Hunter Biden to Plead Guilty to Federal Charges

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 20 June 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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After a five-year investigation, Hunter Biden reaches an agreement to plead guilty to tax misdemeanors, while admitting to felony gun possession. Did President Biden's son get a sweet deal? Plus, President Trump tries to defend his handling of classified documents during an interview with Fox News's Bret Baier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:18.0	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal,
0:20.8	this is Potomac Watch.
0:23.8	Hunter Biden agrees to plead guilty to federal charges,
0:28.0	as President Trump tangles with Fox News is bred bear over his indictment for
0:32.4	mishandling classified records.
0:34.8	Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.
0:38.0	We are joined today by my colleague, columnist, Kim Strassel.
0:42.4	Kim breaking news this morning that the president's son is taking a plea deal
0:46.7	essentially. Can you give us the details of what exactly he is pleading guilty to?
0:51.4	Sure. According to reports, and this is based off of a filing today
0:56.6	from the prosecutors, Hunter is going to agree to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges of his
1:05.0	willful failure to pay federal income tax.
1:08.3	This is related to his tax filings in 2017 and 2018.
1:14.0	Just a little interesting thing about this when DOJ decides to go after failure to pay income
1:21.2	taxes. It has two choices. It can go after you on a misdemeanor basis, which is what they're doing
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