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Hunter Biden charged with four-year tax evasion scheme

 
 Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, US July 26, 2023. (photo credit: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST)
Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, US July 26, 2023.
(photo credit: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST)

Biden was hit with three felony and six misdemeanor tax offenses, according to an indictment filed in US District Court in Central California.

The Department of Justice on Thursday filed new criminal charges against US President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, accusing him of failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes while spending millions of dollars on a lavish lifestyle.

Biden was hit with three felony and six misdemeanor tax offenses, according to an indictment filed in US District Court in Central California.

He faces up to 17 years in prison if convicted on the charges. The Justice Department said its investigation into Biden is ongoing.

"The Defendant engaged in a four-year scheme to not pay at

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least $1.4 million in self-assessed federal taxes he owed for tax years 2016 through 2019," the indictment read.

It added that Biden had "spent millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle rather than paying his tax bills."

 Hunter Biden walks to the motorcade after arriving at Fort McNair, after U.S. President Joe Biden spent the weekend at Camp David, in Washington, U.S., July 4, 2023 (credit: REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo)
Hunter Biden walks to the motorcade after arriving at Fort McNair, after U.S. President Joe Biden spent the weekend at Camp David, in Washington, U.S., July 4, 2023 (credit: REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo)

A spokesperson for Special Counsel David Weiss and a lawyer for Hunter Biden did not immediately reply for requests for comment.

A history of charges

Hunter Biden in October pleaded not guilty to charges that he lied about his drug use while buying a handgun, in the first criminal prosecution of a sitting US president's child.


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Weiss brought those charges against Hunter Biden after an earlier proposed plea deal unraveled under questioning from a judge. Weiss is still investigating whether the younger Biden can be charged for tax law violations.

The special counsel investigating Hunter has employed a grand jury in Los Angeles to seek documents and possible testimony from multiple witnesses as part of the federal investigation of Hunter Biden's business dealings, CNN reported last month.

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