Hunter Biden Reaches Plea Deal In Gun, Tax Case

The president's son will plead guilty to some federal charges.

Hunter Biden has reached a plea agreement on tax evasion and gun charges, according to court records filed Tuesday.

The second son of President Joe Biden agreed to plead guilty to two counts of “willful failure” to pay his federal income taxes and will enter a “pretrial diversion agreement” on a gun charge, which is not expected to be prosecuted.

Hunter Biden’s attorney, Chris Clark, said in a statement that “it is my understanding that the five-year investigation into Hunter is resolved.”

Biden is expected to enter his plea in a Delaware federal court at a later date.

In a statement, a White House spokesperson said, “The President and First Lady love their son and support him as he continues to rebuild his life. We will have no further comment.”

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Hunter, 53, is now expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges of failure to pay in 2017 and 2018, for a combined tax liability of roughly $1.2 million. He'll also admit to illegally possessing a weapon after his 2018 purchase of a handgun - which will likely result in a 'diversion program' which would result in the removal of the gun charge if all of the program's conditions are met.

In total, Hunter will likely receive two years of probation and diversion conditions.

The federal investigation into Hunter Biden began in 2018, and initially centered around Hunter Biden's finances related to overseas business ties and consulting work. Over time, the international business dealings were dropped from the investigation - perhaps due to Joe Biden's alleged involvement - and the focus shifted to Hunter's failure to report his income, as well as whether he lied on paperwork to purchase the gun in 2018.

The federal investigation into Hunter Biden began in 2018, and initially centered around Hunter Biden's finances related to overseas business ties and consulting work. Over time, the international business dealings were dropped from the investigation - perhaps due to Joe Biden's alleged involvement - and the focus shifted to Hunter's failure to report his income, as well as whether he lied on paperwork to purchase the gun in 2018.

Form 4473 is required for gun purchases like the one of Hunter in 2018. It asks:

Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?

Warning: The use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under Federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized for medicinal or recreational purposes in the state where you reside.

From the comments:

While J6 defendants rot in a DC jail.

Indeed. Plus many people are serving long sentences for basically misdemeanor trespassing.

A 5 year investigation into his tax evasion which as you might recall was supposed to be Russian propaganda just before the election after 51 ex intelligence agents signed a letter stating that it was and on behalf of Anthony Blinken which should have been prosecuted as election interference. That gave Biden cover during the election to say that it was just Russian propaganda.

And how many people are in prison right now for felony gun charges? Hunter lied on his gun application and said that he was drug free. Let’s see how many corporate stenographers write about this.

But there you have it folks. Anyone else who did what Hunter Biden did would have been charged long ago. I wonder if Hunter will have to pay any penalties like you or I would if we hadn’t paid taxes on $1.2 effing million!