While his father Joe Biden faces an impeachment investigation for his activities abroad while vice president, Hunter also faces tax charges in California. The president's son already knows the date that he will be called to appear in front of a federal court in the framework of accusations of at least nine potential crimes.
Specifically, Hunter Biden faces charges for an alleged " four-year scheme " in which he failed to pay federal income taxes while also filing false tax reports.
This was stated by Special Counsel David Weiss, who pointed out that the scheme was set up to avoid paying "at least $1.4 million in self-assessed federal taxes he owed for tax years 2016 through 2019, from in or about January 2017 through in or about October 15, 2020, and to evade the assessment of taxes for tax year 2018 when he filed false returns in or about February 2020."
The president's son must appear before a federal court in California on January 11 at 1 pm. This is an initial hearing in which defendants learn more about their rights and the charges against them. Once those steps are completed, the judge decides whether or not the defendant will be released if they meet the requirements for bail.
The crimes are divided into three serious and six minor crimes, precisely focused on the aforementioned sum. According to Weiss, the money was used to finance an extravagant lifestyle instead of paying his taxes.
"When he did finally file his 2018 returns, [he] included false business deductions in order to evade assessment of taxes to reduce the substantial tax liabilities he faced as of February 2020," the special prosecutor added.
On Biden's side, his lawyer criticized Weiss' approach to the case and accused him of filing cases based on his client's last name.
"First, Prosecutor Weiss bowed to Republican pressure to file unprecedented and unconstitutional gun charges to violate a non-prosecution resolution. Now, after five years of investigating with no new evidence -- and two years after Hunter paid his taxes in full – the U.S. Attorney has piled on nine new charges when he had agreed just months ago to resolve this matter with a pair of misdemeanors," Abbe Lowell indicated.
