Hunter Biden

Biden isn't the first president to pardon a relative. Here's how the power works

2:20pm December 02, 2024

Biden is now the third president to pardon a relative, after Bill Clinton and Donald Trump. Here's a look at the commonplace — yet often controversial — presidential power.

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President Biden pardons son Hunter

8:04pm December 01, 2024

The pardon comes in the last weeks of President Biden's time in office and despite his public assurances in the past that he would neither pardon nor commute his son's sentence.

Hunter Biden Gun Trial Continues In Delaware

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In surprise move, Hunter Biden pleads guilty to tax charges

5:30am September 05, 2024

In a last-minute move, Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to tax charges Thursday, avoiding what could have been an embarrassing trial.

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House Oversight Committee Considers Citing Hunter Biden For Contempt Of Congress

Politics & Government

Jury selected in Hunter Biden gun trial

7:28pm June 03, 2024

by Ryan Lucas

The trial, which opened Monday in federal court in Delaware, is the first of two cases brought by Justice Department special counsel David Weiss against the president’s son.

The U.S. Department of Justice is seen in June 2023. A former FBI informant has been indicted for allegedly lying to the FBI. His claims about President Biden were shared by Republicans pushing for an impeachment inquiry into the president.

Politics & Government

How the ex-FBI informant charged with lying is tied to the Biden impeachment inquiry

5:15pm February 16, 2024

Alexander Smirnov has been accused of making false statements to the FBI — claims that House Republicans have used in their probe of President Biden.

Hunter Biden, son of President Biden, talks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, on Dec. 13, 2023. An FBI informant has been charged with lying to his handler about ties between Joe Biden and Hunter Biden and a Ukrainian energy company.

FBI informant charged with lying about Joe and Hunter Biden's ties to Ukrainian firm

9:15pm February 15, 2024

by The Associated Press

Alexander Smirnov falsely told FBI agents in 2020 that executives associated with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid Hunter and Joe Biden $5 million each in 2015 or 2016, prosecutors said.

Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden's son, accompanied by his attorney Abbe Lowell, left, talks to reporters as they leave a House Oversight Committee hearing as Republicans are taking the first step toward holding him in contempt of Congress, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Politics & Government

Hunter Biden agrees to private deposition with House Republicans

1:18am January 19, 2024

by The Associated Press

The House Oversight Committee announced Thursday that the two parties have agreed for Hunter Biden to sit for a deposition on Feb. 28.

The special counsel investigating Hunter Biden charged him on nine counts related to his failure to pay federal taxes on millions of dollars of income.

Politics & Government

Hunter Biden is indicted on federal tax charges

9:09pm December 07, 2023

by Washington Desk

A federal grand jury in the Central District of California returned the indictment charging the president's son with three felony tax offenses and six misdemeanor tax offenses.

Hunter Biden's lawyer reiterated that the president's son will only testify publicly before the House Oversight Committee.

Politics & Government

Hunter Biden's lawyer says again that president's son will only testify publicly

8:55am December 06, 2023

by Washington Desk

The development comes as House Republicans inch closer to a vote to officially begin an impeachment inquiry into President Biden.

Attorney General Merrick Garland is sworn in as he appears before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday.

AG Garland in the hot seat as House Judiciary probe him on Hunter Biden investigation

1:48pm September 20, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Republicans have spent the hearing interrogating Merrick Garland over the investigations into Hunter Biden and former President Donald Trump.