Hunter Biden Pleads Guilty to All Charges

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People are surprised. Why? Crooked old Joe will pardon him. Why would the Biden crime family pass up such a gift?

Hunter Biden Makes Surprise Guilty Plea in Tax Case

President’s son avoids trial where prosecutors would argue he spent freely on drugs and escorts while neglecting his tax obligations

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By Sara Randazzo, C. Ryan Barber and Annie Linskey, Wall Street Journal, Sept. 5, 2024:

Hunter Biden and his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, arrived in federal court in Los Angeles on Thursday. Photo: Jae C. Hong/Associated Press

LOS ANGELES—Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to federal tax charges Thursday, heading off a trial that was expected to further shine an unflattering light on his past business dealings and freewheeling lifestyle.

Biden’s surprise plea capped a whirlwind morning in Los Angeles federal court, where jury selection was set to begin for Biden’s tax trial.

At the outset of Thursday’s court proceedings, Biden’s lawyer proposed an unusual deal where President Biden’s son would maintain his innocence while conceding that the evidence was sufficient for a guilty verdict.

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Prosecutors said they were shocked by the proposal of a so-called Alford deal and wouldn’t support any plea without an admission of guilt. “Hunter Biden is not innocent. Hunter Biden is guilty,” prosecutor Leo Wise told U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi, a Trump appointee presiding over the case.

Later Thursday, a lawyer for Biden came back from a break and told Scarsi his client would abandon the Alford plea and plead guilty without any negotiated deal with prosecutors working under special counsel David Weiss.

“Let’s move on,” Abbe Lowell, Biden’s lawyer, said in court. Lowell said the criminal case has marked a difficult time for the Biden family and that further strain would come from a Los Angeles trial that was set to include Biden family members as witnesses.

Meanwhile, more than 100 potential jurors sat waiting elsewhere in the courthouse.

Scarsi told Biden the charges come with a maximum sentence of 17 years in prison and a maximum fine of more than $1 million. The judge scheduled sentencing for Dec. 16, about a month before the younger Biden’s father leaves office.
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