Associated Press
President Joe Biden’s son Hunter has been charged with failing to pay federal income tax and illegally possessing a weapon and has reached an agreement with the Justice Department, according to letter filed in U.S. District Court in Delaware.
As part of the agreement, made public Tuesday, Hunter Biden will plead guilty to misdemeanor tax offenses and is expected to reach an agreement with prosecutors on the felony charge of illegally possessing a firearm as a drug user. It is somewhat unusual to resolve a federal criminal case at the same time the charges are filed in court, though it is not totally unheard of.
The deal ends a long-running Justice Department investigation into Biden’s second son, who has acknowledged struggling with addiction following the 2015 death of his brother Beau Biden. It also averts a trial that would have generated days or weeks or distracting headlines for a White House that has strenuously sought to keep its distance from the Justice Department.
The news comes as congressional Republicans pursue their own investigations into nearly every facet of Hunter Biden’s business dealings, including examining foreign payments and other aspects of his finances. It also comes days after a 37-count indictment came down against former President Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents on his Florida estate, another case with even more dramatic political implications.
Joe Biden has also faced questions about his son’s business dealings and drug addiction.
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Republished with permission from The Associated Press.
17 comments
Earl Pitts American
June 20, 2023 at 10:06 am
Good morning America,
Just wondering:
Would one of Donald Trump’s childern receive the same soft stroke of justice?
Or has our once great nation decended so far down the P00P H0LE as to have a two tiered system of justice for the two major political parties?
Your comments are welcome,
Earl Pitts American
Dont Say FLA
June 20, 2023 at 1:58 pm
If the Biden administration launches an investigation into a Trump child, we’ll find out in 5 years like with this investigation Trump launched into Biden’s child. If you’re unhappy about the outcome, talk to Trump. It was his investigator who was on the USA’s dime investigating a personal grievance of Trump’s. It was Trump’s investigator that accepted the guilty pleas. What more do you want than guilty pleas out of Biden Jr? You want him to plead guilty to stuff he was not charged with after five years of investigation turned up a junkie when everybody already knew he was a junkie? LOL at Trump and his failed investigation that turned up nothin’ much. Rhonda would have done much better, of course, according to Rhonda later today if anyone thinks to ask their opinion of it like if Rhonda was relevant.
Joe
June 20, 2023 at 2:06 pm
Earl: would another rich famous white person get the same deal for the same charges? You’re dang right they would! And if you think otherwise you are a fool and a Fox News watching automaton.
You Can’t “Convert”
June 20, 2023 at 3:16 pm
Ivanka took $2B from the Saudis last year.
Jew hater not a convert.
Bwj
June 21, 2023 at 10:50 am
Trump’s children don’t even get charged for the bribes and kickbacks they’ve taken from the Saudis and Chinese .
Dont Say FLA
June 23, 2023 at 8:55 am
Don’t forget Persident Trump and his sweet golf course deal that brings PGA tours back to Trump owned facilities via the magic of Saudi Arabia’s billions of dollars for …. “golf sportwashing,” lol. It’s not sports washing. It’s $$$$ to Trump for whatever Trump did for Saudi Arabia while he was in office.
Ocean Joe
June 20, 2023 at 10:07 am
Say where’s Marco, and Rick and Ronnie and Miss Lindsey to scream about the weaponization of the DOJ?
Michael K
June 20, 2023 at 10:34 am
Notable: He plead guilty. The “never back down” crowd will never admit a mistake or do the right thing.
Tom
June 20, 2023 at 10:51 am
Good for him taking a deal – if you mess up, fess up. Nice to see someone do the right thing for a change.
Dont Say FLA
June 23, 2023 at 8:57 am
Biden Jr must have missed the “It’s a politically motivated witch hunt” memo. Confessing and pleading guilt like a decent human, what the hell with these Democrats. lol /s
Earl Pitts American
June 20, 2023 at 11:42 am
Most lefties are tuned in to CNN for party line guidance on how to respond to my, Earl Pitts American’s, question above…so everybody just hold on while our resident dook 4 brains leftists gather up their “talking points”.
Thank you America,
Earl Pitts American
Dont Say FLA
June 20, 2023 at 1:17 pm
Hi Earl, Biden Junior admitted guilt to the stuff Trump’s guy at the DoJ charged him with after a five year investigation. That makes for “end of story.” Finally no more listening to people going after the President’s child like they’re all Catholic priest and scout masters.
Hopefully some at the GOP will finally get a clue and perhaps launch an investigation to see why Trump wasted five years of DoJ time and salary for such trivial charges (relative to a 5 year DoJ investigation.)
I say investigate Trumps investigation of Biden Junior for being the colossal waste of tax money. Or start a new game show to see which GOP can waste the most tax money on nonsense? Rhonda would be a very strong contender to win that contest.
My guess is that Trump needed to give the DoJ something to do to keep them busy so they wouldn’t notice all the shit Trump was doing.
It is critically important to the USA that we investigate Trumps’ investigation of Biden Junior. Donald could of got nothin berders up at Mickey D’s with Ronald and MC connell, so why waste 5 years of DoJ on geting nothin berders? The only answer can be: distraction and diversion of investigatory resources. Keeping ’em busy.
Earl Pitts American
June 20, 2023 at 1:41 pm
Thank you Dont Say,
A thoughtful abd well wtitten reply.
EPA
Cuckold Earl
June 20, 2023 at 3:14 pm
Cuckolded into oblivion!
Hunter just nailed EARL’s WIFE on international television.
Owned by Hunter.
OWNED
Michael K
June 20, 2023 at 4:44 pm
Republicans just can’t seem to take “guilty” for an answer.
Bruce D
June 21, 2023 at 2:42 pm
Further proof that if you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns.
Dont Say FLA
June 23, 2023 at 8:58 am
If only outlaws have guns, once they use their guns up, who will they steal more guns from?
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