Hunter Biden indicted on tax crimes by special counsel
Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, was indicted in the Central District of California Thursday.
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Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, was indicted in the Central District of California Thursday.
The indictment charges him with failure to file and pay taxes, evasion of assessment and filing a false or fraudulent tax return.
A deal that included a diversion in connection with a firearms charge and a guilty plea to two misdemeanor tax charges collapsed in court over the summer.
Rudy Giuliani and attorney Robert Costello have frequently acknowledged accessing the hard drive's data after Hunter Biden left his laptop at a repair shop.
A federal grand jury in Delaware has charged Hunter Biden with three felony firearm offenses, in a case brought by the Justice Department.
Attorney General Merrick Garland last month named federal prosecutor David Weiss as special counsel to lead the probe into Hunter Biden.
President Biden's son has been indicted on federal gun charges. Prosecutors announced three charges against Hunter Biden in connection with a handgun he bought in 2018.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced he is ordering Republicans to move ahead with an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The inquiry comes amid a tight deadline for Congress to pass a spending bill and avoid a government shutdown.
Special counsel David Weiss made the disclosure in a filing to a Delaware federal court Wednesday.
Special Counsel David Weiss says the with Hunter Biden to resolve a felony gun possession charge was never binding – because it was never signed by the chief U.S. probation officer from Delaware.
Weiss, the top federal prosecutor in Delaware since 2018, has been investigating Hunter Biden since 2019.
The judge deferred the decision on the plea deal, and the ruling could now be delayed for weeks.
A plea agreement between federal prosecutors and Hunter Biden fell apart Wednesday after the judge refused to sign off on a deal that would have seen the president's son enter guilty pleas to two misdemeanor tax charges and enter a diversion program in lieu of pleading guilty to a felony gun possession count. After the deal collapsed, Hunter Biden entered a not guilty plea.
Hunter Biden, President Biden's son, reached a tentative deal with the U.S. attorney in Delaware. He agreed to guilty pleas to two misdemeanor tax charges and admitting to felony gun possession.
Hunter Biden would also admit to a gun charge, which can be dismissed if he stays clean and out of trouble.
The White House said in a statement the Bidens love their son and support him.
CBS 2 Legal Analyst Irv Miller talks about his motivation for agreeing to the plea deal and what happens next.
CBS News Senior Investigative Correspondent Catherine Herridge explains what the plea agreement means for Hunter Biden, and for President Biden.
The son of President Joe Biden struck a deal to resolve federal tax charges and a weapons charge. CBS News' Skyler Henry reports from Washington.
