A former FBI informant accused of lying about the Biden family will plead guilty to tax evasion and providing false information to federal investigators, according to court papers. In signing a plea deal on Dec. 10, Alexander Smirnov admitted to fabricating allegations that President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, took bribes from Ukrainian […]
A federal judge in Delaware on Dec. 3 ended a case against President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, after the president issued a pardon for his progeny. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika in an oral order said that in light of Biden’s pardon, “all proceedings in this case are hereby terminated.” The dismissal means Hunter […]
President Joe Biden’s claims about his son being selectively prosecuted were unfounded, special counsel David Weiss’s office said in new filings on Dec. 2. “There has never been any evidence of vindictive or selective prosecution in this case,” Weiss and other federal prosecutors told a federal judge in Delaware. In another filing, lodged in federal […]
The White House on Dec. 2 defended President Joe Biden pardoning his son, Hunter Biden. “He said he came to this decision this weekend, and he said he wrestled with this because he believes in the justice system, but he also believes that the war politics infected the process and led to a miscarriage of […]
With President Joe Biden pardoning his son Hunter on Sunday night, it joins a list of controversial presidential pardons issued throughout the nation’s history The president said the gun and tax charges that were brought against his son were politicized, while his son offered a statement of his own saying that he was addicted to […]
Several Democrats have said that President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, could harm the party or even the country moving forward. The president said in a Dec. 1 statement that he was pardoning Hunter Biden for his tax evasion and gun convictions, along with any other potential crimes he may have […]
President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, has said he will not take the pardon issued by his father for granted. “In the throes of addiction, I squandered many opportunities and advantages. In recovery we can be given the opportunity to make amends where possible and rebuild our lives if we never take for granted the […]
President Joe Biden said on Sunday that he had pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, reversing his earlier pledge to leave the legal proceedings entirely up to the judicial system. After pleading guilty to tax violations and having been convicted on firearms-related charges, Hunter Biden had been due to face sentencing. The president’s pardon comes as […]
President Joe Biden said on Dec. 1 that he has signed “a full and unconditional pardon” for his son, Hunter Biden. Hunter Biden was charged with nine counts of federal tax evasion to the sum of $1.4 million between 2016 and 2019. He pleaded guilty to the tax charges in September after a previously negotiated […]
NANTUCKET, Mass.—Joe Biden is wrapping up his final Thanksgiving holiday as president on Nantucket, a family tradition that this year seems to be part of a broader farewell to his time in the White House. The Democrat’s four years as president will be bookended by Republican Donald Trump, whose Cabinet nominations, tariff threats, and glitzy […]
Hunter Biden’s attorneys filed a motion on Tuesday requesting a delay to sentencing in his illegal gun possession case by a few weeks, citing overlap with his other cases in California. Biden was found guilty in June of lying to a federally licensed gun dealer, falsely claiming on his application that he was not a […]
Will Trachman, general counsel for Mountain States Legal Foundation, and Curtis Hill, former attorney general for the state of Indiana, joined NTD for legal analysis of Hunter Biden’s surprise change of plea in his alleged tax evasion case in Los Angeles, and the alleged election interference case against former President Donald Trump resuming Thursday in […]
Hunter Biden pleaded guilty in his federal tax case on Sept. 5, a surprise move that allows him to avoid a trial. The change of plea came hours before jury selection was set to begin and ahead of his sentencing in a separate case in Delaware. “I will not subject my family to more pain, […]
Federal prosecutors in the tax evasion case against Hunter Biden have opposed an effort by his legal team to exclude evidence allegedly showing how foreign interests hired him to influence the U.S. government while his father was vice president. In a court filing dated Aug. 7, the Department of Justice stated that it also plans […]
A federal judge has set Hunter Biden’s sentencing date for Nov. 13 in Delaware. In June, Biden was found guilty on three gun charges after a six-day jury trial over which U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika presided. Special counsel David Weiss led the prosecution. The U.S. Probation Office was ordered to prepare a presentence investigation […]
Hunter Biden withdrew his motion for a new trial on July 9 after being convicted last month on federal gun charges and a day after prosecutors claimed that his request for a new trial was based on a misunderstanding of how the U.S. appeals court system works. On Tuesday, Mr. Biden’s attorneys stated in a […]
A court in Washington on June 25 suspended the law license of Hunter Biden after he was convicted of three federal felonies. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals ordered Mr. Biden’s license suspended immediately, rendering him legally unable to represent clients in the nation’s capital, and directed the D.C. Bar’s Board on Professional Responsibility […]
Attorneys for Hunter Biden have filed a motion requesting a new trial in the illegal gun possession case for which he was just found guilty of three felony charges. Mr. Biden’s lawyers said in the June 24 filing that he’s requesting a new trial on all three counts because the court empaneled the jury and […]
President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, has agreed to drop a lawsuit against former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and his ex-lawyer Robert Costello. The lawsuit accused them of “total annihilation” of his digital privacy and claimed they manipulated data allegedly taken from his laptop, court records show. A stipulation of voluntary dismissal was […]
