WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday denied allegations by an Internal Revenue Service whistleblower, who said the high-ranking federal prosecutor tasked with investigating President Joe Biden’s son Hunter was hindered by the Justice Department from pursuing more aggressive criminal tax charges. Speaking publicly for the first time since Hunter…
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‘No indication’ Hunter Biden tax charges will be dropped after indictment, says …
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The Montana Supreme Court has said that Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen was correct in striking down a proposed ballot initiative that would have capped property taxes because it violated the state constitution. In an unanimous opinion authored by Justice Jim Rice, the 17-page ruling said that ballot initiative, proposed by attorney and former Republican…
Hunter Biden’s lawyers argue plea deal on gun charge remains valid
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys for Hunter Biden are pushing to keep part of a plea deal they reached with the prosecutor whose new status as special counsel intensified the tax investigation into the president’s son ahead of the 2024 election. Biden’s attorney argued in court documents late Sunday that an agreement sparing him prosecution on…
Trump Organization found guilty of tax fraud scheme
Donald Trump’s company was convicted of tax fraud on Tuesday in a case brought by the Manhattan District Attorney, a significant repudiation of financial practices at the former U.S. president’s business. A jury found two corporate entities at the Trump Organization guilty on all 17 counts, including conspiracy charges and falsifying business records. The guilty…
Hunter Biden plea deal on hold: What you missed
The two counts of tax evasion are for 2017 and 2018, when Hunter Biden earned more than $1.5 million each year. A gun charge, which is being handled through a pretrial diversion program likely resulting in no jail time, is being handled in a separate case. Republicans criticized the investigation as a ‘slap on the…
Hunter Biden reaches deal to plead guilty in tax, gun case
Comment on this storyComment President Biden’s son Hunter has reached a tentative agreement with federal prosecutors to plead guilty to two minor tax crimes and admit to the facts of a gun charge under terms that would probably keep him out of jail, according to court papers filed Tuesday. Any proposed plea deal would have…
Healey signs roughly $1B tax relief package into law
Twenty months elapsed between Republican Gov. Charlie Baker using his final State of the Commonwealth address in January 2022 to ignite debate about slashing taxes and the final enactment of a roughly $1 billion package. So what was the turning point that helped lawmakers overcome all the bumps and disagreements they had hit along the way? One…