The son of the President of the United States, Hunter Biden, was charged with nine tax crimes, according to the Associated Press news agency.
Hunter “participated in a four-year scheme to fail to pay at least $1.4 million in federal taxes he owed for tax years 2016 through 2019,” special prosecutor David Weiss said in a 56-page indictment , filed in California district court.
Hunter Biden will face nine charges of failing to report and pay taxes, tax evasion and filing false tax returns, according to the document.
The new allegations are an even greater embarrassment for Joe Biden at a time when the Democratic president is chasing losses in the re-election race and defending himself against a Republican attempt to oust him on the grounds that he profited from his son’s international activities .
Biden’s son, 53, is already charged with three crimes related to the purchase and possession of guns – illegal when using drugs – that he acquired in 2018.
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives is also investigating Hunter Biden as part of its investigation into his father, Joe Biden, for alleged improprieties, including handing out influence in favor of family members in the business community.
As part of this investigation, the president’s son is expected to testify before Congress on Wednesday, December 13.
In October, Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty in a Delaware court to charges that he bought a gun in 2018 and lied about not using drugs, despite later admitting he struggled with crack addiction.
The accusations against the son of the Democratic leader are the result of an investigation opened in 2018, during the administration of Donald Trump (2017-2021), and which the former president himself, now a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, used to to attack Biden. that we could face in the 2024 elections.
The five-year investigation led to an agreement this year between Hunter Biden’s defense and the prosecution team led by Trump-appointed prosecutor David Weiss that could have put an end to the case.
However, that pact failed and now Hunter Biden faces a lawsuit that will likely come in the middle of the campaign for the November 2024 elections.
Source: DN
