特别顾问魏红星打算起诉总统乔·拜登的根据周三提交的法庭文件，他的儿子亨特·拜登将于本月底去世。
一个月前，司法部长梅里克·加兰任命维斯为特别法律顾问在亨特·拜登和联邦检察官达成认罪协议后，他对年轻的拜登进行了调查分崩离析此案似乎即将开审。
作为认罪协议的一部分，亨特·拜登最初同意承认他没有为2017年和2018年的收入缴税。作为交换，检察官会建议缓刑，这意味着他可能会避免入狱。
在特拉华州威尔明顿市举行的两项故意不缴纳所得税的轻罪指控的辩诉听证会后，亨特·拜登离开联邦法院。，2023年7月26日。
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年轻的拜登也会同意对另一项枪支指控进行审前分流，如果他遵守某些条款，这项指控就会被撤销。
根据文件，特别顾问打算起诉的是重罪枪支指控，此前根据双方达成的审前转移协议提出了这项指控。自从达成协议以来分崩离析在联邦地区法官的质询下，两党在法庭文件中就枪支指控的转移协议是否生效发生了争吵。
“快速审判法案要求政府最早在2023年9月29日星期五之前获得大陪审团的起诉书，”检察官周三写道。"政府打算在那一天之前收回该案的起诉书。"
然而，总统儿子的律师辩称，转移协议于7月26日生效，当时检察官签署了该文件。
“拜登先生一直在遵守并将继续遵守该协议的条件，美国司法部长办公室同意并签署了该协议，并于2023年7月20日通知法院，缓刑办公室已经同意并建议实施该协议，”亨特·拜登的律师在特别顾问提交的文件中写道。
韦斯的团队认为，为了使该文件得到批准，它需要缓刑监督官的签名-他们说没有发生。
亨特·拜登的律师阿贝·洛厄尔(Abbe Lowell)随后在周三发表声明说，“我们认为签署并提交的转移协议仍然有效，并阻止对拜登提出任何额外的指控，拜登在过去几周一直遵守该协议规定的释放条件，包括缓刑办公室的定期探视。”
这位特别顾问此前曾表示，他打算在加州或华盛顿特区提起单独的税务指控，但检察官没有表示这些指控可能会在何时提起。
Special counsel intends to bring indictment against Hunter Biden by month's end, per filing
Special counsel David Weiss intends to bring an indictment against PresidentJoe Biden'sson Hunter Biden by the end of this month, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
The development comes a month after Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Weiss asspecial counselin his investigation of the younger Biden, after a plea deal struck between Hunter Biden and federal prosecutorsfell apartand the case appeared headed for trial.
As part of the plea deal, Hunter Biden had originally agreed to acknowledge his failure to pay taxes on income he received in 2017 and 2018. In exchange, prosecutors would have recommended probation, meaning he would likely have avoided prison time.
The younger Biden also would have agreed to a pretrial diversion on a separate gun charge, with the charge being dropped if he adhered to certain terms.
The special counsel's intended indictment pertains to the felony gun charge that was previously brought under the pretrial diversion agreement brokered by the two parties, according to the filing. Since the agreementfell apartunder questioning from a federal district judge, the two parties have squabbled in court filings over whether the diversion agreement on the gun charge took effect.
"The Speedy Trial Act requires that the Government obtain the return of an indictment by a grand jury by Friday, September 29, 2023, at the earliest," prosecutors wrote Wednesday. "The Government intends to seek the return of an indictment in this case before that date."
Attorneys for the president's son, however, have argued that the diversion agreement took effect on July 26, when prosecutors signed the document.
"Mr. Biden has been following and will continue to follow the conditions of that Agreement, which the U.S. Attorney's Office agreed and signed and informed the Court on July 20, 2023 that the Probation Office had agreed to and had recommended be put into effect," Hunter Biden's lawyers wrote in their own court filing following the special counsel's filing.
Weiss' team has argued that in order for the document to be ratified, it would require the signature of a probation officer -- which they say did not happen.
Hunter Biden's attorney, Abbe Lowell, subsequently issued a statement Wednesday saying, "We believe the signed and filed diversion agreement remains valid and prevents any additional charges from being filed against Mr. Biden, who has been abiding by the conditions of release under that agreement for the last several weeks, including regular visits by the probation office."
The special counsel has previously signaled his intention to bring separate tax charges in California or Washington, D.C., but prosecutors have not said when those charges might be filed.
