Hunter Biden changed his plea in the federal tax case against him just as jury selection was about to get underway in the case.
Hunter Biden changed his plea in the federal tax case against him just as jury selection was about to get underway in the case, which comes after a conviction on Hunter Biden was indicted on three felony and six misdemeanor charges accusing him of failing to pay taxes during a time period in which he has said he was going through a drug addiction and working to get sober.
District Judge Mark Scarsi, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, has to give a final stamp of approval to the deal in open court.The U.S. attorney in Delaware began an investigation into Biden for alleged tax violations, starting the years-long legal saga.Hunter Biden acknowledged that he was under investigation about a month after his father won 2020 election, issuing a statement for the first time.
In exchange for pleading guilty to misdemeanor tax charges and serving two years of probation, he was expected to avoid time behind bars. A weapons charge would also have been dropped if he stayed out of trouble.Two IRS agents involved in the Hunter Biden investigation testified before the House Oversight Committee, where they accused the agency and justice system of giving the president’s son special treatment.
Hunter Biden would later plead not guilty to the charges in the same courthouse where the plea deal fell apart.Weiss filed nine tax-related charges against Hunter Biden in California for failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes from 2016 to 2020. Hunter Biden’s defense team filed a motion seeking to have the tax charges dropped, accusing prosecutors of selectively targeting him, arguing a statute of limitations had been reached and duplicative charges were filed.
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