colleague katy tur will interview the attorney for hunter biden, abbe lowell about the new indictment against the president s son. katy tur reports starts right now good to be with you. i m katy tur. would he be facing criminal charges if he were not the president s son? hunter biden s lawyers argue their client is only being federally indicted because his last name is biden. and because the now special counsel appointed to investigate him faced enormous pressure from republicans to help them make hunter biden a campaign issue. after all, his team argues, prosecutor david weiss looked into hunter biden for five years, and only decided to indict now after the plea deal fell apart. we ll get to the bottom of how much those arguments hold water in a moment with chuck rosenberg, but first, we will exclusively speak with hunter biden s attorney, abbe lowell. let s lay out what david weiss says he found. there are nine counts in the 56 page indictment, including three felony
a to cnn new central coast at this hour with presidents some in more legal peril, but this time the charges could land him in prison for 17 years. that is if he s found on guilty on 90 charges. this is just his apartment has brought for three of them are felony counts. counsel david weiss is accusing hunter biden of million-dollar tax evasion, tax fraud, and more. the new charges add to the fallout from that collapsed plea deal that he struggled federal prosecutors that the part of the summer. hunter biden s attorney says this, quote, if hunter s lesson was anything other than biden, the charges in delaware and now california have not would have been brought under five years of efficient and no new evidence, two years after hunter paid his taxes back in full, the u.s. attorney has piled on nine new charges when he had egregious month ago to resolve this matter with a pair of misdemeanors. president biden we should point out is not part of any of his sons charges. let s break
count one, terrorism causing death. the defendant shall serve life without the possibility of parole, credit for eight days served. counts two through five. homicide first degree, premeditated murder, juvenile defendant. the defendant shall serve the rest of his life without the possibility of parole with the michigan department of corrections, credit for eight days served. on counts 6 through 12, assault with intent to murder on each of the counts. defendant is sentenced to 18 years and nine months to 80 years with the michigan department of corrections, credit for eight days served. on counts 13 through 24 being felony firearm, the defendant is sentenced two years with the department of michigan with credit for 737 days served. counts 1 through 12 are concurrent to each other and counts 13 through 24 are concurrent to each other. count one is consecutive to count 13. count two is consecutive to count 14. count three is consecutive to count 15. count 4 is consecutive to coun
as it relates to 2022-fc, count 1, terrorism causen a death, the sentence is the defendant shall serve life without the possibility of parole, credit for eight days served. counts 2 through 5, homicide, first degree, premedicated murder, the court s sense is the defendant shall serve the rest of his life without the possibility of parole, credit for eight days served. on counts 6 through 12, assault with intent to murder, on each of the occupants, defendant is septembered to 18 years and 9 months to 80 years, with the michigan department of corrections, credit for eight days served. on counts 13 through 24, those being felony phi arm, the defendant is septembered to two years on each of those counts, with credit for 30 days served. counts 1 through 12 are concurrent to each other. counts 13 through 24 are concurrent to each other. count 1 is consect tiff to 2, 2 to 14, 3 to 15, count 4 is consecutive to count 16. 5 is consecutive to 17. 6 is consecutive to 18, 7 is consecutiv