Hunter Biden’s lawyers face SANCTIONS after being accused of lying to the clerk in his criminal tax case as judge orders First Son’s attorneys to explain themselves by tonight

• Hunter Biden’s legal team is accused of lying to the clerk in his criminal case 
• The alleged dirty trick was a ploy to remove testimony from IRS whistleblowers from the court docket
• Delaware Judge Maryellen Noreika ordered Hunter’s attorneys to explain themselves by 9pm today or be sanctioned

Hunter Biden‘s lawyers face potential sanctions after allegedly lying to the clerk in his criminal case.

Delaware Judge Maryellen Noreika ordered the First Son’s attorneys to explain themselves by 9pm Tuesday or be sanctioned.

The alleged dirty trick was a ploy to remove testimony from IRS whistleblowers about the Justice Department’s lackluster criminal investigation into Hunter Biden’s tax offenses from the court docket.

Earlier today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith filed a brief to Judge Noreika, suggesting that she toss Hunter’s ‘sweetheart’ plea deal with Delaware prosecutors due to claims they gave the President’s son preferential treatment.

It is claimed that someone from Hunter’s attorney Chris Clark’s office later called the Delaware clerk – pretending to be from the office of Smith’s attorney, Theodore Kittila – asking them to remove the original filing and, with it, 448 pages of Congressional testimony from the two IRS investigators who worked on the case.

The documents were then taken down and sealed.

Kittila, quickly filed a second outraged letter to the judge.

‘We promptly contacted the Clerk’s office, and we were advised that someone contacted the Court representing that they worked with my office and that they were asking the Court to remove this from the docket,’ Kittila wrote to the judge.

‘We immediately advised that this was inaccurate.’

In a fiery email exchange with Kittila about the apparent skullduggery, Hunter’s lawyer Clark hit back, denying any improper conduct and claiming ‘the clerk took the filing down on their own accord’.

But the top Republican’s lawyer included in his filing a copy of an email from the Delaware clerk, backing up his claims.

‘The woman who called was a Jessica Bengels,’ he wrote adding her phone number.

‘She said she worked with Theodore Kittila and it was important the document was removed immediately,’ the clerk, Samantha Grimes, wrote to Kittila.

Hunter’s lawyers claim that the filing contained ‘personal tax information’ and should be sealed, despite the same documents being publicly released online by the House Ways and Means Committee a month ago.

‘Your attempts to publicly file my client’s personal financial information with no protections are improper, illegal and in violation of applicable rules,’ Clark wrote to Kittila. ‘I stand by all of my statements.’

Judge Noreika appeared displeased, issuing an order this evening over the alleged dirty trick giving Hunter’s lawyers just hours to justify themselves.

‘It appears that the caller misrepresented her identity and who she worked for in an attempt to improperly convince the Clerk’s Office to remove the amicus materials from the docket,’ the order said.

‘Therefore, it is hereby ordered that, on or before 9pm today on July 25, 2023, counsel for Defendant shall show cause as to why sanctions should not be considered for misrepresentations to the Court.’

However, Noreika also placed a temporary seal on Chairman Smith’s filing, meaning it will not be public until after Hunter’s plea hearing tomorrow.

Mike Howell, director of conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project, told DailyMail.com that the latest twist in the courtroom saga was ‘crazy’ and the alleged actions of Clark’s firm ‘reek of desperation’.

‘Something crazy is happening right now in the Hunter Biden case,’ he said. ‘The judge ordered the sealing of transcripts that have been publicly available on the House website for over a month and which a House Committee voted to release in compliance with applicable rules.

‘The courageous Whistleblowers did the right thing in the right way – they provided sworn testimony protected under U.S. law.

‘If anyone lied to the court, they need to be punished. Otherwise, we can only expect the same behavior in the future. It is unbelievable that we are dealing with these 11th-Hour procedural shenanigans that reek of desperation.

‘Heritage Oversight will be there in person to observe these proceedings on behalf of the American people.’

Clark has previously engaged in unusual methods for a high-powered lawyer – including in responses to DailyMail.com.

In August last year, before publishing a story about Joe Biden meeting in the White House with two Chinese energy executives, as well as fourteen other meetings with business partners and associates of Hunter, we contacted Clark for comment.

He responded shortly after 9pm that evening with a near-unintelligible email.

‘Please quote me,’ he wrote. ‘Josh you are a parasite who lives of other peoples difficulties. Your parents won’t mount you.

‘Pls include an explaination from ‘news corp’ lawyers of you exclude this comment this from your as to why you have done so after asking. Me fo my comment. Please’

Clark, who has previously specialized in media industry cases, appeared to be under the mistaken impression that DailyMail.com is a News Corp company, owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch. DailyMail.com is in fact owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust.