Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to federal tax charges, including allegations of submitting fake tax returns and tax evasion. Special counsel David Weiss brings nine charges against the son of President Biden. Mr. Weiss accused Hunter Biden of living a lavish lifestyle and indulging in several vices while omitting to pay the IRS at least $1.4 million in overdue taxes.
In order to cover his personal costs, the defendant obtained more than $1.2 million in financial assistance; nonetheless, this amount did not cover any of his federal individual income tax liability for the years 2016 through 2019. According to the accusation, "the Defendant spent this money between October 15, 2020, and October 16, 2016 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."
The tax action was filed in California, where Hunter Biden lives, but his difficulties are bicoastal.
He boldly appeared at a House Oversight committee meeting in Washington one day earlier. The committee subsequently decided to punish him in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena to testify about his father's involvement in the family's profitable business ventures.
Next week, the House will likely vote on the contempt resolution. He faces a maximum 17-year prison sentence on the tax charges, which consist of three felonies and six misdemeanors. June 20th is the date of the trial.
Following the collapse of a plea deal in July, Mr. Weiss filed the charges.
Abbe Lowell, Hunter Biden's lawyer, alluded to the collapsed agreement in her submission to the court on Thursday, implying that Congress had meddled. In the past, Mr. Lowell had charged David Weiss, the special counsel, of "bowing to Republican pressure."
Mr. Lowell informed the court, "We had a resolution of this case in the summer of 2023, and then things happened." Mr. Weiss informed the court that further hearings on the matter were not required. “Pleas fall apart all the time,” he added.
Hunter Biden would not have faced any felonies or prison time under the terms of the deal, but it was canceled when a judge found language protecting him from prosecution for other offenses, such as failing to register as a foreign lobbyist for his extremely lucrative foreign business deals, which witnesses claim involved his father when he was vice president.
The hidden arrangement allowed Hunter Biden to participate in a diversion program, which would have absolved him of firearms charges stemming from his purchase of a pistol while under drug addiction. In addition to the tax accusations, Hunter Biden now faces three criminal charges brought by Mr. Weiss in Delaware connected to the gun purchase. In October, he entered a not guilty plea to the accusations.
In order to cover his personal costs, the defendant obtained more than $1.2 million in financial assistance; nonetheless, this amount did not cover any of his federal individual income tax liability for the years 2016 through 2019. According to the accusation, "the Defendant spent this money between October 15, 2020, and October 16, 2016 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."
The tax action was filed in California, where Hunter Biden lives, but his difficulties are bicoastal.
He boldly appeared at a House Oversight committee meeting in Washington one day earlier. The committee subsequently decided to punish him in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena to testify about his father's involvement in the family's profitable business ventures.
Next week, the House will likely vote on the contempt resolution. He faces a maximum 17-year prison sentence on the tax charges, which consist of three felonies and six misdemeanors. June 20th is the date of the trial.
Following the collapse of a plea deal in July, Mr. Weiss filed the charges.
Abbe Lowell, Hunter Biden's lawyer, alluded to the collapsed agreement in her submission to the court on Thursday, implying that Congress had meddled. In the past, Mr. Lowell had charged David Weiss, the special counsel, of "bowing to Republican pressure."
Mr. Lowell informed the court, "We had a resolution of this case in the summer of 2023, and then things happened." Mr. Weiss informed the court that further hearings on the matter were not required. “Pleas fall apart all the time,” he added.
Hunter Biden would not have faced any felonies or prison time under the terms of the deal, but it was canceled when a judge found language protecting him from prosecution for other offenses, such as failing to register as a foreign lobbyist for his extremely lucrative foreign business deals, which witnesses claim involved his father when he was vice president.
The hidden arrangement allowed Hunter Biden to participate in a diversion program, which would have absolved him of firearms charges stemming from his purchase of a pistol while under drug addiction. In addition to the tax accusations, Hunter Biden now faces three criminal charges brought by Mr. Weiss in Delaware connected to the gun purchase. In October, he entered a not guilty plea to the accusations.
