Hunter Biden: Prosecutors Seek Indictment This Month

Facts

• On Wednesday, US Dept. of Justice special counsel David Weiss filed a status report signaling the planned indictment for Hunter Biden, the son of US Pres. Joe Biden, which has a Sept. 29 deadline.¹
• Weiss, who was appointed as special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden by US Attorney General Merrick Garland, stated in the court filing to US District Judge Maryellen Noreika that the grand jury indictment would be sought under the Speedy Trial Act.²
• Weiss' investigation into Hunter Biden concerns gun charges, although specific details were not disclosed in the court filing. In June, Biden was charged with a felony firearm offense and pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors related to taxes and business dealings.³
• Biden's attorneys claim that Hunter has kept to the terms of his plea deal related to the taxes he failed to pay on his $1.5M income in both 2017 as well as 2018, which grants him protection from prosecutions on his felony gun charge as long he stays drug-free and away from any wrongdoing.⁴
• While the plea deal fell apart during a court appearance in July, Hunter Biden's attorneys argue that the agreement remains in place. Hunter Biden has been under criminal investigation by the US Attorney's Office in Delaware since 2018.⁵
• Weiss' court filings further stated that, without the plea deal in place, Biden's case would likely go to trial in either California or Washington, DC.⁶

Sources: ¹BBC News, ²Reuters, ³NPR Online News, ⁴PBS NewsHour, ⁵CNBC and ⁶NBC.

Narratives

• Republican narrative, as provided by Fox news. Despite clear evidence that the Biden family's business dealings violated several criminal laws while being embedded in corruption, the DOJ's narrow focus on Hunter Biden's gun offense highlights Weiss and Garland's political motives. The Biden administration continues to pull the strings of the justice system from behind the scenes — stalling, covering up, and failing to recognize publicly-known criminal activities.
• Democratic narrative, as provided by Washington Post. After months of demands for further federal scrutiny into Hunter Biden in the form of a special counsel, Republicans continue to complain following Garland's and the DOJ's attempts at appeasement through the appointment of Weiss. While Republicans continue to fail to provide real evidence of large-scale wrongdoing by the Biden family, the topic seems destined to remain at the tip of many Republicans' tongues as the 2024 election looms ever closer.

Predictions