Hi, this is Claire, and this is Mary from Anchorage, Alaska.

And we have just walked the stage and officially graduated from high school.

This podcast was recorded at 12.42pm on Tuesday, June 20th.

Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but we'll still be celebrating our freedom.

I'm beginning a new chapter in our lives. Here's the show!

Oh, congratulations! That's such an optimistic and fun time of life.

Absolutely. Good for them. I hope you have a summer break coming.

Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast. I'm Susan Davis. I cover politics.

I'm Dominic Amantin, our senior political editor and correspondent.

And I'm Carrie Johnson, National Justice Correspondent.

And President Biden's son, Hunter Biden, has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.

It's the result of a five-year-long investigation run by David Weiss, a Trump-appointed U.S. attorney based in the president's home state of Delaware.

So, Carrie, what are the terms of this plea deal?

We don't have the plea agreement yet, but we do have a couple of letters filed with the court in Delaware this morning.

And they suggest that Hunter Biden has agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges for failing to pay income taxes in 2017 and 2018.

And that separately, he's agreed to enter a diversion program on a third charge.

This would be a weapons-related charge for unlawfully possessing a firearm during a period when he was addicted to drugs.

And so, under the terms of that diversion program, if Hunter Biden stays clean, undergoes drug tests, reports to probation regularly, after a couple of years, that charge will be wiped off his record.

But if he doesn't follow the rules, the DOJ can use his admission against him in court at a later date.

As for whether Hunter Biden is going to actually face jail time, it's not clear at this moment.

Some sources are telling me that a DOJ may have agreed to probation on the tax charges, which would be important, but ultimately it's going to be up to a judge.

What other kind of penalties could he be looking at? If there's jail time as one potential thing, is there fines or is essentially the plea to say you're guilty part of it?

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