Joe Biden's son Hunter has been charged with failing to pay federal income tax and illegally possessing a weapon and has reached an agreement with the Justice Department. 9News
for mishandling classified documents on his Florida estate, another case with even more dramatic political implications.The misdemeanour tax crimes that the younger Biden is set to plead guilty to are far more limited in scope than the allegations that have been pursued for years by congressional Republicans, whose inquires include examining foreign payments and other aspects of his finances.
Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee called the charges "low-hanging fruit" and vowed not let "full accountability fall by the wayside." The subpoena sought information on the younger Biden's business dealings with a number of entities, including Burisma, a Ukraine gas company on whose board he sat.
In February 2021, the department sought the resignation of most Trump-era US attorneys but made a point of noting that it was leaving Weiss in place as a way to ensure continuity in the probe. Trump and his allies have long argued, without evidence, that Hunter Biden's work in Ukraine influenced the Obama administration's policies toward the East European nation.
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