Biden’s son avoids prison by pleading guilty to three felonies after plea deal with prosecutors

Hunter Bidenson of US President Joe Biden, has been charged with illegal gun possession and filing and paying tax returns late in 2017 and 2018, according to a court filing released Tuesday.

According to a document filed in federal court by Delaware Attorney General David Weiss, Hunter Biden accepted a plea deal with prosecutors guilty on two tax-related charges. Under the plea agreement, the 53-year-old son of the US president admits that he failed to report and pay the income he received to the IRS in 2017 and 2018, in exchange for prosecutors recommending that he receive probation, potentially avoiding prison time. punishment.

The deal between Biden and the prosecutor’s office also includes what in United States judicial jargon is called a “pretrial diversion” as it relates to the charge of illegal possession of firearms. This legal mechanism serves to avoid traditional criminal prosecution, and the defendant is transferred to a community supervision program.

If a federal judge accepts the settlement, this could mean the end of the investigation Hunter Biden, who ripped into his father, Joe Biden, whose political rivals have used the inquiries to cast doubt on his son’s foreign dealings and paint the Democratic president’s family as corrupt.

This investigation was opened in 2018 during the term of former President Donald Trump (2017-2021), and since 2020, Republicans have used it to attack the president, whom they accuse of not making an effort to bring this investigation to an end.