Tue Jun 20, 2023 – 2:12 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter has reportedly agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges in exchange for avoiding prosecution for a felony gun charge that carries a maximum sentence of ten years behind bars.
Conservatives have argued the arrangement shows the Department of Justice is protecting the Biden family as emerging evidence suggests Joe and Hunter engaged in overseas influence peddling and corruption.
According to a Tuesday court filing by U.S. Attorney David Weiss in Delaware, Hunter Biden, 53, will enter a guilty plea for misdemeanor charges related to his failure to file and pay about $1.2 million in taxes on time in 2017 and 2018 when he is arraigned in federal court next week. Hunter’s attorney has stated the DOJ found he has since paid off his tax debts in full.
In exchange, he will enter into a “diversion” agreement to avoid felony prosecution for illegal purchase and possession of a Colt Cobra revolver in 2018 while he was an “unlawful user of and addicted to a controlled substance.”
Hunter, who has been the subject of a years-long investigation, is expected to
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