Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, July 26, 2023. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Lawyers for Hunter Biden told a judge that federal prosecutors on Friday decided to “renege” on a previously agreed…
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Hunter Biden gun and taxes deal no longer valid, prosecutors say
Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, arrives at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, July 4, 2023. Ting Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal prosecutors on Tuesday said a pretrial diversion deal that they had offered to Hunter Biden on a felony gun charge did not take effect, despite…
Hunter Biden Reaches Deal to Plead Guilty to Misdemeanor Tax Charges
Hunter Biden agreed with the Justice Department on Tuesday to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and accept terms that would allow him to avoid prosecution on a separate gun charge, a big step toward ending a long-running and politically explosive investigation into the finances, drug use and international business dealings of President Biden’s…
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…
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…