Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, arrives with wife Melissa Cohen Biden prior to President Biden awarding Presidential Medals of Freedom during a ceremony within the East Room on the White House in Washington, July 7, 2022.
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President Joe Biden’s son Hunter is scheduled to look next month in federal court, where he is predicted to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax charges, in accordance with a court filing Wednesday.
The initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Delaware, is about for 10 a.m. ET on July 26, Judge Maryellen Noreika ordered.
The court proceeding will come greater than a month after Hunter Biden, 53, agreed to plead guilty to 2 misdemeanor charges of failing to pay federal income taxes and cut a separate deal related to a felony gun charge.
Biden’s attorney and federal prosecutors had each asked to consolidate each the tax and gun matters into one court appearance.
NBC News reported Tuesday that U.S. Attorney for Delaware David Weiss agreed to recommend that Biden receive a sentence of probation for the tax crimes.
Biden, who has been open about his substance abuse struggles, also agreed to enter right into a so-called pretrial diversion agreement in reference to a federal felony charge of possession of a gun by a one that is a user or addict of illegal drugs. Diversion agreements can end with criminal charges being dismissed if accomplished successfully.
Christopher Clark, the lawyer for the president’s son, said Tuesday that with the plea agreement and diversion deal, “it’s my understanding that the five-year investigation into Hunter is resolved.”
Clark didn’t immediately reply to CNBC’s request for comment on the judge’s order scheduling the hearing.
In an MSNBC appearance Tuesday, Clark said he expects Hunter Biden to be released without conditions after the court proceeding. “Hunter feels joyful to maneuver on along with his life,” Clark said.
Noreika, 56, was nominated to the bench by then-President Donald Trump in 2017. Her nomination received bipartisan support within the Senate, which confirmed her by voice vote in 2018.
The knowledge charging Biden with tax crimes said he didn’t pay any federal income taxes in 2017 and 2018, despite making greater than $1.5 million annually and owing greater than $100,000 annually. Those taxes were reportedly repaid.
The opposite information stated that Biden in 2018 possessed a revolver “despite knowing he was an illegal user of and hooked on a controlled substance.”
