Joe Biden's son Hunter charged with failing to pay federal revenue tax | World News

President Joe Biden’s son Hunter has been charged with failing to pay federal revenue tax and illegally possessing a weapon and has reached an settlement with the Justice Division, in keeping with a letter filed in U.S. District Court docket in Delaware.

As a part of the settlement, made public Tuesday, Hunter Biden will plead responsible to misdemeanor tax offenses and is predicted to succeed in an settlement with prosecutors on the felony cost of illegally possessing a firearm as a drug consumer. It's considerably uncommon to resolve a federal legal case on the identical time the costs are filed in courtroom, although it isn't completely extraordinary.

The deal ends a long-running Justice Division investigation into Biden’s second son, who has acknowledged battling dependancy following the 2015 demise of his brother Beau Biden. It additionally averts a trial that will have generated days or perhaps weeks or distracting headlines for a White Home that has strenuously sought to maintain its distance from the Justice Division.

The information comes as congressional Republicans pursue their very own investigations into practically each aspect of Hunter Biden’s enterprise dealings, together with inspecting overseas funds and different facets of his funds. It additionally comes days after a 37-count indictment got here down towards former President Donald Trump for mishandling categorized paperwork on his Florida property, one other case with much more dramatic political implications.

Joe Biden has additionally confronted questions on his son’s enterprise dealings and drug dependancy.