional Responsibility accepted the surrender, which avoided extended disciplinary proceedings over whether his prior criminal cases required mandatory disbarment.
The board recommended that the D.C. Court of Appeals approve Biden’s voluntary disbarment, Newsweek said.
In the Connecticut matter, Biden reached an agreement with the state agency responsible for attorney discipline. Under the agreement, he admitted to certain misconduct allegations outlined in court filings while contesting others, the outlet reported.
Paul Dorsey, one of the two people who filed the complaints in Connecticut about Hunter, told the judge, he: “Objected to the agreement because Hunter Biden did not admit to committing crimes.”
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