Hunter Biden failed to pay between . million and . million in federal taxes before the legal deadlines and was poised to plead guilty to two tax charges with prosecutors agreeing to recommend a sentence of probation . Judge Maryellen Noreika said she had concerns about the parties seemingly linking the tax plea agreement to resolving a felony gun charge . During the proceedings prosecutors confirmed that the investigation into Biden was ongoing . Judge threatened to sanction Hunter Bidens lawyers over the matter . A bizarre legal clash between a top Republican lawmaker and Hunter Biden lawyers which erupted on the eve of his court appearance did not come up at Wednesdays hearing . The dispute revolves around whether a member of Hunter Biden’s legal team lied to the court about her identity so they would remove a Tuesday filing from GOP Rep. Jason Smith about alleged political interference in the probe . The House Ways and Means Committee chair about alleged Political interference in his court filing . The judge threatened to be sanctioned by Hunter Biden Lawyers over the issue . In a late twist the judge threatened the claims and called the incident an unintentional miscommunication by court staff. The judge called it an unintentional . miscommunication an attempt to remove a file from the House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith to remove an earlier filing from his court staff by removing a file . The IRS whistleblower from his office. The IRS whistleblowers have claimed that Hunter Biden’s tax evasion charges that they had previously said he had refused to cooperate with investigators. They have said that he had declined to cooperate in the tax evasion. He has declined to provide an explanation. In an earlier version of this article. In a further version, Hunter Biden said he has declined and said he declined to decline to cooperate and that he was not cooperating with the IRS. He said