Hunter Biden has struck a plea deal on two misdemeanor charges of failing to pay federal income taxes and cut a separate deal related to a felony gun charge, according to a Justice Department court filing in Delaware.
“Hunter Biden appears to have ducked other possible charges — including money laundering, bribery and human trafficking — as part of a plea agreement he entered into with federal prosecutors that is likely to result in him serving no jail time.
The president’s 53-year-old son will plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of failing to pay his federal income taxes on at least three million dollars he earned from overseas business dealings, and he will participate in a pretrial diversion arrangement for a felony firearms charge after he lied about his drug use on a gun purchasing form in 2018.
However, court filings revealing the deal make no mention of more serious charges Hunter’s laptop indicates he exposed himself to.
Hunter reportedly violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) while negotiating lucrative business deals with entities in China, Mexico, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine”. -Josh Christenson and Priscilla DeGregory, New York Post
The plea bargain comes exactly one week after Donald Trump was arraigned on thirty-seven counts relating to classified documents he allegedly kept at Mar-a-Lago.
While members of the GOP have denounced the DOJ for supposedly going after the low-hanging fruit by charging him with a gun felony and two tax misdemeanors, several legal experts have downplayed the exaggerated response over the purported "lenient" terms of what they view as an otherwise “straightforward” deal.
The upcoming plea hearing is scheduled for July 26th, 2023.