Hunter Biden will plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax offenses and reaches deal with DOJ for lying about using drugs when he bought a gun
- Pair of charges relate to alleged failure to pay taxes
- Other charge relates to sworn statement regarding drugs for gun purchase
Hunter Biden has reached a deal with prosecutors that would see him plead guilty to a trio of crimes but likely avoid jail time, according to new Justice Department filings.
The president’s son has been under investigation for years for tax and financial allegations, as well as for paperwork for purchasing a handgun where he attested that he did not abuse drugs.
That contradicted admissions in his own autobiography.
Hunter Biden has reached a deal with prosecutors that would see him plead guilty to a trio of crimes but likely avoid jail time, according to new Justice Department filings
The agreement with prosecutors still must be approved by a federal judge.
Sources told NBC prosecutors will recommend probation – which would spare the president’s son jail time but could land him in hot water if he violates terms. Both tax times to which he will plead guilty are misdemeanor charges.
U.S. Attorney for Delaware David Weiss has been overseeing the probe.
A document Weiss filed with the court Tuesday states that the criminal information charges the defendant with tax offenses – ‘namely two counts of willful failure to pay federal income tax,’ as well as ‘one count of possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance.’

U.S. Attorney David Weiss asked a judge to schedule hearing for Hunter Biden for two tax offenses and a gun charge, following a years-long investigation into the president’s son
Regarding the gun charge, Hunter ‘has agreed to enter a Pretrial Diversion Agreement with respect to the firearm Information,’ according to Weiss.
Handling the matter as a diversion case means Hunter wouldn’t technically have to enter a guilty plea in the matter.
The letter stated that prosecutors and Biden’s lawyer Christopher Clark jointly request a court appearance on the firearm change and a plea hearing on the tax charge.
Last year Hunter paid back the feds for outstanding taxes, two years after disclosing the probe into his finances.
The Hunter Biden probe has been a lingering political issue for the Biden administration. Republicans have been hammering the administration for allegedly uneven application of justice, after a federal grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump on charges of willful retention of national security documents and conspiracy to obstruct an investigation into the matter.
A separate probe of classified material uncovered at President Biden’s home and former office is ongoing.
House Republicans have demanded Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is heading the Trump probe as well as a probe into January 6, hand over materials about how early decisions got made in that matter.
The plea deal comes despite President Biden telling MSNBC when asked about Hunter: ‘My son has done nothing wrong.’
‘First of all my son has done nothing wrong, Biden told the network, following months of public reports about the substance of the probe. ‘I trust him, I have faith in him,’ Biden said.
‘And it impacts my presidency by making me feel proud of him.’
Hunter’s failure to pay taxes came from a time when he was acting as a high-flying international lawyer doing deals around the globe, while also according to his autobiography using drugs.
His dealings extended from Ukraine, where he won a lucrative position on the board of the Burisma energy firm, to trips to China where he is accused of trying to leverage his father’s influence while Biden was vice president to secure business.
Information gleaned from his infamous laptop, which according to a Wilmington repair shop owner Hunter dropped off seeking computer support but never reclaimed, shows him posing naked with a gun and smoking what appears to be a crack pipe while passed out in bed.
‘The President and First Lady love their son and support him as he continues to rebuild his life. We will have no further comment,’ said White House spokesman Ian Sams.
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