Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, owed exactly $6,544,362 in unreported total taxable income or total tax not timely paid between 2015 and 2019, according to an IRS whistleblower document.
Mr. Ziegler recommended both misdemeanor and felony tax charges for the president’s son, who was charged earlier this year with misdemeanor tax-related charges as part of a plea deal that a judge threw out. However, Hunter Biden could still face tax-related charges, said U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware David Weiss when he announced on Sept. 14 gun charges against the president’s son.
Hunter Biden’s tax problem is but a fraction of the documents released by the committee alleging a bigger scheme: the younger Biden selling the influence of his family, especially his father, in order for the family to profit—including from foreign entities such as China. The committee voted along party lines on Sept. 27 to release the documents.
“These documents show a clearer connection between Joe Biden, his public office, and Hunter Biden’s global influence-peddling scheme that resulted in over $20 million in payments to the Biden family,” said the committee’s chairman, Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.), in a statement.
“In addition to then Vice President Joe Biden attending lunches and speaking on the phone with his son’s business associates, the details released today paint a fuller picture of how Joe Biden’s vice-presidential office was instrumental to the Biden family’s business schemes,” he said.
“This evidence makes clear Hunter Biden’s business was selling the Biden ‘brand,’ and that access to the White House was his family’s most valuable asset—despite official claims otherwise.”
The committee said in a press release that “both President Biden’s brother and Hunter Biden’s tax accountant stated in interviews with federal investigators that parts of Hunter Biden’s 2018 tax returns were dishonest, adding more evidence that his status as son of the President of the United States played a role in his sweetheart plea deal.”
