Hunter Biden’s indictment on gun charges may be just the start of legal troubles that could become an increasing threat to President Biden’s reelection bid.
Federal prosecutors indicted the president’s son Thursday on three felony charges tied to possessing a firearm while using narcotics.
Prosecutors in a July hearing signaled they could expand their investigation further to determine if the president’s son should be prosecuted for violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act or FARA. Former President Trump, the likely Republican nominee in 2024, surpasses or ties Mr. Biden in general election polls, and many voters, including Democrats and critical independents, say Mr. Biden, 80, is too old to run for president again.
House investigators have scoured financial records to uncover more than $20 million that poured into the bank accounts of Biden family members and their associates from deals with China, Ukraine, Russia and other countries. Biden family ex-business associates have testified to Congress and in an FBI interview that Mr.
But when U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika forced prosecutors to admit in open court they were providing Hunter Biden with broad immunity, prosecutors backtracked and said the Justice Department could prosecute Hunter Biden for other charges, including some related to FARA violations.
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