Hunter Biden Pleads Not Guilty to Tax Charges

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President Joe Bidenโ€™s son committed multiple crimes, including tax evasion, according to a grand jury

LOS ANGELESโ€”President Joe Bidenโ€™s son on Jan. 11 pleaded not guilty to nine tax charges, in an arraignment in federal court.

Hunter Biden, 53, appeared about a month after a grand jury indicted him on tax evasion and eight other counts. Court papers say Mr. Biden failed to pay at least $1.4 million in federal taxes he owed from 2016 through 2019. Mr. Biden also intentionally failed to file returns on time and included false deductions in one of them when he did file, the indictment alleges.

A portrait of President Biden was hanging in the federal courthouse in Los Angeles.

Mr. Biden, wearing a suit and black tie, sat with his hands folded and appeared relaxed as the judge read the charges against him.

He told the judge he understood the charges heโ€™s facing and pleaded not guilty.

Mr. Biden was released on his own recognizance. Conditions of the release include registering with pre-trial probation, actively seeking employment, not using alcohol or drugs with the exception of those prescribed by a doctor, and not possessing firearms.

โ€œThere are pretty serious consequencesโ€ for failing to adhere to the conditions, U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, told the defendant.

Mr. Biden is also being required to submit all federal and state tax returns from the years in question and a financial statement to the court.

The trial is set for June 20.

Mr. Biden faces up to 17 years in prison if convicted on the tax charges.

During the years in question, Mr. Biden reported making some $7 million from work for Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian firm, and other companies, including the Chinese firm CEFC China Energy.

Mr. Biden over that same time spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on โ€œvarious women,โ€ another nearly $190,000 on adult entertainment, and about $400,000 on clothing, according to financial information obtained by special counsel David Weissโ€™s team, which pursued the case. In total, he spent nearly $5 million.

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