President Biden’s son Hunter is charged with false statements and illegal gun possession in a high-profile investigation that’s been a focal point for Republicans.
Sign up for Fact Checker, our weekly review of what's true, false or in-between in politics.last month of making two false statements in 2018 when he completed paperwork to purchase a gun. Biden asserted on the form that he was not addicted to or using illegal drugs, the indictment says, “when in fact, as he knew, that statement was false and fictitious.” He is also charged with unlawfully possessing the gun.
to two misdemeanor tax violations while admitting to illegal possession of a gun, but not actually pleading guilty to that felony offense. After the deal fell apart, Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss — the prosecutor who has overseen the investigation since it started during the Trump administration — asked Attorney General Merrick Garland toWeiss is now weighing whether to file tax charges against Biden in California, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive case.
“Hunter Biden possessing an unloaded gun for 11 days was not a threat to public safety, but a prosecutor, with all the power imaginable, bending to political pressure, presents a grave threat to our system of justice,” Hunter Biden’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, said after prosecutors charged his client.
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