(26 Jul 2023)
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Wilmington, Delaware
1. Car carrying Hunter Biden arrives outside federal courthouse
2. Hunter Biden and attorneys get out of car, walk inside courthouse
ANNOTATION: "President Joe Biden’s son Hunter arrived at a federal court where he is expected to plead guilty to two tax crimes and admit possessing a gun."
ANNOTATION: "The anticipated pleas are part of a deal with the Justice Department that will likely spare Hunter Biden time behind bars."
ANNOTATION: "The deal comes after a yearslong Justice Department investigation into the taxes and former business dealings of the president's son."
STORYLINE:
President Joe Biden’s son Hunter arrived Wednesday at a federal court where he is expected to plead guilty to two tax crimes and admit possessing a gun as a drug user in a deal with the Justice Department that's likely to spare him time behind bars.
U.S. District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika, who was appointed by then-President Donald Trump, will preside over the hearing and must sign off on the deal, in which prosecutors are recommending two years of probation. Hunter Biden is not expected to be sentenced on Wednesday.
The deal, announced last month, comes after a yearslong Justice Department investigation into the taxes and foreign business dealings of the Democratic president's second son, who has acknowledged struggling with addiction following the 2015 death of his brother, Beau Biden.
While legally this will clear the air for Hunter Biden and avert a trial that would have generated weeks or months of distracting headlines, the politics remain as messy as ever, with Republicans insisting he got a sweetheart deal and the Justice Department pressing ahead on investigations into Trump, the GOP's 2024 presidential primary front-runner.
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