Charge him, and if convicted, lock him up!:
Federal agents investigating President Biden’s son Hunter have gathered what they believe is sufficient evidence to charge him with tax crimes and a false statement related to a gun purchase, people familiar with the case told The Post’s Devlin Barrett and Perry Stein.
The next step is for the U.S. Attorney in Delaware, a Trump administration holdover, to decide on whether to file such charges, these people said.
The investigation into Hunter Biden began years ago, and became a central focus for President Donald Trump during his unsuccessful 2020 reelection effort.
Weiss “is in charge of that investigation. There will not be interference of any political or improper kind,” Garland said in April at a Senate hearing about how the Justice Department is handling the investigation. “We put the investigation in the hands of a Trump appointee from the previous administration.”
A spokeswoman for Weiss declined to comment, as did spokespeople for the Justice Department, and the FBI and the IRS, the two primary investigative agencies.
Asked about the case by our colleagues, Chris Clark, a lawyer for Hunter Biden, accused investigators of leaking information:
Federal agents investigating President Biden’s son Hunter have gathered what they believe is sufficient evidence to charge him with tax crimes and a false statement related to a gun purchase, people familiar with the case told The Post’s Devlin Barrett and Perry Stein.
The next step is for the U.S. Attorney in Delaware, a Trump administration holdover, to decide on whether to file such charges, these people said.
The investigation into Hunter Biden began years ago, and became a central focus for President Donald Trump during his unsuccessful 2020 reelection effort.
Because of the political interest into a criminal probe involving the son of a sitting president, Attorney General Merrick Garland has made it clear that the U.S. attorney in Delaware, David C. Weiss, is supervising the case. Weiss was nominated to the post by Trump.Initially, the investigation centered around Hunter Biden’s finances related to overseas business ties and consulting work. Over time, investigators with multiple agencies focused closely on whether he did not report all of his income, and whether he lied on gun purchase paperwork in 2018, according to the people familiar with the situation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing case.
Agents determined months ago they had assembled a viable criminal case against the younger Biden. But it is ultimately up to prosecutors at the Justice Department, not agents, to decide whether to file charges in cases where prosecutors believe the evidence is strong enough to lead to a likely conviction at trial.
Weiss “is in charge of that investigation. There will not be interference of any political or improper kind,” Garland said in April at a Senate hearing about how the Justice Department is handling the investigation. “We put the investigation in the hands of a Trump appointee from the previous administration.”
A spokeswoman for Weiss declined to comment, as did spokespeople for the Justice Department, and the FBI and the IRS, the two primary investigative agencies.
Asked about the case by our colleagues, Chris Clark, a lawyer for Hunter Biden, accused investigators of leaking information:
Read more on this investigation here.“It is a federal felony for a federal agent to leak information about a Grand Jury investigation such as this one,” Clark said in a written statement. “Any agent you cite as a source in your article apparently has committed such a felony. We expect the Department of Justice will diligently investigate and prosecute such bad actors. As is proper and legally required, we believe the prosecutors in this case are diligently and thoroughly weighing not just evidence provided by agents, but also all the other witnesses in this case, including witnesses for the defense. That is the job of the prosecutors. They should not be pressured, rushed, or criticized for doing their job.” …
Clark [added] that he has “had no contact whatsoever with any federal investigative agent. Therefore, a rendition of the case from such an ‘agent’ is inherently biased, one-sided, and inaccurate. It is regrettable that law enforcement agents appear to be violating the law to prejudice a case against a person who is a target simply because of his family name.”