and joining me now, former trump administration justice department official sarah isgur. publicans are calling this plea a sweetheart deal. what's your take? well, at the top level, what republicans are arguing is that you have donald trump facing 37 felony charges, that all carry jail time compared to hunter biden, who will now have no jail time. hunter biden was negotiating with the department of justice. donald trump has shown no interest in meeting with the department of justice to talk to them about a potential plea negotiation or deal. and the other part of the hunter biden news that we learned today is tax evasion, misdemeanor charges , that he got probation for that feels very normal on the gun charge. that pretty trial deferment. but for a first time offender, not too surprising from the department of justice. you mentioned that his plea includes that pretrial diversion program you worked at the doj. tell us what exactly that means and how does it help people keep people accountable? this actually is like probation, but probation only happens after you've pled gui