The United States Department of Justice filed criminal charges against Hunter Biden on Thursday. The nine-count indictment, which was issued in the Central District of California, includes tax evasion, failure to file and pay taxes, and filing false or fraudulent tax returns.
According to the indictment, Hunter Biden had engaged in a four-year scheme to evade his $1.4 million plus tax obligations between 2016 and 2019 by filing false returns.
If convicted, he faces up to seventeen years in prison. Special Counsel David Weiss launched an investigation into Hunter Biden after a plea deal about tax charges fell apart over the summer.
The case is being presided over by Judge Mark Scarsi of the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Scarsi is a Trump appointee.
Weiss’s investigation remains ongoing.
“Between 2016 and October 15, 2020, the Defendant individually received more than $7 million in total gross income. This included in excess of $1.5 million in 2016, $2.3 million in 2017, $2.1 million in 2018, $1 million in 2019 and approximately $188,000 from January through October 15, 2020. In addition, from January through October 15, 2020, the Defendant received approximately $1.2 million in financial support to fund his extravagant lifestyle,” according to the indictment.
The indictment revealed that Hunter Biden had spent a substantial sum of money on various expenses, including payments to women, drugs and rehab services, entertainment expenses, and dining at high-end restaurants.
Specifically, the indictment showed that he had spent $683,121 on ‘various women.’
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However, one major issue has been overlooked: Joe Biden, the unindicted co-conspirator, was not mentioned.
Constitutional expert and noted attorney Jonathan Turley reacted to the latest federal indictment against Hunter Biden.
“The steps taken by Hunter to evade taxes are impressive, but not nearly as impressive as the efforts of the Justice Department to evade any reference to his father. In that sense, the indictment itself is a marvel of evasion,” Turley said.
“First, the special counsel only indicts tax evasion that occurred in recent years,” Turley said. “That’s because the long “investigation” into Hunter inexplicably allowed the statute of limitations to expire on the most controversial payments starting around 2014 from Ukraine gas company Burisma.”
“Also missing in the indictment is any charge against Hunter Biden as an unregistered foreign agent,” Turley wrote. “Recently, the Justice Department added a charge to the indictment of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) that he ran afoul of FARA, the Foreign Agents Registration Act. FARA also was used to go after Donald Trump associates such as Paul Manafort.”
“The problem with charging Hunter with FARA is obvious,” Turley added.
“By focusing on tax evasion alone, Weiss again avoids any direct reference to the focus of the influence-peddling used to raise these millions of dollars,” Turley wrote. “Even without mentioning the president, the implications of the indictment are devastating for the narrative and denials of Joe Biden.”
“The president has continued to maintain that he had no knowledge or interaction with these dealings. Those statements are clearly and knowingly false,” he added.
we want Joe charged and kicked out of office and fixed where he or none of his family can benefit from his time with the government retirements
Yes Yes Yes and all assets property confiscated all around the world including the kickbacks from Ukraine which we better Not allow anymore taxpayers money to go to Ukraine, shut down the entire administration everything biden obama have done erased immediately No Excuses No Exceptions, gone all J 6 released with a million dollar tax free to each one, arresting the real criminals pelosi, schumer, schiff, nadler, mcconell, and others and those that prosecuted them and cheney and the rest of that vile bunch
Truckman. Even tho you didn’t ask me directly, I do agree
that I too want Joe (Biden) and his whole family kicked out of office (like assigned to clean toilets at a large airport).
Such crooks, vermin……oh but I do dream big about this happening.
Tax evasion sent Capone to prison. He didn’t have the attorney general(Garland) and special prosecutor(Weiss) protecting him and aiding in the coverup.
So the DOJ is setting up an iron clad case for failure. So about right.
This is a smokescreen to shelter Joe. Good chance that Hunter will be found guilty, but will be pardoned Joes influence peddling will continue to be kicked down the road until probably he dies of old age and then it won’t matter.
If convicted. It’ll be interesting to see if that happens.
What I want to know how long before they would have arrested you for this?? and what if was one of Trump,s son would they still be out of Jail?
What a shitshow, any tax paying America would go to jail or have their business seized with all instruments or tools including vehicles and homes should they owe a mere $5,000 in back taxes.
But All Shiton (Sharpton) has gotten away with owing $4,000,000. in un payed taxes and here’s The shithead in Chief’s son Hunter who’ll get away with non paying back taxes and just about all Communist Democrats have gotten away with it as well.
Two Tiered Justice System so they are above the Law and We The People must obey and adhere to their bullshit laws or go to Jail.
They have the proof this criminals need thrown in prison and the keys destroyed and do it Now this vile criminal is destroying America with obama soros gates and the inept harris this administration shut down immediately
Only a dumb ass would leave a trail of crumbs like that! And to think they are trying to cover all this up too! Wow! I know where I would be if I was that stupid!
oops. For the most brilliant man our President knows.