- Sources told the Washington Post there is ‘sufficient evidence’ to charge him
- Probe of the president’s son dates back years
- He is being probed for potential tax violations related to overseas work
- Gun purchase statement included attestation not to be a drug addict
- Hunter has written and spoken about his struggles with crack cocaine
- Image on his infamous laptop appears to show him smoking a crack pipe
- No charging decision has been made
- US Attorney in Delaware is overseeing the probe
- Hunter disclosed probe and paid tax liability in 2020
Federal agents who have been conducting a long-running probe of the president’s son Hunter Biden believe they have ‘sufficient evidence’ to charge him with tax fraud and making a false statement on a gun permit, according to a bombshell report in the Washington Post.
Federal prosecutors have made no decision on charging Hunter Biden with a crime, and his lawyer blasted what he called a DOJ ‘leak,’ demanding an investigation of anyone who put out the information.
Hunter paid an outstanding tax liability back in 2020 and acknowledged a probe into what he called his ‘tax affairs.’
The investigation was sparked by his business dealings with foreign countries while father Joe was vice president, and the charges could include failure to pay income tax, money laundering, potential foreign lobbying violations, and failure to meet reporting requirements of U.S. tax laws.
The case is being overseen by a U.S. attorney in Delaware. Biden and AG Merrick Garland have repeatedly said they would leave the case to career prosecutors. The paper cited anonymous people familiar with the case.
The gun purchase matter relates to standard paperwork for purchasing a weapon. On the form Hunter denied using unlawful drugs or being addicted to drugs.
He has disclosed in his own memoir that he was addicted to crack cocaine and has struggled with drug and alcohol use.
Images found on his infamous laptop, which emerged weeks before Election Day 2020 and which contained data that experts who analyzed it have authenticated for DailyMail.com, appear to to show crack cocaine use.
Emails traced to the laptop also point to an array of business activities in China and other locations. He also secured a lucrative board position with a Ukrainian energy firm, and did business in Kazakhstan and other far-flung locales.
The gun matter is of the type that prosecutors sometimes charge and sometimes overlook. But according to DOJ figures cited by the Post, there were 478 referrals for lying on firearms forms the year of Hunter Biden’s purchase, with charges filed in 298 cases.
The crime carries a fine $250,000 fine and up to 10 years in prison.
White House chief of staff Ron Klain vouched for the president’s son in a TV interview in April.
The White House said ‘no one’ at the White House was involved in the allegations regarding the president’s son, which Chief of Staff Ron Klain called a ‘private matter’
Acting U.S. Attorney David Weiss is overseeing the probe. AG Merrick Garland has said he would defer to the Trump-appointed prosecutor
Information from Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop provide information on his foreign business dealings. Hunter Biden has spoken openly of his battles with drug addiction. His admissions could work against him if prosecutors decide to charge him with lying about drug use on a document when purchasing a firearm in 2018
‘Of course the president’s confident that his son didn’t break the law,’ Klain said.
‘But most importantly, as I said, that’s a matter that’s to be decided by the Justice Department, by the legal process. It’s something that no one at the White House has involvement in.’ … More
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