including at least one felony tax violatio leastn and one fely weapons charge. now, we know that hunter has been under investigation since at least 2018.18. according to the hill, cbs, the washington post . federal investigators now believe they have sufficient evidence to now charge hunter biden. our sourcehunterens are saying . fact, that may be imminent. now, thithiss reportedly involvs dozens of what they call sora s or suspicious activity reports stemming from the large foreignf transactions and , of course,ioa the nebulous shell corporations and seiznde seemingly designed to hide the transfer of money. now, also, a huge delinquent bil tax bill recently paid off by a suden family friend. and there is also substantiabsl evidence that hunter lied on a firearms application, falsely claiming that he has not been addicted to any substances in 2018. okay, so given the mountain of evidence, here s a question we all need to ask. if the last name was trump, doo!
reporter: the father, robert crimo jr., facing seven felony counts of reckless conduct, one for each fatal victim, for sponsoring his then-19-year-old son s firearms application, despite, authorities allege, knowing his son had in the past threatened to kill family members and posed a potential risk. this was criminally reckless and a contributing cause to the bodily harm suffered by the victims. reporter: this past summer, crimo telling abc news he had no idea his son might engage in violence. i had no not an inkling, warning that something like this was going to happen. you know, i m shocked. reporter: and said he didn t take those threats his son had made to family members seriously. david, robert crimo jr. s attorney calls the charges absurd and intend to fight them every step of the way. thank you, alex, as always. the challenge we all face
damaging investigations into hunter biden. no questions act. even though there was alleged proof of hunter s potential criminal activity. orders to black out the story were reportedly put forward by fbi analyst brian alton. funny thing about him is he is the same fbi official who pushed the trump-russia collusion hoax. he took the bait on the steele dossier and used it to illegally investigate trump campaign officials like mike flynn and carter page and now he has his fingerprints all over fbi plot to meddle with our elections. this is all coming just as federal prosecutors in delaware have reportedly reached a, quote: critical stage in charging the son of the president for tax fraud, foreign lobbying violations and lying on a firearms application very narrow charges and the bigger international pay to play scheme
doug burns is a former federal prosecutor brady joins us now to break it all down. so, we know prosecutor and at the federal prosecutor did present evidence to a grand jury. that grand jury s term is up, doug, what does that mean? what does that tell us? well, it s hard to say it reach the critical stage for you can extend the grand jury and simply give them the information that came before. but professor turley seems to think it is at a critical stage. people are speculating areas are being seriously looked at and failure to report as a foreign agent. and not being truthful on a federal firearms application, those are the areas. but what is interesting when they say time he may be on hunter biden s side because amid all the toxic discussions when
father. as you mention, you spoke to our colleagues with abc news telling them he doesn t have an inkling he didn t have an inkling this was going to happen, this shooting saying he and his wife spoke to their son, the shooter in this situation n the days before the attack asking them what are you doing for the holidays, the son saying he didn t have any plans. the father saying he does not feel culpable for the shooting. you raise the question why after the pass police incidents, where officers were called to the home where family members said the shooter threatened harm upon himself, threatened harmon other people, why would the father later that same year sponsor a firearms application. we know he obtained five firearms including the one that was used in the massacre that happened behind me. this is all coming from the