Hunter Biden offers to plead guilty to federal tax charges without a deal
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Hunter Biden is offering to plead guilty to the nine tax offenses he faces in federal court, without a deal with prosecutors, his attorneys said in court Thursday.
Biden had earlier attempted to resolve his federal tax evasion case in California with a so-called “Alford plea,” in which he would maintain his innocence but still accept punishment.
But in a surprising turn Thursday afternoon, Biden’s team changed course and instead said Biden is prepared to enter an “open plea” and admit that his conduct satisfied the elements of the tax offenses with which he had been charged.
Biden said under oath in federal court in Los Angeles Thursday that nobody made him any promises, to convince him to plead guilty in his tax case. The president’s son also testified that nobody pressured him to plead guilty in any way.
Prosecutors said they want District Judge Mark Scarsi to specifically ask Hunter if he admits that all of the allegations in the indictment are true.
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