Hunter Biden will make his first court appearance in the Special Counsel Weiss tax case.
Hunter Biden was charged with three felonies and six misdemeanors by Weiss for owing $1.4 million in taxes, which have since been paid.
On Thursday, Hunter Biden will make his first appearance in the federal criminal case resulting from Special Counsel David Weiss' probe in California.
The first son will make his first appearance in U.S. District Court in Downtown Los Angeles on Thursday at 1 p.m. local time.
The U.S. Marshals Service will process Biden after the hearing, and Mark Scarsi will preside over the proceedings.
In December, Biden was accused by Weiss of a "four-year scheme" involving his son's failure to pay federal income taxes from January 2017 to October 2020, as well as filing false tax reports.
In the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, charges were filed by Weiss.
The three felonies and six misdemeanors were related to the unpaid taxes of $1.4 million, which have since been settled.
In the indictment, Weiss claimed that Hunter had engaged in a four-year scheme to evade paying at least $1.4 million in federal taxes owed for tax years 2016 through 2019, from January 2017 to October 15, 2020, and had filed false returns for tax year 2018.
According to Weiss, Biden Jr. undermined the payroll and tax withholding procedure of his own business, Owasco, PC, by withdrawing millions of dollars outside of the intended process.
In 2018, Hunter allegedly stopped paying his outstanding and overdue taxes for tax year 2015, instead spending millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle.
According to Weiss, Hunter allegedly failed to pay his taxes on time for the years 2016 to 2019, even though he had the funds to do so, and also failed to file his tax returns for 2017 and 2018.
In October, Weiss brought federal gun charges against Hunter Biden, who pleaded not guilty.
Last month, Abbe Lowell, the defense attorney for Hunter, criticized Weiss, claiming that the special counsel had caved in to GOP pressure while communicating with the media.
If Hunter's last name was anything other than Biden, the charges in Delaware and now California would not have been brought, according to Lowell's statement.
The next day after Hunter made a surprise appearance on Capitol Hill, he appeared in court in California.
The House Oversight and Judiciary Committees issued a subpoena for Hunter Biden to appear for a closed-door deposition on Dec. 13 as part of the House GOP impeachment inquiry against President Biden.
Republicans rejected Hunter Biden's request to testify publicly, citing the setting of other witness interviews and stating that he would not receive special treatment. Oversight Chairman James Comer and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan also vowed to release a full transcript of his deposition and schedule a subsequent public hearing.
On Dec. 13, Hunter Biden went to Capitol Hill, but not for his deposition. Instead, he gave a statement to the media, disregarding the subpoena.
If the resolution passes, the House will vote on whether to hold the first son in contempt.
Planet Chronicle' Lee Ross contributed to this report.
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