Joe Biden’s son to plead guilty to two counts of wilful failure to pay income tax and a separate federal firearm offense in plea deal

Hunter Biden, the son of Joe Biden, will plead guilty to three federal crimes on Tuesday, according to Justice Department.

Biden is pleading guilty to two counts of wilful failure to pay income tax and a separate federal firearm offense, reports Reuters.

Judge Aileen Cannon, presiding in Donald Trump’s federal criminal case over his keeping classified documents at Mar-a-Lago after leaving office and allegedly refusing to return them and obstructing the related investigation, has set a trial date of August 14 this year. Trump was only arraigned on dozens of charges last week.

Joe Biden is very much out on the 2024 election campaign trail. He’s in California, where yesterday he spoke about climate action and today he’s speaking about seizing the opportunities of artificial intelligence (AI).

Special counsel John Durham, who ran “an investigation into an investigation” at the behest of the Trump administration, reviewing the Trump-Russia inquiry (and finding very little of substance) is due to testify at 3pm ET before the (Republican-controlled) House intelligence committee.

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