Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, his son Hunter and his wife Jill celebrate on stage at their election rally in the Democratic 2020, it was announced by the news media that Biden is the 2020 U.S. presidential candidate. The presidential election will be won by President Donald Trump, in the U.S., Delaware, Wilmington, November 7. , 2020.
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President-elect Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, announced Wednesday that he is being investigated by federal attorneys in Delaware for his “tax matters.”
The probe, which was unveiled five days before former Delaware Senator John Biden, is expected to be formally elected as the next president by the Electoral College.
Hunter Biden said in a statement, “Yesterday I first learned that my legal counsel was also advised yesterday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office fee in Delaware that they were investigating my tax matters.”
“I am taking this matter very seriously but I am confident that a professional and objective review of these matters will make it clear that I have handled my businesses legally and properly, including the benefits of professional tax advisors.”
Hunter Biden, whose late brother Bau Biden was Delaware’s attorney general before he died, did not disclose any other details of the investigation.
A spokesman for Delaware’s U.S. Attorney David Wes did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
CNN reported later Wednesday that it had contacted Hunter Biden’s lawyer and his father’s presidential campaign last week, seeking comment on the investigation, which CNN reports that “Hunter Biden and his associates violated tax and money laundering laws in business transactions.” Many financial issues are being investigated, including that of foreign countries, mainly China. “
CNN reports that investigations have been “largely inactive in recent months” due to the Justice Department’s rules on the duty to take legal action in cases that could affect the election.
The New York Post reported in October that after owning a computer repair shop in Wilmington, Delaware, the FBI seized both a computer and a hard drive believed to be Hunter Biden in December 2019, with federal officials in possession of those items.
The store owner also gave a copy of the strict driver to President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, The Post reported. Giulini then handed the newspaper a hard drive copy.
In a statement Wednesday, Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ transition team said, “President-elect Biden is proud of his son, who has faced difficult challenges, including the vicious personal attacks of recent months.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office oversees the fees of the White House and U.S. The Department of Justice declined to comment.
Hunter Biden has long struggled with drug addiction.
During the presidential election, Trump and his allies made Hunter Biden the focus of political attacks, especially in the context of his business dealings in Ukraine and China.
Hunter Biden and his father denied any wrongdoing in relation to their business abroad, which Biden says he did not play a role in.
Last year Trump was impressed by the House of Representatives for blocking congressionally allocated military aid to Ukraine as he pushed the nation’s new president to investigate Bidens. Trump was acquitted by the Senate after the trial.
– Additional reporting by Mike Kalia And Tucker Higgins
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