President Biden and his wife, Jill, issued a brief statement following the announcement.
“The President and First Lady love their son and support him as he continues to rebuild his life,” White House spokesperson Ian Sams said. “We will have no further comment.”
According to the charges, Biden, a lawyer and lobbyist, failed to file his tax returns on time on earnings of more than $1.5 million for 2017 and 2018. In both years he owed more than $100,000 in taxes on those earnings. Weiss said Hunter Biden was also facing one count of “possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance.”He will not be prosecuted on the gun charge but will enter what is known as “pretrial diversion,” which often involves counseling or rehabilitation.
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