特别检察官魏红星提出了九项指控亨特·拜登周四晚些时候，指控总统乔·拜登的儿子在2016年至2020年期间未缴纳140万美元的税款。
这些指控包括六项轻罪指控和三项重罪指控，包括涉嫌逃税和提交虚假申报表，最高可判处17年监禁。
长达56页的起诉书称，亨特·拜登从乌克兰、罗马尼亚和中国的外国实体那里赚取了数百万美元，“在选择不纳税的同时，在奢侈的生活方式上花费了数百万美元。”
检察官试图证明亨特·拜登有能力支付2016年至2020年的税款，但却选择将钱花在其他地方，包括683，212美元的“支付-各种女人”，另外397，530美元用于“服装”和配件”以及188，960美元的“成人娱乐”。"
检察官写道，亨特·拜登“还利用商业信贷额度向一家在线色情网站支付了27，316美元，这占了商业信贷额度支出的五分之一”。
美国广播公司此前报道称，亨特·拜登向他的律师和密友凯文·莫里斯借了200万美元，用于支付他所欠的欠税、罚款和留置权。
亨特·拜登的律师阿贝·洛威尔(Abbe Lowell)称，起诉书包括“没有新证据”和韦斯(屈服于共和党压力)的结果
2023年7月26日，美国总统乔·拜登的儿子亨特·拜登离开位于特拉华州威尔明顿的迦勒·博格斯联邦大楼和美国法院。
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洛厄尔在一份声明中说:“根据事实和法律，如果亨特的姓氏不是拜登，特拉华州和现在的加利福尼亚州就不会受到指控。”
几个月前，检察官表示，他们打算对总统的儿子提出与税收有关的指控认罪协商破裂了。据知情人士透露，一个总部位于洛杉矶的大陪审团已经向拜登总统的兄弟詹姆斯·拜登发出传票，作为他们调查亨特·拜登工作的一部分。
韦斯的办公室在9月份对拜登提出了持枪重罪指控。他有不服罪那些指控。
Special counsel files 9 tax-related charges against Hunter Biden
Special counsel David Weiss leveled a nine-count indictment againstHunter Bidenlate Thursday, accusing President Joe Biden's son of failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes from 2016 to 2020.
The charges, which carry a penalty of up to 17 years in prison, include six misdemeanor charges and three felonies, including alleged tax evasion and filing a false return.
The sprawling 56-page indictment alleges that Hunter Biden earned millions of dollars from foreign entities in Ukraine, Romania and China and "spent millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle at the same time he chose not to pay his taxes."
Prosecutors sought to demonstrate that Hunter Biden had the means to pay his taxes from 2016 to 2020, but instead chose to spend his money elsewhere, including $683,212 in "Payments -- Various Women," another $397,530 on "Clothing& Accessories," and $188,960 on "Adult Entertainment."
Hunter Biden "also used the business line of credit to make $27,316 in payments to an online pornography website, which in total accounted for one fifth of all of the business line of credit expenditures," prosecutors wrote.
ABC News previously reported that Hunter Biden borrowed $2 million from his lawyer and confidant Kevin Morris to pay the IRS for back taxes, penalties and liens that he owed.
Abbe Lowell, an attorney for Hunter Biden, framed the indictment as including "no new evidence" and a result of Weiss "[bowing] to Republican pressure."
"Based on the facts and the law, if Hunter's last name was anything other than Biden, the charges in Delaware, and now California, would not have been brought," Lowell said in a statement.
Prosecutors signaled their intention to bring tax-related charges against the president's son months ago afterplea negotiations broke down. A Los Angeles-based grand jury has since issued a subpoena to James Biden, the brother of President Biden, as part of their work investigating Hunter Biden, a source familiar with the matter said.
Weiss' office filed a felony gun indictment against Biden in September. He haspleaded not guiltyto those charges.
