Paid nothing for years?
Biden’s son also charged with tax crimes
December 8, 2023, 3:38 a.m
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A president’s son who may not have paid taxes for a long time. A Los Angeles court files another indictment against Hunter Biden. The case should come in handy for the Republicans.
US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter has now also been charged with tax crimes. As can be seen from the indictment filed in Los Angeles by special investigator David Weiss, the 53-year-old is accused on nine counts, among other things, of not paying taxes for several years. Hunter Biden had already been charged with illegal weapons possession in mid-September.
The US justice system has been investigating Hunter Biden for years. The president’s son actually admitted to illegal possession of a revolver and tax offenses in June as part of an agreement with the Delaware federal prosecutor’s office. In return for pleading guilty to both cases, he would only receive a light sentence and would also be spared a trial.
However, the deal collapsed in July after the judge responsible questioned its contents. In August, US Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Delaware federal prosecutor David Weiss, who had been investigating Hunter Biden since 2019, as special prosecutor.
In mid-September, he first obtained an indictment against Biden in Delaware for illegal weapons possession – and now an indictment in a federal court in Los Angeles, California, for tax offenses. The lawyer and businessman Biden, who now works as an artist, has lived in Los Angeles since 2018.
Hunter Biden is also in the sights of the opposition Republicans. They accuse him of having in the past exploited his father’s important position as Vice President of Barack Obama (2009 to 2017) for business in Ukraine and China. The allegations serve as the basis for Republican efforts to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Biden. They accuse him of being involved in his son’s foreign business and of lying to the public.