Hunter Biden, son of US President-elect Joe Biden and a frequent target of Republican attacks, has on Wednesday said he was under federal investigation about his tax affairs.
According to New York Times, the probe was opened in late 2018 and it included inquiries into “potential criminal violations” of tax laws.
Hunter Biden in a statement released by his father’s presidential transition team expressed;
I learned yesterday for the first time that the US Attorney’s Office in Delaware advised my legal counsel, also yesterday, that they are investigating my tax affairs. I take this matter very seriously but I am confident that a professional and objective review of these matters will demonstrate that I handled my affairs legally and appropriately, including with the benefit of professional tax advisors.
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The 50-year-old lawyer who has founded consulting and investment firms, worked in private equity, and served on the board of various organisations including national railroad corporation, Amtrak.
Hunter, who is Joe Biden’s second son, was born in Wilmington, Delaware, where his father lives and the presidential transition operation is based. His brother Beau Biden, the former Delaware attorney general, died of cancer in 2015.
The transition team in the statement said;
President-elect Biden is deeply proud of his son, who has fought through difficult challenges, including the vicious personal attacks of recent months, only to emerge stronger.
The investigation was disclosed just five days before the Electoral College is expected to formally select Joe Biden as the next president, following the November 3 election in which he defeated President Donald Trump.
The revelation about the probe included no details, but it promises to rekindle Republican rage about the Biden family, including Hunter Biden’s business dealings.
During his reelection campaign, Trump launched repeated accusations that the Bidens were a “corrupt” family and a “criminal enterprise”, which Joe Biden countered with various allegations as well.
It also presents a series of thorny issues during the president-elect’s transition into the White House in just over one month’s time, including the possibility his son will still be under investigation by the US Department of Justice.
Via AFP.
