New charges tossed against ex-FBI officials in Hunter Biden probe
The unsigned and unsworn superseding complaint comes just hours before the defendants were due to appear in federal court in Washington, D.C. for a preliminary hearing.
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The unsigned and unsworn superseding complaint comes just hours before the defendants were due to appear in federal court in Washington, D.C. for a preliminary hearing.
Jill Biden said she supported Joe Biden's decision to pardon their son, Hunter, because they couldn't let him go to jail under President Trump.
The president's son Hunter Biden admitted to failing to pay at least $1.4 million in federal taxes.
Hunter Biden's potential appeal of his gun conviction might reference one of these constitutional arguments.
With the guilty verdict in the federal gun trial, Hunter Biden became the first child of a president to be convicted.
Hunter Biden's California tax fraud trial was originally scheduled to take place in June.
"I find no comfort in assurances you may offer that you will not flee the jurisdiction," a federal judge told Alexander Smirnov.
Hunter Biden ally Kevin Morris was deposed by a GOP-led House panel investigating the business dealings of President Biden's son.
Prosecutors allege that the president's son engaged in a "four-year scheme" to dodge at least $1.4 million in federal taxes.
Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, was indicted in the Central District of California Thursday.
Read Hunter Biden's indictment in California on federal tax charges here.
Hunter Biden's lawyer told the House Oversight Committee that his client is willing to testify at a public hearing.
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.
Attorney General Merrick Garland last month named federal prosecutor David Weiss as special counsel to lead the probe into Hunter Biden.
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.
Hunter Biden would also admit to a gun charge, which can be dismissed if he stays clean and out of trouble.
The Oversight Committee has been investigating the business dealings of several members of President Joe Biden's family.
Agents months ago gathered what they believe is sufficient evidence to charge the president's son with crimes related to taxes and making a false statement when purchasing a gun, according to sources.
