trump-appointed attorney. joining us is our guests. donald trump echos much of what we have heard from kevin mccarthy and others on capitol hill, and that s donald trump s suggestion that the penalties the department of justice equated to a traffic ticket. there s a gun possession charge, which hunter biden s attorney suggested they will be able to subtle as a separate pretrial agreement. we should note the u.s. attorney s agreement according to hunter biden s attorney will
is end. this morning in court filings, we learned the trump appointed attorney reached a plea agreement where he ll plead golt to two counts of failing to pay his taxes on time. he also faces a gun possession charge which is expected to be dismissed. his lawyer joins me for his first tv interview. this investigation was in the works for five years across two administrations. first brought by the doj under president trump in 2019 then continued with the same trump appointed prosecutor, david weiss, under president biden. according to reporting from nbc news, it was thorough across multiple federal agencies and field offices. it began broadly looking at money laundering and fair violations. neither of which were charged. the lengthy time period is part of what the gop is seizing on today. claiming the investigation was
taxes in 2017 and 2018 about more than $100,000 for each of those years and striking a deal to divert from pleading guilty to a federal gun possession charge because he was an at the time he held the gun for about 11 days. hunter biden s attorneys issued a statement in which they said with the announcement of two agreements between my client hunter biden and the united states attorney s office for the district of delaware it is my understanding that five-year investigation into hunter is resolved. now, the u.s. attorney s office put out a statement from the u.s. attorney here in delaware david weiss who is a trump appointee, and they said the investigation is ongoing. now, it does remain a little bit murky here. sometimes that is the type of boilerplate language that is in a press release until the case is resolved when hunter biden enters that guilty plea and a judge signs off on it and when he is ultimately sentenced. you know, according to our sources this u.s. attorney has
on a felony gun charge. his attorney says the deal will resolve the justice department s criminal probe although prosecutors led by a trump appointee characterize it as ongoing. cnn s kara scunel join us live outside a wilmington courthouse. kara, walk us through the details of this deal. that s right. hunter biden has agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanors. he failed to pay taxes on more than $1 million in income in both 2017 and 2018. and as part of this agreement one source tells us the prosecutors, that trump appointee has agreed to recommend to the judge, so no jail time for hunter biden. now, another part of this deal is that he is charged with a gun possession charge, that is possessing a gun while addicted
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