Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, arrives at court for his trail on tax evasion in Los Angeles, California, on September 5, 2024.
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A lawyer for Hunter Biden told a federal judge in Los Angeles on Thursday morning that there was no reason to proceed with the scheduled jury selection in his criminal tax case because the son of President Joe Biden intends to change his plea.
Hunter Biden, 54, had previously pleaded not guilty in the case, where he is charged with three felony counts and six misdemeanors related to failing to pay at least $1.4 million in federal taxes from 2016 through 2019.
“There is no reason to proceed with jury selection as Mr. Biden intends to change his plea,” the defense lawyer Abbe Lowell told U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi right before the scheduled start of jury selection.
Hunter Biden was found guilty in June after trial in another case where he was accused of crimes related to his purchase of a handgun in 2018 while being a user and addict of crack cocaine.
He is awaiting sentencing in that case, which was tried in U.S. District Court in Delaware.
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