Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son, right, walks with his wife Melissa Cohen Biden, to board Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Friday, May 31, 2024. President Biden is returning to Washington.
Hunter Biden departs after a court appearance, Friday, May 24, 2024, in Wilmington, Del. Biden was at the Delaware courthouse for a hearing days before he’s expected to stand trial on federal firearms charges as his father’s reelection campaign unfolds. President Joe Biden’s son is charged with lying about his drug use in 2018 on a form to buy a gun he kept for about 11 days. was in federal court, prepared to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax offenses.
The younger Biden would have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor tax offenses; prosecutors would have recommended two years of probation. There was also a “diversion agreement” that would have allowed him to escape prosecution on a felony gun charge as long he stayed out of trouble for two years. “Mr. Biden is not being prosecuted for any sin that DOJ believes he has committed. He is being punished for the perceived sins of his father — the sin of opposing Mr. Trump’s election to the president,” according to court papers filed by Lowell, who also has represented Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, the former president’s daughter and son-in-law.
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