Hunter Biden will plead guilty to the misdemeanor tax offenses as part of the agreement made public
Tuesday. The agreement will spare him prosecution on a charge of illegally possessing a firearm as a
drug user if he adheres to conditions set by prosecutors. It is somewhat unusual to resolve a
federal criminal case at the same time the charges are filed in court, though it is not totally
The deal ends a long-running Justice Department investigation into Biden’s second son, who has
acknowledged struggling with addiction following the 2015 death of his brother Beau Biden. It also
averts a trial that would have generated days or weeks or distracting headlines for a White House
that has strenuously sought to keep its distance from the Justice Department. A person familiar with
The person was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition
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