Trump Predicted Hunter Biden Would Be Charged With 'Something Small' to 'Make Their Strike On Me Look Fair'

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, has agreed to plead guilty to two federal misdemeanor crimes of willfully failing to pay federal income taxes, a court filing Tuesday revealed.

Hunter Biden also has agreed to enter into a so-called pretrial diversion agreement in connection with a federal felony charge of possession of a gun by a person who is a user or addict of illegal drugs, according to the filing by prosecutors in U.S. District Court in Delaware.

Typically, such agreements call for the related criminal charge to be dismissed if a defendant complies with the conditions of the deal for a set period of time.

[...] NBC News, citing two sources familiar with Hunter's plea deal, said that U.S. Attorney for Delaware David Weiss agreed to recommend to a judge that the 53-year-old Malibu, California, resident receive a sentence of probation for the tax crimes.

Weiss was appointed to his post by then-President Donald Trump and was allowed to remain in that position after Joe Biden's election to continue what has been a five-year criminal investigation of the president's son.

Weiss has filed two charging documents, known as informations, against Hunter — one for both tax crimes, and one for the firearm charge.

Prosecutors routinely use an information to charge defendants who have agreed to plead guilty.

The information charging Hunter with two tax crimes says that in both 2017 and 2018 he had taxable income in excess of $1.5 million but failed to pay income tax for each of those years. Hunter owed the IRS more than $100,000 in taxes for each of those years, according to the filing.

The tax charges have a maximum possible sentence of 12 months in prison.

Hunter, who for years has struggled with substance abuse, in 2022 paid federal income taxes he had failed to previously pay for 2017 and 2018. That move was seen as part of an effort to limit his chances of being criminally charged in the case and to limit any possible sentence if he was charged.

The information on the gun charge says that during an 11-day period in October 2018, Hunter possessed a Colt Cobra .38-caliber revolver "despite knowing he was an unlawful user of and addicted to a controlled substance."

The maximum possible sentence for the gun charge is 10 years in prison.

Weiss' office in a press release detailing the agreement said, "The investigation is ongoing," but did not elaborate.

[...] The Department of Justice declined to say whether Attorney General Merrick Garland was at all involved in signing off on the charges in advance, NBC reported.