The
Justice Department said on Tuesday that Hunter Biden, 53, has
agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges of willfully
failing to pay income taxes and to enter into an agreement that
could avert a conviction on a gun-related charge.
He was not expected to face jail time in his guilty plea.
The news sparked accusations of favorable treatment for the
Democratic president's son from conservatives whose accusations
of influence peddling in Ukraine and China prompted the
investigation that led to the charges.
The younger Biden has worked as a lobbyist, lawyer, consultant
to foreign companies, investment banker and artist, and has
publicly detailed his struggles with substance abuse.
(Reporting by Rami Ayyub and Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Eric
Beech)
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