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On Thursday night, news broke that Joe Biden's 53-year-old son, a son the media routinely referred to as a

child simply in need of love and protection from his daddy.

Hunter was indicted on nine tax charges in California, including three felonies,

according to the Associated Press.

The charges are, quote, centered on at least $1.4 million in taxes Hunter Biden owed

between 2016 and 2019, a period where he has acknowledged struggling with addiction.

Again, that's the Associated Press, noting that Hunter should basically

be let off the hook for not paying millions and dollars of taxes, you know, because he liked

the drugs. But as the indictment points out, Hunter's tax failures post-date his addiction issues,

as though anyone else could claim that their addiction was responsible for their failure to pay

their taxes. Prosecutors know, quote, notably in 2020, well after Hunter had regained his sobriety.

And when he finally filed his outstanding, 2016, 2017, and 2018 forms 1040, the indictment

says that a defendant did not direct any payments toward his tax liabilities for each of those

years. Prosecutors say that Hunter subverted, quote, the payroll and

tax withholding process by withdrawing millions outside of the payroll and tax withholding process.

The maximum sentence for Biden's alleged crimes? 17 years in prison. Defense attorney Abby Lowell

blamed special prosecutor David Weiss. He said that he was caving to Republican pressure to prosecute.

Lowell said, quote, based on the fact and the law, if Hunter's last name was anything other than Biden, the charges in Delaware and now California would not have been brought. Well, frankly, if Hunter's last name was anything other than Biden, he would be a poor derelict and he would be in jail long ago. He never would have made this money. All the money is because his last name

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