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Aug 11, 2023 · In a two-pronged agreement, Hunter Biden planned to plead guilty to two tax misdemeanors and prosecutors would drop a separate felony gun charge in two years if he stayed out of legal trouble...
- What Are The Charges?
- What Does The Plea Agreement Mean?
- What Happens Next?
- Isn’T There Another Probe?
- What Are The Politics?
According to a letter filed in U.S. District Courtin Delaware, Hunter Biden has been charged with misdemeanor charges of failing to pay federal income tax. Court documents allege that he failed to pay more than $200,000 in federal income taxes for 2017 and 2018. The federal probe into Hunter Biden began in 2018,bursting into public view in December...
By entering a plea, Hunter Biden avoids a trial, and it’s unlikely that he will spend time in jail, although penalties are ultimately up to a judge. Biden was charged under an information, a formal document that lays out the charges against him but doesn’t require a vote by a grand jury, which would be an indictment. A person familiar with the inve...
The agreement essentially means the case is over, unless Hunter Biden fails to abide by it. A deferred prosecution is an agreement offered by prosecutors in which a defendant must adhere to strict conditions, which will be known after he appears in court. A date for that appearance hasn’t been set. Usually a judge sets regular check-ins for the def...
Yes. Congressional Republicans have been pursuing their own investigations into nearly every facet of Hunter Biden’s business dealings, including examining foreign payments and other aspects of his finances. The misdemeanor tax crimes that the younger Biden is set to plead guilty to are far more limited in scope than the allegations that have been ...
News of the plea agreement comes days after Trump appeared in federal courton charges related to his retention of classified documents. In the wake of those 37 charges, Republicans across the country have levied criticism against the Biden administration, accusing the Justice Department of “politicization” and assailing Hunter Biden’s business deal...
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Feb 28, 2024 · February 28, 2024 / 6:00 AM EST / CBS News. More than a year after House Republicans initially launched an investigation into the Biden family's business dealings, they are ready to interview...
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Jun 20, 2023 · The latest on Hunter Biden's federal investigation. By Aditi Sangal and Elise Hammond, CNN. Updated 4:41 p.m. ET, June 20, 2023. All. Catch Up. Reactions. 19 Posts. Sort by. 4:41 p.m. ET,...
Dec 8, 2023 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden was indicted on nine tax charges in California as a special counsel investigation into the business dealings of President Joe Biden’s son intensifies...
May 12, 2023 · Politics. The drama over Hunter Biden’s disappearing plea deal, explained. A plea deal seemed set to end Hunter’s legal woes. Then things fell apart. By Andrew Prokop andrew@vox.com...
Jul 27, 2023 · Updated 11:54 AM PDT, July 27, 2023. WASHINGTON (AP) — The unraveling of Hunter Biden’s plea agreement has thrust his criminal case into uncertain waters and given new fodder to Republican critics in Congress as they push ahead with investigations into the president’s youngest son.
