paid money on. that s tonight on news night. good evening. i m abby phillip in washington. breaking don t, indicted again. the president s justice department charges the president s son with tax crimes. david wise accuses hunter biden of cheating the government out of $1.4 million that he owed. the justice department says that the president s son faces a maximum of 17 years in prison on nine felony counts. three counts tax evasion, assessment, three counts failure to file and pay taxes, and three counts filing a fraudulent tax return. now, minutes ago hunter biden s attorney responded to the special counsel s charges saying if hunter s last name was anything other than biden, the charges in delaware and now california would not have been brought. let s get over to evan perez. you broke the story that this was coming down the pipe. walk us through what that lengthy indictment says about where all of this money went. well, what the prosecutors do over these the course of 56
federal prosecutors have filed three felony charges, six misdemeanor counts against the president s 53-year-old sun hunter biden. all of this related to the alleged scheme to evade taxes on a massive amount of income. these years between 2016 and 2019. quote, rather than pay his taxes, the defendant spent millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle. remember hunter was previously indicted on federal gun charges in delaware. the doj s original plan, let s take you back in time, was to not charge hunter at all, with nothing. they wanted to sweep all of hunter s misdeeds if you will under the rug. the biden and family misdeeds under the rug. for a while it was all going according to plan. remember federal prosecutor david weiss had been investigating this for years. he dragged on what appeared to be a fake investigation allowing the statute of limitations, this is important tonight as we go through all of this, to actually run out on several serious tax crimes alleged that c
fox news at night. breaking tonight hunter biden indicted in california on federal tax charges. the same charges prosecutors in california would not indict him on last year. what changed? how did the breaking new affect the presidential campaign. kevin cork has new information. it s a 56 page indictment filed in california. the central district. it lays allegations including 9 tax related charges. 3 are felonies. the younger biden engaged in a 4 year scheme to not pay at least 1.4-million dollars between 2016 and 2019. the indictment charges that biden spent millions on an extravagant lifestyle with membership to sex clubs and more than $188,000 on adult entertainment rather than paying taxes. house republican leaders next week will vote on whether to initiate an impeachment on president biden to his possible ties to his son hunter s business dealings. james comer released subpoenaed bank records showing an entity owned by hunter biden made payments to joe biden. they are s
charges tonight as his father readies for what is expected to be a rigorous rematch with former president trump in the 2024 elections year. the president s son is accused of spending millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle including strippers, sex clubs, drugs, and exotic cars. his lawyer says the special counsel bowed to political pressure. president biden has insisted he had nothing to do with his son s business affairs. correspondent david spunt starts us off tonight. good evening, david. rich, good evening. the government insists that hunter biden chose not to pay his taxes but had plenty of money to do so. this is his second indictment setting up what could be trial number two next year as his dad runs for re-election. hunter biden facing another indictment. this time three felony and six misdemeanor charges relating to his failure to file and pay taxes. special counsel david weiss filed the charges in los angeles. hunter s home since 2018. the government all
lamborghini. that s what prosecutors say the president s son spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on instead of paying his taxes. his lawyers and his father s campaign say this is all about politics. taking the stand donald trump is prepared to testify in his civil fraud trial. why does he keep choosing the courthouse over the campaign trail? and, i m sorry, the president of harvard is apologizing for saying calling the genocide of jews harassment. why is it so hard for so many to call out jew hate? i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start with hunter biden facing nine new charges in a federal tax case that, if convicted, could put the first son in prison. the 56-page indictment filed in california alleges that he schemed to av eevade at least $ in federal taxes. he s facing federal gun charges and is at the heart of a republican-led impeachment inquiry into his father, the president. this morning, we heard from hunter biden himself