Hunter Biden’s criminal defense attorney has just asked the federal judge if he could withdraw from the case.

He suggested he could be called as a witness in future proceedings.

Here’s more from CNN:

Hunter Biden’s lead criminal defense attorney asked a federal judge on Tuesday for permission to withdraw from the case because he could now be called as a witness in future proceedings.

Christopher Clark, Biden’s longtime defense lawyer, filed a motion with the Delaware judge who has overseen the case since a plea deal was announced in June.

“Based on recent developments, it appears that the negotiation and drafting of the plea agreement and diversion agreement will be contested, and Mr. Clark is a percipient witness to those issues,” Biden’s lawyers said in the filing.

Federal prosecutors said last week they reached an impasse on a plea deal related to tax offenses and a related “diversion agreement” to resolve a gun possession charge. They asked the judge to withdraw a late August deadline she previously gave both sides to re-negotiate the agreements after she refused to approve them at a hearing last month.

Biden’s lawyers said Sunday they believed the gun diversion deal was still “valid and binding.” Abbe Lowell, one of the attorneys, placed blame on prosecutors for drafting the agreements the judge took issue with.

The deal falling apart is all the fault of the prosecutors? Yeah, sure. Hunter’s lawyers had nothing to do with him getting perpetual immunity. Right…

As far as Clark bailing on the case, I’m not sure the exact effect this will have on the trial other than to possibly delay it as Hunter seeks another criminal defense attorney – assuming he needs one.