- 10 Dec 2023 06:35
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Hunter Biden indicted on 9 tax charges in California
Biden, 53, faces possible prison time if convicted after plea deal fell through earlier this year
Hunter Biden was indicted on nine tax charges in California on Thursday as a special counsel investigation into the business dealings of the U.S. president's son intensifies against the backdrop of the looming 2024 election.
The new charges — three felonies and six misdemeanours — come in addition to federal firearms charges in Delaware alleging Hunter Biden broke a law against drug users having guns in 2018.
They come after the implosion of a plea deal over the summer that would have spared him jail time. Hunter Biden "spent millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle rather than paying his tax bills," special counsel David Weiss said in a statement.
The charges are centred on at least $1.4 million US in taxes Hunter Biden owed between 2016 and 2019, a period where he has acknowledged struggling with addiction.
The back taxes have since been paid. If convicted, Hunter Biden could face up to 17 years in prison.
The special counsel probe remains open, Weiss said.
In a fiery response, defence attorney Abbe Lowell accused Weiss of "bowing to Republican pressure" in the case.
"Based on the facts and the law, if Hunter's last name was anything other than Biden, the charges in Delaware, and now California, would not have been brought," Lowell said in a statement.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hunter-bi ... -1.7052852
I do not buy that these charges are political in nature. Biden's a criminal.
What do you think of it, Pofo?
Biden, 53, faces possible prison time if convicted after plea deal fell through earlier this year
Hunter Biden was indicted on nine tax charges in California on Thursday as a special counsel investigation into the business dealings of the U.S. president's son intensifies against the backdrop of the looming 2024 election.
The new charges — three felonies and six misdemeanours — come in addition to federal firearms charges in Delaware alleging Hunter Biden broke a law against drug users having guns in 2018.
They come after the implosion of a plea deal over the summer that would have spared him jail time. Hunter Biden "spent millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle rather than paying his tax bills," special counsel David Weiss said in a statement.
The charges are centred on at least $1.4 million US in taxes Hunter Biden owed between 2016 and 2019, a period where he has acknowledged struggling with addiction.
The back taxes have since been paid. If convicted, Hunter Biden could face up to 17 years in prison.
The special counsel probe remains open, Weiss said.
In a fiery response, defence attorney Abbe Lowell accused Weiss of "bowing to Republican pressure" in the case.
"Based on the facts and the law, if Hunter's last name was anything other than Biden, the charges in Delaware, and now California, would not have been brought," Lowell said in a statement.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hunter-bi ... -1.7052852
I do not buy that these charges are political in nature. Biden's a criminal.
What do you think of it, Pofo?
“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson