Hunter Biden to plead guilty to tax, firearms charges

By Michael Hernandez

WASHINGTON (AA) - US President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, has agreed to plead guilty to three federal charges, including tax evasion and firearms charges, prosecutors said in a court filing Tuesday.

The junior Biden has agreed to plead guilty to two counts of willful failure to pay federal income tax, and another count of illegal possession of a firearm by a drug user, US Attorney for Delaware David Weiss wrote in a letter to the district court clerk.

The tax charges are misdemeanors, and Weiss wrote that Biden agreed to certain unspecified conditions with respect to the felony firearms charge. Details of the plea agreement were not immediately known but they will have to be accepted by a federal judge.

Biden has a long history of drug abuse and publicly acknowledged his struggle with addiction on multiple occasions during his path to recovery.

Weiss, the prosecutor leading the case, is an appointee of former President Donald Trump. The firearms charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment and a fine of $250,000.