taxes and one separate gun possession charge according to court documents just filed this morning. i want to bring in nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, ali vitali and carol lam, an msnbc legal analyst and former federal prosecutor. ken, walk us through these charges filed here. what is hunter biden facing? reporter: good morning, ana. well, er biden is admitting to crimes, but misdemeanors. the specific they re called it is the criminal information that describes the charges, it doesn t specify exactly how much tax mr. biden is alleged to have evaded, but says he earned more than $1.5 million in each of those years, and was required to pay more than $100,000 in each of those years and did not pay. it has been reported that he repaid more than $1 million in a tax bill while this five-year
on it, canadian forces as well, they re asking for private vessels who are in the area to help out with the search efforts and anyone who has that experience with deep sea exploration. the admiral said oceangate, who owns the submersible, is taking the lead because it has the information, it has the technology, it knows the most about this submersible and where it was last heard from. oceangate did release a statement, it says our entire focus is on the well-being of the crew, and every step possible is being taken to bring the five crew members back safely. keep in mind, this crew is also made up of tourists. one british world traveler, also a pakistani businessman and his son, along with we re trying to get confirmation of who the other two members the pilot and who else was running this from oceangate are. so, you know, it is an exclusive experience that people pay up to
seen, whether involving the former president, or in this matter that they don t get a heads up here in the official channels. certainly hunter biden s counsel has been working with the department of justice and the news that ken just brought us about the investigation being ongoing, that raises an interesting question because in the attorney for hunter biden s statement, he says the five it is his understanding that the five-year investigation of hunter biden is resolved. and often, and i ll defer to the lawyers on the panel here, people don t enter a plea until they have some assurance that the matter is closed because any leverage you would have, any options to consider, do you want a jury trial, do you want to go forward? there is a range of choices that someone who is in legal jeopardy has to weigh and consider. and so getting to the point where he is now going to have a criminal record, where that will always be a part of his identity, it will certainly affect his opportunity to
to know joe biden as president, as a person in public life, his family is one of the most animating parts of who he is. and so this is deeply personal. the president has spoken in the past about his son hunter s path through addiction and recovery. hunter biden s lawyer also acknowledged that in a statement that hunter biden believes it is important for him to take responsibility as he continues to work through recovery, which people who understand addiction as a disease knows that knows that is a long-term lifetime situation. and so from the white house, what has made this politically so difficult is for all the obvious reasons the president himself is being investigated by a special counsel for the documents matter involving records from his vice presidential years that were discovered, there has been this five-year investigation of his son. and, of course, we re in a political season. so we know that republicans, those on capitol hill, who have
from most republicans who have been pushing for something to happen with hunter biden, this isn t good enough. as i look at the importances we have seen, we see people like senator rick scott saying this is a mere slap on the wrist and a mockery of the legal system. others are saying that this is nothing because hunter biden is not going to is not having any jail time. and that he was able to do this plea deal. they re saying that that s something that the former president himself was not able to do and so even though there are now currently some conclusion to the hunter biden investigation from the doj, for most of the republicans that we re hearing from now, this isn t good enough and certainly gives them more to hammer home and continue beating the drum on an unequal system of justice that they see happening here, allowing them to continue muddying the waters with what is happening with the former president, and now president biden s family. again, they re coming back to town toda