Hunter Biden to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax charges
President's son will plead guilty to two counts wilful failure to pay federal income tax, DoJ says in court filing
Hunter Biden, the scandal-plagued son of Joe Biden, is expected to plead guilty to two counts of wilful failure to pay federal income tax, the US justice department has said in a court filing.
According to the plea deal, Hunter Biden will also enter a pre-trial diversion agreement on one offence of illegally possessing a gun while being a drug user. The justice department alleged that he possessed a Colt Cobra revolver in Delaware in October 2018 while knowing that he was an unlawful user of and addicted to a controlled substance". The agreement will allow the gun charge to be dropped if Hunter Biden meets certain conditions, which were not immediately clear Tuesday.
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