Hunter Biden's Guilty Plea and Legal Team Controversy

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Hunter Biden's Guilty Plea and Legal Team Controversy
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Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, is expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of failing to pay taxes. This marks the first time the Justice Department has brought charges against the child of a sitting president. Biden arrived at the federal courthouse in Delaware and is expected to follow the terms of the plea agreement reached with U.S. Attorney David Weiss. The charges state that Biden received taxable income exceeding $1.5 million annually in 2017 and 2018 but failed to pay the income tax due. He also faced a separate gun charge, but a pretrial agreement may result in the case being wiped from his record. Republicans have criticized the plea deal, arguing that it is too lenient, and have questioned the investigation, threatening to impeach Attorney General Merrick Garland.

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