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according to cctv news, on september 5 local time, hunter biden, son of us president biden, pleaded guilty to nine charges in his federal tax case.

previously, hunter biden was indicted in december last year for nine federal tax crimes, including failure to declare and pay taxes, tax evasion, and filing false or fraudulent tax returns. among the nine counts, there were three felonies and six misdemeanors. the indictment stated,hunter biden failed to pay at least $1.4 million in federal taxes over four years from 2016 to 2019 and evaded a tax assessment for the 2018 tax year by filing a false return around february 2020。

biden's son hunter biden (first from left) image source: cctv chinese international screenshot

it is worth noting thaton january 12 this year, cctv news reported that hunter biden pleaded not guilty to nine federal tax crimes.。

the u.s. department of justice has previously stated thathunter biden could face up to 17 years in prison if convicted on tax charges。

according to cctv reporters on august 7 local time, the office of us special prosecutor david weiss accused hunter biden, son of us president joe biden, of accepting bribes from a romanian businessman who attempted to "influence us government agencies" while his father was vice president.

prosecutor weiss mentioned in court documents disclosed on the 7th that hunter biden provided legal services to romanian businessman gabriel popovich, who was facing corruption charges at the time, in late 2015. weiss said hunter biden and his business partners received more than $3 million in compensation from popovich, which was paid between november 2015 and 2017.

the documents state that hunter biden and his business partners were concerned that their lobbying work could have political influence on joe biden and structured the deals to "obscure the true nature of the work being performed."

according to cctv news, local time on june 11,a federal jury found hunter biden, the son of president biden, guilty of all three federal gun felony charges, finding him guilty of violating a law designed to prevent drug users from owning guns.

hunter biden, 54, is the first child of a sitting u.s. president to be criminally charged. u.s. federal special prosecutor david weiss accused him last september of lying when filling out a gun purchase background check form in october 2018 to buy a revolver, concealing the fact that he was "taking illegal drugs" at the time, that is, taking drugs. hunter biden was charged with three federal felonies, the first two of which involved lying when buying a gun, and the last one accused him of illegally possessing a gun as a drug addict.

the judge did not announce on the 11th when the specific sentence for hunter biden would be announced. it was previously reported that he could face up to 25 years in prison and a fine of up to $750,000.

on august 2, local time, a court document showed that hunter biden's illegal gun possession case will be sentenced on november 13.