Hunter Biden has agreed to plead guilty in a deal to avoid jail time after he was charged with a gun felony and two tax misdemeanors.
Hunter was charged Tuesday with illegally possessing a handgun in 2018 along with failing to pay federal taxes in 2017 and 2018.
“The first Information charges the defendant with tax offenses – namely, two counts of willful failure to pay federal income tax,” according to U.S. Attorney David Weiss’ letter. Weiss was nominated by former President Donald Trump in 2017 and left on the case by Attorney General Merrick Garland.
“The second Information charges the defendant with a firearm offense – namely, one count of possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance.”
Hunter is set to appear and be arraigned in a federal court in Delaware in the coming week where he will enter his guilty plea.
Weiss’ office said Tuesday that the investigation into Hunter remains ongoing, according to CBS News. One of Hunter’s attorneys told CBS in a statement it was his “understanding that the five-year investigation into Hunter is resolved.”
Hunter is also under investigation by the House Oversight Committee for foreign business dealings.
The investigation into Hunter began in 2018 and focused on his overseas business dealings, according to The Washington Post. The investigation eventually narrowed, with several agencies investigating whether Biden reported all of his income and whether he lied on his paperwork to purchase a gun. The IRS’ investigation into Hunter was mostly completed in 2022, NBC News reported in April, citing an unnamed senior law enforcement source.
“The President and First Lady love their son and support him as he continues to rebuild his life. We will have no further comment,” a White House spokesperson said in a statement.
Former President Trump criticized the plea deal, writing on Truth Social that the Justice Department had given Hunter a “mere ‘traffic ticket.’ Our system is BROKEN!”
