Hunter Biden indicted on tax charges

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The special counsel who has been investigating Hunter Biden has filed nine tax-related charges against President Joe Biden's son.

Special counsel David Weiss announced the indictment Thursday.

In the indictment, prosecutors allege Hunter Biden "engaged in a four-year scheme to not pay at least $1.4 million in self-assessed federal taxes he owed for tax years 2016 through 2019, from in or about January 2017 through in or about October 15, 2020, and to evade the assessment of taxes for tax year 2018 when he filed false returns in or about February 2020."

The sprawling 56-page indictment alleges that Hunter Biden earned millions of dollars from foreign entities in Ukraine, Romania and China and "spent millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle at the same time he chose not to pay his taxes."
Hunter Biden "spent this money on drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing, and other items of a personal nature, in short, everything but his taxes," prosecutors allege.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... r-AA1laQR9

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US President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, is facing a second criminal case after federal prosecutors filed a new set of charges related to his tax affairs.

An indictment alleges that he failed to pay at least $1.4m (£1.1m) in federal taxes that he owed for tax years 2016 through 2019.
It comes after a plea deal, which had been expected to see Mr Biden admit to a number of tax and gun offences in order to avoid prison time, fell through in July.
In September, prosecutors announced they were indicting Mr Biden, 53, with three counts of lying on the application form he used to purchase a handgun in 2018.
And all the while congressional Republicans, who have forged ahead with inquiries into Mr Biden's foreign business dealings, have opened an impeachment inquiry into the president.

The plea deal
In June, prosecutors with the US Department of Justice struck a two-part plea agreement with Hunter Biden's legal team.

Under the deal, he was to be charged with two misdemeanour counts for failing to pay his taxes on time in 2017 and 2018.

He was also to admit that he had illegally possessed a gun while being a drug user, and agree to drug treatment and monitoring in lieu of a more serious felony charge and possible jail time.

Republicans argued the president's son was receiving a "sweetheart deal".

That claim was bolstered by two tax investigators, who testified to Congress that they believed political considerations had hampered the probe and benefited Mr Biden.

At a hearing in Delaware in August, the deal crafted over several months dissolved under scrutiny from the federal judge overseeing the case.

Both sides negotiated unsuccessfully in full view of reporters, before District Judge Maryellen Noreika refused to "rubber-stamp" what she called an "atypical" agreement.

The first indictment
David Weiss, the US attorney in Delaware, began investigating allegations of Mr Biden's criminal conduct in 2019.

On 11 August, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Mr Weiss as special counsel, providing him with extra resources and the power to bring charges in other jurisdictions.

Watch: US announces special counsel for Hunter Biden investigation.
Republicans had previously advocated for the appointment of a special counsel, but criticised the choice of Mr Weiss even though he was a Trump appointee.

They pointed to Mr Weiss' role in brokering the controversial plea deal, as well as the justice department's delay in appointing a special counsel, to argue that he would "protect" Mr Biden from further prosecution and slow down their own inquiries.

On 14 September, prosecutors said they had indicted Mr Biden on three gun charges related to his purchase of a Colt Cobra revolver handgun in October 2018, two months after a stint in rehab.

Two of the counts allege Mr Biden lied that he was not a drug user on the federal application form he filled out to buy the weapon. They each carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.

A third count relating to firearm possession while using narcotics carries a maximum prison sentence of five years.

In October, Mr Biden pleaded not guilty to the charges.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66516294

[Mark]

Dog and Pony show.

Everybody knows that Brandon's DOJ won't do anything to Hunter.

[BigTex]

The Rev. Sharpton's show is on MSNBC today. I wonder what he will have to say about.

[BigTex]

The Rev. Sharpton's show is on MSNBC today. I wonder what he will have to say about.

I'll answer my own question. He did not mention the Hunter Biden story. He did, however, make a statement to the effect that private schools are not bound by the first amendment. Maybe I didn't get the context.

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He will just plead the 5th and if he's ever convicted of anything, his father will pardon him.

[Mark]

Question: Why are there no FARA charges?

Answer: Their doing their best to protect Brandon AND Obama.