
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden was indicted on nine tax charges in California on Thursday as a special counsel investigation into the business dealings of President Joe Biden’s son intensifies against the backdrop of the looming 2024 election.
The new charges — three felonies and six misdemeanors — are in addition to federal firearms charges in Delaware alleging Hunter Biden broke laws 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, putting the case on track to a possible trial as his father campaigns for reelection. 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 centered on at least $1.4 million in taxes Hunter Biden owed during between 2016 and 2019, a period where he has acknowledged struggling with addiction. The back taxes have since been paid. If convicted, Hunter Biden, 53, could a maximum of 17 years in prison. The special counsel probe remains open, Weiss said. https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-tax-c...535677454ff2dfa7c71f Kevin Morris, an entertainment attorney and novelist who earned a fortune representing the co-creators of “South Park” and won a Tony Award as the co-producer of “The Book of Mormon,” footed Hunter Biden’s overdue taxes totaling over $2 million. Why would Kevin Morris pay $2 million for HB’s overdue taxes? |
who cares. He's not running for President. |
He’s been buying drugs and living the high life otherwise while evading taxes. He’s illegally obtained guns. Those things are a big who cares to you? We should only care about or prosecute tax evaders or people who break our gun laws if they are running for president? If one of Trump’s kids were in this situation, you would not care? |
I've had 3 of my employees really hassled by the IRS over their taxes. These are paycheck to paycheck workers.
Hunter should be prosecuted. |
Everyone should pay their taxes. Did their parents get hassled over their kid's tax issues? |
Do you remember Slurry McSlurryson Jr slurring his words and fighting the cocaine? Trump’s kids were in this situation. The difference is that the GOP likes a political witch hunt and the Democrats don’t use the judiciary to attack their enemies. Meanwhile the three Trump kids probably helped plan the GOP’s coup on 1/6 and probably should be indicted. |
Hunter went through some things dealing with the death of Beau in Iraq. Leave Hunter alone. |
Hilarious. I remember none of this. It is all in your feverish dreams. And, are you serious that Democrats don't use the judiciary to attack their enemies? This is a case where you are accusing the other side of doing something that the Democrats are clearly doing. |
Unsurprisingly, Weiss refuses to charge Hunter for foreign influence-peddling, registered foreign agent violations, or anything related to the Biden family’s Burisma shakedown when Joe Biden was Vice President.
Weiss pretends to crack down on Hunter while continuing to run interference for Joe Biden and the Biden crime family operation. |
I guess you agree that the DOJ is not being weaponized by the Biden admin then. |
Thanks to the whistleblowers. This would have all been swept under the rug had they not gone public. So, yes, the DOJ is weaponized. A little sunshine is what is needed to keep them in line. |
Trump approves of using the judiciary to attack enemies. You can’t deny that because he has said he will do it. So it must be ok. |
So the back taxes have been paid.
And then what? This is the craziest stuff I've ever heard. |
Why? Why can’t Hunter Biden pay his own taxes, as Americans are legally required to do? |