Hunter Biden’s legal woes

Federal prosecutors seek a grand jury indictment of U.S. President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. The investigation is a fresh setback to his father's 2024 re-election bid

2018: Department of Justice opens tax probe into Hunter Biden (above left) over income from Chinese oil and gas company CEFC and Ukrainian business Burisma Holdings

2021: President Trump-appointed attorney for Delaware, David C. Weiss (right), continues investigation of Hunter Biden under new Biden administration

Nov 2022: Republicans gain control of House of Representatives.
Hunter Biden becomes target of investigation with lawmakers obtaining financial records from members of Biden family through subpoenas

Jun 2023: Plea deal. Hunter Biden pleads guilty to misdemeanour crimes to resolve five-year investigation for failing to pay more than $100,000 in taxes from over $1.5 million in income in 2017 and 2018, and illegal gun ownership while using drugs

Jul 25: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy pushes for impeachment of President Joe Biden (above right) over unproven claims that his family reaped $20 million from oligarchs in Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine during his vice presidency from 2009-17

Jul 26: Plea deal collapses after U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika (right) says she cannot approve “unusual” deal that would spare Hunter Biden prison time

Aug 11: Justice Department Attorney General Merrick Garland (inset) names Weiss as special counsel – wielding same powers as attorney but with broader independence. Major escalation in probe into
tax evasion, illegal foreign lobbying, and money laundering

Sep 29: Deadline set by special counsel Weiss for planned new indictments


Sources: New York Times, Reuters 
Pictures: Getty Images, U.S. Attorney’s Office 
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