President Joe Biden’s son is accused of lying about his drug use when he bought a firearm in October 2018, according to the indictment.
Hunter Biden has been indicted on federal firearms charges, the latest and weightiest step yet in a long-running investigation into the US president’s son.
Republicans have obtained testimony about how Hunter Biden used the “Biden brand” to drum up work overseas, but they have not produced hard evidence of wrongdoing by the president. Defence lawyers have argued that a part of the deal sparing Hunter Biden prosecution on the gun count if he stays out of trouble remains in place.Lawyers indicated they would fight additional charges filed against him.Republicans had denounced the plea agreement as a “sweetheart deal”.
His personal income during those two years totalled roughly four million dollars , including business and consulting fees from a company he formed with the chief executive of a Chinese business conglomerate and the Ukrainian energy company Burisma, prosecutors have said.
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