2023-08-11 18:42:44
Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, faces charges including tax evasion and illegal acquisition of a firearm during his time with drug addiction.
The US Justice Secretary announced on Friday appointing a special prosecutor to investigate President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, who is accused of tax evasion by justice anddubious business with foreign countries by the Republican opposition. The news comes as her father is campaigning for a second term.
David Weiss, a federal prosecutor, was already investigating ” allegations of criminal conduct by, among others, Robert Hunter Biden,” Merrick Garland said in brief remarks.
The Minister said that Mr. Weiss had informed him on Tuesday that he believed that he had reached a stage in his investigation requiring that he be appointed special prosecutor. “He asked to be named. After considering his request, as well as the extraordinary circumstances surrounding this matter, I have concluded that he is in the general interest to appoint him special prosecutor“, continued Merrick Garland. The minister did not give further details.
Republican parliamentarians assure that the Ministry of Justice is trying at all costs to avoid a prison sentence for the son of the current president.
A target of Donald Trump
Hunter Biden, 53, is accused of having defrauded the taxman and of having acquired a firearm while he was addict.
It is taken for target for years by his father’s predecessor, Donald Trumpand the Republicans, who accuse him of corruption and ensure that the Ministry of Justice is trying at all costs to avoid a prison sentence for the son of the current president.
Conservative parliamentarians accuse him in particular of having does dubious business in Ukraine and China while Joe Biden was Barack Obama’s vice-president (2009-2017), capitalizing on his father’s networks and name.
“Corruption des Biden”
But the appointment of David Weiss has not silenced Hunter Biden’s critics. “David Weiss can’t be trusted and it’s just another way to stifle corruption in the Biden family,” said Russell Dye, spokesman for Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan.
A spokesperson for Donald Trump has accused the Department of Justice of protect the Biden family “for decades”. “If this special prosecutor is truly independent, he will quickly conclude that Joe Biden, his problem son Hunter and their accomplices should be held accountable for their actions,” he added.
Recall that Donald Trump is for his part targeted by around forty charges, including “illegal retention of information relating to national security”, “obstructing justice” and “false testimony” for having ccompromised the security of the United States keeping confidential documents after he leaves the White House.
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