Hunter Biden
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In a historic use of presidential clemency powers, President Joe Biden granted clemency to nearly 1,500 individuals on Thursday, marking the largest single-day exercise of such authority in modern U.S. history. The sweeping action includes approximately 1,500 sentence commutations for individuals moved to home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic and 39 pardons for non-violent offenders…
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Joe Biden had repeatedly denied that he was going to pardon his son Hunter for his gun and tax evasion convictions or commute what was shaping up to be a substantive prison sentence. On the Sunday evening after Thanksgiving – at a moment when the American public’s attention was decidedly elsewhere – he announced he had changed his…
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President Joe Biden granted a pardon to his son, Hunter Biden, for firearms and tax convictions on Sunday, despite having previously pledged not to use his presidential powers to grant clemency to family members. Biden defended his decision, arguing that his son had been “singled out” and “selectively, and unfairly” prosecuted because of his family…
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Hunter Biden, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden, surprised many by pleading guilty to federal tax charges on Thursday, just weeks before the U.S. presidential election. Originally, Biden was set to face trial in a Los Angeles federal courthouse on charges that he failed to pay $1.4 million in taxes while indulging in lavish…
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Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son, will stand trial in Los Angeles on Thursday, facing criminal charges for allegedly failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes while spending lavishly on drugs, sex workers, and luxury items. Biden, who has pleaded not guilty, was charged in December as part of an extensive investigation into his finances…
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The federal tax fraud trial of Hunter Biden is set to commence next month as both sides finalize critical details. The president’s son faces serious allegations, including three felony tax charges and six misdemeanor offenses, for allegedly failing to pay $1.4 million in federal taxes from 2016 to 2019. Jury selection is scheduled for September…
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Prosecutors in the U.S. criminal tax case against Hunter Biden accused him of accepting payments from a Romanian businessman who sought to influence U.S. government agencies during a criminal probe in Romania. The U.S. Department of Justice made this allegation in a Wednesday filing in Los Angeles federal court, where Hunter Biden, the son of…
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On Thursday, Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, moved to dismiss his criminal conviction on gun charges and a separate tax evasion case, arguing that the special counsel prosecuting him was unlawfully appointed. Biden’s lawyers cited a federal judge’s decision on Monday to dismiss the criminal case against former President Donald Trump for…
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Hunter Biden’s lawyers asserted on Monday that his trial on federal gun charges went forward prematurely earlier this month and must be redone. On June 11, a jury convicted Hunter Biden, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden, making him the first child of a sitting president to be convicted of a felony. The jury…
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In the two years since President Joe Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law, over 500 individuals, some linked to transnational cartels and organized crime, have faced federal charges for gun trafficking and other crimes. A White House report, obtained by the Associated Press, details the impact of the legislation and its broader…
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