On Thursday, the president’s son, Hunter Biden, was indicted in California on numerous tax charges.
Special Counsel David Weiss has been using a federal grand jury in Los Angeles to gather evidence of possible criminal tax charges against Hunter Biden.
CNN reported that Hunter was hit with nine counts on charges that include failure to file and pay taxes; evasion of assessment and false or fraudulent tax return.
Biden is facing up to 17 years in prison for his crimes.
Read the indictment below:
“The Defendant engaged in a four-year scheme to not pay at least $1.4 million in self-assessed federal taxes he owed for tax years 2016 through 2019,” prosecutors said in court documents, adding that he “willfully failed” to pay the owed taxes “despite having access to funds to pay some or all of these taxes.”
Prosecutors said that Hunter Biden made more than $7 million during that time, which included money that he received from Burisma, CEFC China Energy and others.
In October, Hunter pleaded not guilty to federal gun charges in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware after being charged out of Weiss’ years-long investigation. (RELATED: Report: Hunter Biden To Plead Not Guilty To Federal Gun Charges)
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) attributed Thursday’s indictment to the efforts of “two brave IRS whistleblowers, Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler.”
“The Department of Justice got caught in its attempt to give Hunter Biden an unprecedented sweetheart plea deal,” Comer said. “Every American should applaud these men for their courage to expose the truth.”
“Unless U.S. Attorney Weiss investigates everyone involved in the Bidens’ fraud schemes and influence peddling, it will be clear President Biden’s DOJ is protecting Hunter Biden and the big guy.”
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