(Daily Mail) Hunter Biden has reached a deal with prosecutors that would see him plead guilty to tax crimes and dispense with a gun charge but likely avoid jail time, according to new Justice Department filings.
The president’s son has been under investigation for five years for tax and financial allegations, as well as for paperwork for purchasing a handgun where he attested that he did not abuse drugs.
That contradicted admissions in his own autobiography where he detailed an addiction to crack cocaine that led to a stint in rehab.
The agreement with prosecutors still must be approved by a federal judge, and comes at a time when the Justice Department is under scrutiny for its handling of high-profile investigations of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
Hunter Biden has reached a deal with prosecutors that would see him plead guilty to a trio of crimes but likely avoid jail time, according to new Justice Department filings
Sources told NBC prosecutors will recommend probation – which would spare the president’s son jail time but could land him in hot water if he violates terms. Both tax times to which he will plead guilty are misdemeanor charges.
The Washington Post reported prosecutors would recommend two years’ probation. Any further terms of probation that prosecutors would recommend were not immediately available, and would be subject to modification by the court.
U.S. Attorney for Delaware David Weiss, a holdover from the Trump administration, has been overseeing the politically charged probe.
A document Weiss filed with the court Tuesday states that the criminal information charges the defendant with tax offenses – ‘namely two counts of willful failure to pay federal income tax,’ as well as ‘one count of possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance.’
U.S. Attorney David Weiss asked a judge to schedule hearing for Hunter Biden for two tax offenses and a gun charge, following a years-long investigation into the president’s son
‘The President and First Lady love their son and support him as he continues to rebuild his life. We will have no further comment,’ said White House spokesman Ian Sams
U.S. Attorney David Weiss said Hunter Biden agreed to enter a ‘diversion agreement’ where defendants can admit the facts of the case without entering a formal guilty plea
Hunter Biden’s problems have been a running theme during the Biden administration. Here President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Hunter Biden and Ashley Biden attend the University of Pennsylvania 267th Commencement Ceremony at Franklin Field in Philadelphia
The gun charge dates to a period where Hunter was involved with Hallie Biden, the widow of his late brother, Beau
