Hunter Biden Reaches Plea Agreement With Federal Prosecutors On Tax Charges, Will Face Diversion Program On Gun Charge
deadline.comHunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, plans to plead guilty to tax and gun charges following a Justice Department investigation.
Biden will plead guilty to two counts of failure to pay federal income tax. He also has agreed to enter a diversion agreement related to another charge, for possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of, or addicted to a controlled substance.
The agreement was outlined in a letter sent by U.S. Attorney David Weiss to the U.S. District Court in Delaware. The tax charges are misdemeanors, and the gun charge is a felony.
Prosecutors do not plan to recommend jail time, but two years of probation, according to The Washington Post. The gun charge would be removed if Biden does not violate conditions during that period.
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