Hunter Biden makes a deal with prosecutors and pleads guilty.
US President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, pleaded guilty to a tax lawsuit. That’s according to court documents released in Washington on Tuesday. As reported by the “New York Times” (online edition), the confession is part of an agreement with the US Department of Justice. The president’s son, therefore, agrees to the suspended sentence and can thus avoid new prosecutions for illegal possession of weapons.
Hunter Biden is said to have made false statements about his drug use when he purchased a gun. An indictment in this case would have been extremely embarrassing for US Democrats, who are campaigning for stricter gun laws. The financial offenses Hunter Biden pleads guilty to are much more harmless. He allegedly made false declarations on tax returns for the years 2017 and 2018.
burden in the presidential election campaign
The president’s 53-year-old son had already been a burden for Joe Biden during the 2020 election campaign, which is running for another term next year. At the time, Trump caused an uproar with alleged revelations about Hunter Biden’s business activities in Ukraine and China. Specifically, his involvement with the Ukrainian gas company Burisma had an impact. Hunter Biden was given a seat on the board of directors there in 2014, while his father Joe, then the US Vice President, was responsible for US policy towards Ukraine.
Recently, Hunter Biden’s art deals came to attention after a New York gallery owner said the last artwork by the president’s son was worth between $55,000 and $225,000. Republicans in the US House of Representatives demanded information about the anonymous buyer of Biden’s artwork because they suspected illegal activities. After all, Hunter Biden “is not Pablo Picasso,” wrote Republican Key Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman James Comer. Hunter Biden had his first exhibition at the Georges Bergès Gallery in New York in November 2021. The “New York Times” wrote at the time that it was certainly more than an amateur’s work. But the exhibition of Biden’s abstract art shouldn’t make anyone jealous.
Biden spoke openly about substance abuse
The allegations against Hunter Biden stem from an investigation by David Weiss, the U.S. attorney in the Democratic president’s home state of Delaware, appointed by former Republican President Donald Trump. Hunter Biden announced in December 2020 that Weiss’ office was looking into his tax matters. He denied any wrongdoing.
In his 2021 memoir, the US president’s son detailed how he dealt with substance abuse in his life, including crack use and alcoholism. He was discharged from the US Navy Reserve in 2014 after testing positive for cocaine, sources said at the time.
Weiss’ investigation first looked into possible violations of tax and money laundering laws in foreign transactions, particularly in China, sources told Portal. According to US media reports, investigations led by Weiss began in 2018.
A senior Republican congressman, James Comer, in 2022 accused the US Treasury of withholding financial “suspicious activity reports” to cover up Hunter Biden’s dealings. The president had a total of four children. His son Beau Biden died of cancer in 2015 and his daughter Naomi Biden died as an infant in a car accident that also killed Joe Biden’s first wife. Hunter comes from the first marriage of the President of the United States. He also has a daughter, Ashley, with his current wife Jill.
Hunter Biden appears to be the first child of an incumbent president to be impeached, according to Aaron Crawford, who majored in presidential history at the University of Tennessee. Crawford said the families of several presidents have been embroiled in scandals, including George HW Bush’s son Neil, who ran a failed savings and loan company, and Richard Nixon’s brother Don, who was bailed out of bankruptcy by the wealthy businessman. Howard Hughes. (APA/Portal)