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US President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden has reached an agreement with the Department of Justice to plead guilty to two federal charges related to his failure to pay taxes on time in 2017 and 2018. Likewise, the 53-year-old will also plead guilty to possessing a weapon while a drug user.
According to documents filed in court, the Department of Justice agreed not to press charges against Mr. Biden in connection with the purchase of a handgun in 2018, during which he was a drug user, while in the document accompanying the gun purchase he claimed otherwise.
Under the deal, Hunter Biden must stay off drugs for two years and never own a firearm again.
Thanks to these agreements, Mr. Biden is unlikely to be sentenced to prison. He will be released on bail, during which time he will be kept under observation by the authorities.
The investigation into Hunter Biden was conducted by David Weiss, Delaware's chief prosecutor, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, and was retained after the arrival of Joe Biden in the White House, with the aim of continue to address this issue with political sensitivity.
In a statement, Hunter Biden's attorney, Christopher Clark, said that "with these two agreements reached between his client and the Delaware District Attorney's office, the five-year investigation into Hunter Biden has come to an end."
But prosecutor Weiss later said the investigation was "ongoing."
The agreements must now be approved by a federal judge. Hunter Biden is expected to appear in federal court in Dellauer soon to plead guilty to the charges against him. Unless there are last-minute complications, chances are he won't be sentenced to prison.
" The President and First Lady love their son and are supporting him as he tries to rebuild his life. We will have no further comment, " White House spokesman Ian Sams said in a statement.
Mr Trump and House Republicans have long sought to link Hunter Biden's overseas business dealings in both Ukraine and China to illegal financial activities allegedly carried out by the Biden family.
Lawmaker James Comer, who has led an investigation into the Biden family's finances, attacked the deal reached between prosecutor Weiss and Hunter Biden.
" Hunter Biden is getting a light sentence when mounting evidence uncovered by the House Oversight Committee reveals that the Biden family has engaged in a pattern of corruption, influence peddling, and possibly bribery," he said . he.
Republicans have claimed that Hunter Biden was able to secure lucrative business deals abroad only because of his father's position, first vice president and then president.
The work Hunter Biden did for the Ukrainian energy company Burisma from 2014 to 2019, which US media say paid him tens of thousands of dollars a month, played a role in the first charges brought to Congress about the impeachment of then-President Donald Trump.
In July 2019, as it became clear that Joe Biden would be the likely Democratic opponent for the presidential race, Mr. Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to "look into" the business and political activities of Joe and Hunter Biden. in Ukraine. A week before the call, Mr Trump had blocked millions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine.
The House of Representatives brought impeachment charges against Mr. Trump over the phone call, but the Senate rejected them, acquitting him.
On Tuesday, after the release of the deal between the prosecutor and Hunter Biden, Mr. Trump said that the Department of Justice had punished him with simply a fine similar to the ones he receives for traffic violations. /VOA
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