Hunter Biden returns to federal court on Thursday to face multiple charges on evading $1.4million in taxes.
President Joe Biden‘s scandal-hit son, 53, will appear in Los Angeles for jury selection for his second trial in a year where the sordid details of his life have been in the spotlight.
In June he was found guilty in Delaware of three felonies for failing to disclose he was addicted to crack cocaine when he bought a gun and now faces a maximum of 25 years in prison.
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Hunter Biden criminal tax trial starts in California with jury selection
By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter
Hunter Biden’s criminal tax trial starts today in California.
Jury selection for the case involving President Joe Biden’s son stems from special counsel David Weiss’ yearslong investigation charged the first son with three felonies and six misdemeanors.
The allegations, which Hunter pleaded not guilty to, include that the 54-year-old first son owed $1.4 million in taxes, which has since been paid.
Weiss says in the incident that Hunter ‘engaged in a four-year scheme to not pay at least $1.4 million in self-assessed federal taxes he owed for tax years 2016 through 2019… and to evade the assessment of taxes for tax year 2018 when he filed false returns in or about February 2020.’
The case will kickoff at the United States District Court for the Central District of California and is presided over by Judge Mark Scarsi.
Hunter Biden departs federal court in Wilimington, Delaware on June 11, 2024 in another case related to an illegal firearms purchase
Trump to outline economic platform that includes recommendations from Elon Musk
By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter
Donald Trump’s speech outlining his economic proposals on Thursday will include recommendations from billionaire Elon Musk.
The policies would introduce even more aggressive slashing of regulations than Trump implemented during his first White House term and wooud likely dramatically rescind unspent funds that President Joe Biden’s administration appropriated.
Musk is reccomending the federal government create a government efficiency commission to conduct “a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government” and make “recommendations for drastic reform.”
Trump’s economic platform outline will come during remarks to the Economic Club of New York on Thursday afternoon.
‘I can’t wait. There is a lot of waste and needless regulation in government that needs to go,’ Musk tweeted this week amid speculation of his role in Trump’s economic policies.
Trump has an advantage over Vice President Kamala Harris among voters who think the former president would better handle the economy and inflation crisis.
Trump shares wild theory about upcoming debate with Kamala Harris and how ABC News is plotting to help her
Donald Trump sparked a wild theory about his upcoming debate with Kamala Harris by claiming that ABC News will help the vice president cheat.
The former president was speaking during a town hall on Fox News Wednesday, when he predicted that the Disney-owned television network would provide Harris with questions for the debate ahead of their showdown.
‘They’re going to get the questions, I’ve already heard they’re going to get the questions in advance,’ Trump told Fox host Sean Hannity in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. ‘I’m not sure it’s gonna help her that much.’
Trump and Harris are set for their first debate in Philadelphia on Tuesday, September 10 with ABC moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis.
Trump said he only agreed to the debate at the ‘unfair’ network because the vice president wouldn’t agree to any others.
Presidential election ‘Nostradamus’ – who has correctly predicted almost every winner for 40 years – reveals his 2024 pick
Historian Allan Lichtman has finally revealed his prediction for the 2024 election winner, after determining that Kamala Harris has met the critical objectives for victory.
The American University professor, 77, has fashioned his own election model that has correctly forecast every presidential winner since 1984.
He relies on an unorthodox system – ignoring the polls and pundits – based on what he calls ’13 keys’ to the White House, a model he developed in 1981 alongside his geophysicist friend Vladimir Keilis-Borok.
The model is based on 120 years of presidential election outcomes and even enabled Allan to call Trump’s unexpected 2016 victory a month before the election.
He then used his tactic to correctly predict the outcome in the 2020 elections.