Tax, firearm charges filed against Hunter Biden

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WILMINGTON, Del. -The United States Attorney for the District of Delaware filed charges on Tuesday against Hunter Biden.

Biden has been charged with two misdemeanor tax offenses and a felony firearm offense and has agreed to enter a guilty plea to the tax offenses and enter into a pre-trial diversion agreement with regard to the firearm charge at a proceeding to be scheduled by a U.S. District Court judge.

According to the tax information, Hunter Biden received taxable income in excess of $1.5 million annually in 2017 and 2018, and despite owing in excess of $100,000 in federal income taxes each year, he reportedly did not pay the income tax due for either year.

According to the firearm information, from on or about October 12, 2018, through October 23, 2018, Biden possessed a firearm despite knowing he was an unlawful user of and addicted to a controlled substance.

Hunter Biden has been charged with two violations of failure to pay income tax and one violation of unlawful possession of a firearm by a person prohibited. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 12 months in prison in each of the tax charges, and a maximum of 10 years in prison on the firearm charge.

Actual sentences for federal crimes are typically less than the maximum penalties.