Source:
The
Washington
Post
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Things
are
not
looking
too
good
for
the
President
of
the
United
State’s
oldest
living
son.
On
Thursday
(Dec.
7),
Hunter
Biden
was
indicted
on
nine
tax
charges
in
California
after
a
special
counsel
investigation
into
the
business
dealings,
according
to
the
Associated
Press.
In
all,
Biden—who
was
already
facing
federal
firearms
charges
in
Delaware
alleging
that
he
broke
laws
against
drug
users
having
guns
in
2018—is
looking
at
three
felonies
and
six
misdemeanors
under
the
new
filing.
Special
Council
David
Wiess
said
in
a
statement
that
Biden
“spent
millions
of
dollars
on
an
extravagant
lifestyle
rather
than
paying
his
tax
bills.”
From
AP:
The
charges
are
centered
on
at
least
$1.4
million
in
taxes
Hunter
Biden
owed
during
between
2016
and
2019,
a
period
where
he
has
acknowledged
struggling
with
addiction.
The
back
taxes
have
since
been
paid.
If
convicted,
Hunter
Biden,
53,
could
receive
a
maximum
of
17
years
in
prison.
The
special
counsel
probe
remains
open,
Weiss
said.
In
response
to
the
indictment,
Biden’s
attorney,
Abbe
Lowell,
accused
Weiss
of
“bowing
to
Republican
pressure”
by
prosecuting
President
Joe
Biden’s
son
for
alleged
infractions
he
wouldn’t
have
prosecuted
otherwise.
“Based
on
the
facts
and
the
law,
if
Hunter’s
last
name
was
anything
other
than
Biden,
the
charges
in
Delaware,
and
now
California,
would
not
have
been
brought,”
Lowell
said
in
a
statement.
Lowell
might
be
on
to
something,
especially
regarding
the
Delaware
charges.
Republicans
are
so
anti-gun
regulation
that
they
fall
all
over
themselves
to
defend
guns
after
mass
shootings,
and
under
Donald
Trump,
an
Obama-era
regulation
that
would
have
made
it
harder
for
people
with
mental
illness
to
buy
guns
was
rolled
back.
Certainly,
right-wing
Second
Amendment
advocates
would
stand
against
a
person
being
prosecuted
for
owning
guns
just
because
he
has
a
history
of
drug
use—unless
we’re
talking
about
the
son
of
a
Democratic
commander-in-chief,
of
course.
As
for
the
charges
in
California,
where
Hunter
lives,
Thursday’s
filing
details
how
the
accused
allegedly
spent
money
on
drugs,
strippers,
luxury
hotels,
exotic
cars
and,
“in
short,
everything
but
his
taxes.”
As
AP
noted,
the
“indictment
comes
as
congressional
Republicans
pursue
an impeachment
inquiry
into
President
Biden,
claiming
he
was
engaged
in
an
influence-peddling
scheme
with
his
son.”
Of
course,
there
has
been
zero
evidence
presented
that
indicates
the
president
had
anything
to
do
with
his
son’s
alleged
activities,
or
that
Joe
Biden
accepted
any
bribes
or
abused
his
role
in
office
in
any
way,
as
his
opponents
have
claimed.
But
Republicans
aren’t
likely
to
let
facts
get
in
the
way
of
a
good
political
prosecution,
which
is
what
they
claim
all
the
indictments
of
Trump
are.
Anyway,
Lowell
indicated
that
he
plans
to
fight
the
new
charges
against
his
client
and
that
he
will
motion
for
dismissal
of
the
Delaware
charges
next
week,
calling
them
“unprecedented
and
unconstitutional.”
