President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden is set to plead guilty Wednesday to two federal misdemeanors for not paying taxes on time, a major step toward concluding the highly scrutinized Justice Department investigation into his troubled finances.
The hearing is slated to begin at 10 a.m. ET at the federal courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware. Previous court filings indicate that Hunter Biden will admit to two misdemeanors for not paying federal taxes on time in 2017 and 2018, and he will also enter into a deal with prosecutors that would resolve a felony gun charge. As part of the plea agreement, Justice Department prosecutors are expected to recommend a sentence of probation for the president’s son.
Jason Smith, the House Ways and Means Committee chair, about alleged political interference in the probe. In a late twist, the judge threatened to sanction Hunter Biden’s lawyers over the matter. They denied the claims and called the incident an “unintentional miscommunication” by court staff.
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