Hunter Biden informant charged
The arrest of an FBI informant for allegedly making false statements about the Biden family's business dealings could cast a shadow over Republican efforts to impeach President Biden.
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The arrest of an FBI informant for allegedly making false statements about the Biden family's business dealings could cast a shadow over Republican efforts to impeach President Biden.
The special counsel investigating Hunter Biden charged a one-time FBI informant with lying to investigators about the business dealings of the first son and President Joe Biden.
Hunter Biden is scheduled to appear in a Delaware courtroom Wednesday morning where he is expected to formally agree to a plea deal his lawyers struck last month. It includes two misdemeanor tax charges, and he could avoid a full prosecution on a separate gun charge, but critics call it a sweetheart deal. Catherine Herridge reports from Wilmington.
An attorney for an IRS agent sent a letter to lawmakers asking for whistleblower protections, writing his client has information suggesting an investigation is being influenced by "preferential treatment and politics." CBS News has learned it is the Hunter Biden tax investigation. Chief investigative correspondent Jim Axelrod reports.
CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge spoke with Republican Senator Chuck Grassley to discuss his expanding investigation into Hunter Biden's foreign business ventures. There’s also new information about James Biden and his foreign business transactions that were flagged by U.S. banks.
A federal grand jury in California returned with a nine-count indictment charging Hunter Biden with three felony tax offenses and six misdemeanor tax charges. His lawyer said, "if Hunter’s last name was anything other than Biden, the charges…would not have been brought." CBS News' Catherine Herridge reports from Washington, D.C.
Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, has agreed to a plea deal and could avoid jail time for tax and gun charges with Trump-appointed U.S. attorney David Weiss. In a statement, the U.S. attorney says the investigation has concluded. Senior Investigative Correspondent Catherine Herridge reports from the Department of Justice.
Sources tell CBS News that the FBI and IRS believe they have found enough evidence to support federal criminal charges against Hunter Biden. Senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge reports from Washington.
Hunter Biden ally Kevin Morris was deposed by a GOP-led House panel investigating the business dealings of President Biden's son.
Hunter Biden makes a surprise visit to a House Oversight Committee hearing, where Republicans passed a resolution to recommend holding the president's son in contempt of Congress. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has the latest.
Hunter Biden will testify behind closed doors to the House Oversight and Judiciary committees in February, Republicans said.
Hunter Biden has agreed to testify in a closed-door deposition next month as part of the GOP-led President Biden impeachment inquiry, House Republicans said Thursday. This comes after both the House Oversight and Judiciary committees earlier recommended that Hunter Biden be held in contempt for refusing to comply with their subpoenas.
Hunter Biden faces federal firearms charges filed in Delaware in September. He has pleaded not guilty.
Two days after House lawmakers recommended Hunter Biden be held in contempt for defying congressional subpoenas, President Biden's son now says he's willing to testify in a closed-door deposition. Criminal defense attorney Joseph Tully joins CBS News to examine what may have led to the reversal.
Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to nine federal tax charges in a California court. Catherine Herridge, CBS News' senior investigative correspondent, reports from Los Angeles.
Kevin Morris has spent nearly $5 million to help Hunter Biden, according to an IRS agent involved in the federal tax investigation into the president's son.
Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to federal tax charges Thursday in a Los Angeles courtroom. CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge has the details.
Former President Donald Trump appeared in a New York courtroom Thursday for closing arguments in his civil fraud trial. CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa has more.
The White House is being pressed on Hunter Biden, who pleaded not guilty to nine federal tax charges Thursday. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has the latest.
Former President Donald Trump and Hunter Biden, son of President Biden, both spent Thursday in court dealing with separate legal cases that could have serious implications for the 2024 presidential election. CBS News' Robert Costa and Erica Brown report.
Hunter Biden is expected to plead not guilty to federal tax charges in a Los Angeles courtroom Thursday. The president's son was indicted on nine felony and misdemeanor tax-related offenses last month. He's accused of skipping out on paying $1.4 million to the IRS. CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge is outside the court.
Just one day after his surprise appearance on Capitol Hill, Hunter Biden is set to be arraigned in California on Thursday on federal tax charges. Prosecutors accused the president's son of spending "millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle rather than paying his tax bills." He is expected to plead not guilty. CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge has more.
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 pleaded not guilty to federal tax charges Thursday in Los Angeles. If convicted, he faces up to 17 years in prison. CBS News investigative reporter Erica Brown and criminal defense attorney Joseph Tully break down the next steps in the case.
The House Oversight and Judiciary Committees advanced Wednesday resolutions recommending Hunter Biden be held in criminal contempt of Congress for his refusal to comply with congressional subpoenas for closed-door testimony. The vote came after he made an unexpected appearance in the hearing room. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more.