Posted on 12/09/2023 11:47:45 PM PST by Libloather
Hunter Biden's attorney has spoken out to slam the tax evasion charges against the president's son, claiming that nobody similarly situated would be criminally charged.
'Where's the fairness, justice and decency in this?' attorney Abbe Lowell said in an interview with CNN on Friday, after Hunter was hit with nine new charges carrying a penalty of up to 17 years in prison.
The 56-page indictment filed by Special Counsel David Weiss accuses Hunter of scheming to avoid $1.4 million in taxes he owed from 2016 through 2019, while spending lavishly on drugs, prostitutes, and an extravagant lifestyle.
'The charges in this new tax indictment talk about a period where Hunter was at the lowest ebb of his addiction,' said Lowell.
'And like people in that regard, and I know everybody in America either has somebody in their family or friends who suffer from addiction, he certainly did things that he's not proud of.'
But wait, what happened since?' Lowell continued. 'He got himself sober in 2019. And he paid all the taxes that are owed in this indictment more than two years ago with interest and penalties.'
'Nobody in that position would be charged the way he was yesterday, nobody,' the lawyer argued.
Hunter already faces separate firearm charges in Delaware, raising the possibility he could be headed toward trial in two different cases as his father, President Joe Biden, campaigns for re-election.
The charges against Hunter could add to the political complications for his father, President Joe Biden, who looks likely to face a close presidential race where Donald Trump is the leading contender for the GOP nomination.
Criminal tax cases generally are very rare, Beverly Moran, a tax law expert at Vanderbilt University, told the Associated Press.
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Crappola ….. anyone of us would be in jail already
‘He was charged w/ numerous felonies only because his name was Biden,’ Hunter’s lawyer argued.”
Works both ways.
He only made millions of dollars from shady foreign sources BECAUSE his name was Biden.
Really? There zre Jan 6 people in SOLITARY for being in DC!
Pulling bullcrap out their butts is just one reason attorneys are so hated.
Wesley Snipes got three years for three years’ worth of not filing taxes. A jury convicted him of willfully failing to file tax returns for 1999, 2000 and 2001. Snipes was acquitted of felony tax fraud and conspiracy charges.
Hunter, IIRC, has 9 counts and the 56 page indictment mentions “scheming to avoid (evade?) taxes”. IF there is a determination of fraud, then the possible sentence is likely commensurate with the crime. [It does mention that he filed at least one fraudulent form]
He’s half right
No democrat would.
Hunter Biden’s attorney hasn’t much knowledge of how the IRS operates his daddy hires 87,000 of them for a reason.
yeah? well, Wesley Snipes might have a different opinion...
Yes he is correct. Because if he was not the president’s son, somebody would have killed the SOB and likely would have gotten away with it. When Biden is out of the White House, Hunter is the Prusumptive Dead Man Walking Poster Child. Everyone is sick of him.
Have him tell that to Wesley Snipes.
Yep. Plenty of people have done prison time for this.
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