Hunter Biden, U.S. President Joe Biden’s son, attends the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 10, 2023 in Washington, DC.
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Federal prosecutors are getting near deciding whether to criminally charge Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, after a yearslong investigation, a latest report said.
Prosecutors are known to be weighing whether to charge Hunter Biden with tax crimes, in addition to one other charge related to an allegedly false statement he made when buying a gun in 2018.
Hunter’s lawyers met last week in Washington, D.C., with prosecutors on the Department of Justice concerning the probe, a step routinely taken shortly before authorities move to charge people.
Amongst those prosecutors was David Weiss, the U.S. attorney for Delaware, who’s leading the investigation, and who will resolve whether to charge Hunter, in keeping with The Washington Post report on Wednesday, adding it could occur soon.
Weiss was appointed by former President Donald Trump, and he was allowed to stay within the job to finish the investigation after President Biden took office.
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday told reporters that Weiss “is in control of this case and capable of creating any decisions that he feels are appropriate.”
The DOJ and a defense attorney for Hunter didn’t immediately reply to requests for comment by CNBC.
Hunter Biden appeared Monday in an Arkansas state court for a hearing related to his child-support payments for a 4-year-old he had out of wedlock. Hunter is asking to cut back the $20,000 in monthly support he has been paying the girl’s mother, Lunden Roberts.
During that hearing Independence County Circuit Court Judge Holly Meyer ordered him to sit down for a deposition in June and provides in writing details about his funds to Roberts’ lawyers.
Roberts had asked for Hunter to be jailed for contempt of court for previously stonewalling demands for financial information.
