On Thursday, a federal grand jury in California indicted President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, on nine charges for allegedly failing to pay more than $1million in taxes between 2016 thru 2019.
The new indictment against Hunter Biden will now turn up the pressure against President Joe Biden regarding the “lies” he told the public about his knowledge of Hunter’s shady business dealings. On the other hand, legal analysts now explain that the indictment may also shield Hunter Biden from giving congressional testimony for which he was under subpoena to testify, now that he faces serious charges. President Biden most likely will endure increased scrutiny giving more credit to the Republicans impeachment inquiry hearings.
“If the facts in the indictment are proven, and based on Hunter’s previous abortive plea deal I believe they can be and will be, this indictment is further proof (as if we needed more) that Joe Biden lied repeatedly to the American people during the 2020 election,” said Missouri Attorney General candidate and former prosecutor Will Scharf.
“My son has not made money in terms of this thing about, what are you talking about, China,” said stumbling Joe Biden during a debate in October 2020. However, this indictment may show the opposite, making almost $7 million from foreign business dealings with Ukraine, Romania and China.
According to Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University, the indictment demonstrates clearly “that the president had lied. The fact is that this is a circle that is getting tighter around the president.”
“Hunter may be able to use this to plead the fifth, to refuse to answer questions,” Turley said during an interview on Fox News. “But the second event is the expected vote on the impeachment inquiry. This indictment might make it easier for Hunter not to speak, but it may make it more difficult for President Biden to avoid that inquiry.”