Could a pardon be on the horizon?
According to reports from multiple media outlets, Hunter Biden plans to change his plea to ‘Guilty’ in the $1.4M tax evasion case brought by special counsel David Weiss.
In the indictment, Weiss alleged that Biden “engaged in a four-year scheme to not pay at least $1.4 million in self-assessed federal taxes he owed for tax years 2016 through 2019, from in or about January 2017 through in or about October 15, 2020, and to evade the assessment of taxes for tax year 2018 when he filed false returns in or about February 2020.”
Weiss said that, in “furtherance of that scheme,” Biden “subverted the payroll and tax withholding process of his own company, Owasco, PC by withdrawing millions” from the company “outside of the payroll and tax withholding process that it was designed to perform.”
The special counsel alleged that Biden “spent millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle rather than paying his tax bills,” and that in 2018, he “stopped paying his outstanding and overdue taxes for tax year 2015.”
“Mr. Biden intends to change his plea this morning,” Hunter’s lawyer Abbe Lowell told the judge in a Los Angeles federal courtroom.
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer shared the news on X, saying Hunter has “finally admitted the obvious.”
“𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬: 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧. Our investigation has proven that the Bidens and their associates raked in $27 million by cashing in on the Biden name around the world, including China and Russia. Joe Biden’s legacy will be marked by his corruption, abuse of public office, and obstruction of our investigation.”
𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬: 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧.
Our investigation has proven that the… https://t.co/J0ajciJ6iW
— Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) September 5, 2024
If convicted at the second trial, the 54-year-old Biden would have faced up to 17 years behind bars.
[h/t Fox News]
