Biden son Hunter charged with tax offenses
The US judiciary has been investigating Hunter Biden for years. The president's son actually admitted to illegal possession of a revolver and tax offenses back in June as part of an agreement with the Delaware Attorney General's Office. In return for a guilty plea in both cases, he was only to receive a lenient sentence and would also have been spared a trial.
However, the deal collapsed in July after the judge responsible questioned its content. In August, US Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed David Weiss, the Delaware federal prosecutor who had already been investigating Hunter Biden since 2019, as a special investigator.
He first brought charges against Biden in Delaware in mid-September for illegal possession of firearms - and has now brought charges in a federal court in Los Angeles, California, for tax offenses. Biden, a lawyer and businessman who now works as an artist, has lived in Los Angeles since 2018.
Hunter Biden is also being targeted by the opposition Republicans. They accuse him of having exploited his father's important position as Barack Obama's Vice President (2009 to 2017) for business deals in Ukraine and China in the past. The allegations serve as the basis for the Republicans' efforts to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Biden. They accuse him of being involved in his son's foreign business dealings and of lying to the public.
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- Despite the ongoing investigation led by the US judiciary against Hunter Biden for several years, the deal to plead guilty to illegal gun possession and tax offenses in Delaware collapsed in July due to the judge's concerns.
- Following the collapse of the initial deal, US Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed David Weiss, the Delaware federal prosecutor who had been investigating Hunter Biden since 2019, as a special investigator in August.
- Weiss first brought charges against Biden in Delaware for illegal gun possession in mid-September and has now accused him of tax offenses in a federal court in Los Angeles, California.
- Hunter Biden, who is a lawyer, businessman, and now an artist, lives in Los Angeles since 2018 and is being targeted by the opposition Republicans, who accuse him of exploiting his father's position as Barack Obama's Vice President (2009 to 2017) for business deals in Ukraine and China.
- The Republicans' allegations serve as the basis for their efforts to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Biden, accusing him of involvement in his son's foreign business dealings and lying to the public.
- Because of his tax offenses, Hunter Biden now faces legal proceedings not only in Delaware but also in Los Angeles, potentially further damaging the reputation of the US president's son and escalating political tensions.
Source: www.stern.de
