Hunter Biden to change federal tax plea to guilty

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Hunter Biden to change federal tax plea to guilty

Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, intends to plead guilty to federal tax-related charges, NBC News is reporting his lawyer as saying.

Hunter Biden had previously pleaded not guilty in the ********* case, which accuses him of failing to pay $US1.4 million ($A2.1 million) in taxes while spending lavishly on drugs, **** workers and luxury items. His trial in Los Angeles federal court was due to start on Thursday.

His lawyers and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The younger Biden was charged in December as part of a wide-ranging probe of his finances and business dealings, becoming the first child of a sitting president to face ********* charges.

He was convicted in June in a separate case in Delaware for illegally buying a **** while using drugs, which he is appealing.

That conviction means he could face a stiffer sentence if convicted in the tax case because he would be a repeat offender.

A guilty plea would avoid a weeks-long trial that likely would have aired embarrassing details of Hunter Biden’s life shortly before the November 5 election between Democrat Kamala Harris and *********** Donald Trump.

Joe Biden dropped his re-election bid in July under pressure from his fellow Democrats.

Hunter Biden, who has been open about his struggles with ***** and alcohol addiction, is accused of failing to pay taxes from 2016 to 2019 while spending huge sums “on drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing, and other items of a personal nature”, according to an indictment.

The trial could also have shed light on Hunter Biden’s work with a Ukrainian natural gas company and his other business dealings while his father was vice president. The president’s *********** foes have claimed those activities by his son were corrupt.

Hunter Biden has denied any improper business dealings and ***********-led investigations in Congress have not directly implicated his father in any wrongdoing.

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