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WASHINGTON, June 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden has agreed to plead guilty to 2 charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes & to enter into an agreement that could enable him to avoid a conviction on a gun-related charge.
The federal charges against Hunter Biden resulted from an investigation by David Weiss, the U.S. attorney in the Democratic president's home state of Delaware, who was appointed by Republican then-President Donald Trump.
Hunter Biden, 53, for years has been the focus of unrelenting attacks by Trump & his Republican allies, who have accused him of wrongdoing relating to Ukraine & China, among other matters. The president's son has worked as a lobbyist, lawyer, investment banker, artist & has publicly detailed his struggles with substance abuse.
According to court filings, Hunter Biden received taxable income in excess of $1.5 million in 2017 & 2018, but he did not pay income tax those years despite owing in excess of $100,000. The 2 counts are misdemeanors.
His attorney, Christopher Clark, said the government would file a firearm charge against his client that would be subject to a pretrial diversion agreement, an alternative to prosecution that is sometimes used to allow defendants to avoid prison time or a criminal conviction.
He described in a 2021 memoir dealing with substance abuse issues in his life, including crack cocaine use & alcoholism. He was discharged from the U.S. Navy Reserve in 2014 after testing positive for cocaine.
Donald Trump, who was recently indicted on federal criminal charges that he unlawfully kept national-security documents when he left office, criticized the deal.
"Wow! The corrupt Biden DOJ just cleared up hundreds of years of criminal liability by giving Hunter Biden a mere 'traffic ticket.' Our system is BROKEN!" he said on his social media platform.
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