Joe Biden’s Son Hunter Officially Pleads Guilty In Tax Evasion Case
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oe Biden's son Hunter pleaded guilty in a tax evasion trial on Thursday, without reaching the deal he had sought with prosecutors, in a case that has been an embarrassment for the US president.
The 54-year-old admitted nine counts related to failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes over the past decade, money that prosecutors said he splurged instead on luxury living, sex workers and a drug habit.
The pleas came on the day jury selection for a trial had been due to start, and hours after Biden had offered to plead guilty in the hope of striking a deal that might keep him out of prison.
“ I will not subject my family to more pain, more invasions of privacy and needless embarrassment,
Hunter Biden,
Hunter Biden enters surprise guilty plea to avoid tax trial months…