Lawyers for Hunter Biden said in a court filing that prosecutors reneged on a plea deal that would have resolved tax and firearms charges against the US president's son as his father seeks re-election
Delaware federal prosecutors said on Friday that Hunter Biden may be headed for a criminal trial after plea negotiations broke down.
Under that proposed arrangement, Hunter Biden would have pleaded guilty to not paying taxes on $1.5 million in income between 2017 and 2018 and entered into a separate deferred prosecution agreement for illegally owning a firearm while using drugs, a felony.
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