Over the yearslong probe, federal prosecutors have not indicated Joe Biden is connected. Political pressure has also escalated as the House has formally opened an impeachment inquiry into the Democratic president, seeking to tie the elder Biden to his son’s businesses and divert attention away from former President Donald Trump’s own legal woes. President Biden's son has also been under investigation for his business dealings, and the special counsel has indicated that tax charges could be filed at some point in the future in Washington or in California, where he lives. The charges, meanwhile, are rarely filed as stand-alone counts and a recent appeals court decision called the law itself into question. The court fight may be an extended one: His defense attorney argued Hunter Biden didn't violate the law and remains protected by an immunity provision that was part of the plea deal.
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The indictment comes weeks after the collapse of a plea deal that would have averted a criminal trial and weeks or months of distracting headlines for President Joe Biden. WASHINGTON - Hunter Biden was indicted Thursday on federal firearms charges, the latest step in a long-running investigation into the president's son that puts the case on track toward a possible high-stakes trial as the 2024 election looms.īiden is accused of lying about his drug use when he bought a firearm in October 2018, a period when he has acknowledged struggling with addiction to crack cocaine, according to the indictment filed in federal court in Delaware by a special counsel overseeing the case.
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