U.S. Attorney’s Office is close to a decision to indict Hunter Biden

Washington, May 4.

U.S. prosecutorial authorities are close to deciding whether to charge the son of U.S. President Hunter Biden with tax evasion and firearms offenses.

White House press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre declined to comment on the information at a regular briefing for reporters. “Once again, I must refer you to the Justice Department on this issue,” Karin Jean-Pierre said.

The U.S. Justice Department hosted a meeting last week between Hunter Biden’s attorneys and Delaware State’s Attorney David Weiss, who is coordinating the criminal investigation into his case. Citing sources, the newspaper writes that Weiss is close to making a decision, but no exact dates were given. Sources concede that the progress of the investigation, which began in 2018 and has progressed more slowly than some officials had hoped, could stall again before a final decision is made.

Both a positive and negative outcome could significantly affect the rating of Joe Biden, who recently launched his campaign for re-election to the presidency in 2024, The Washington Post is convinced, as it would bring national attention to a “sensitive topic” that even presidential aides barely touch in conversations with him. FBI agents gathered enough evidence last year to charge Hunter Biden with tax crimes and illegal handling of firearms. But the final decision will not be made by the agents, but by U.S. Justice Department prosecutors, who usually file charges if the available evidence can lead to a conviction in court, the newspaper notes.

It recalls that last month, a U.S. Internal Revenue Service employee who worked on the Hunter Biden case asked for protection to testify to Congress about political interference by the U.S. president’s administration and the irregularities that were committed in the investigation.

The head of the U.S. Justice Department, Merrick Garland, previously said he did not think it was necessary to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hunter Biden because he had assigned Wise to do so. Garland, according to newspaper interlocutors, did not attend last week’s meeting between the president’s son and attorneys. Wise’s spokesman and Hunter Biden’s attorney did not respond to the paper’s request for comment.

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