Usa, son of Joe Biden under investigation for tax issues – Corriere.it

Hunter Biden, son of US President-elect Joe Biden, under investigation. According to Nbc, the investigation would refer to some taxes not paid by him and his wife. Yesterday I learned for the first time that the Delaware Attorney General’s Office notified my legal counsel yesterday that they were investigating my tax matters, reads a note from Hunter Biden released by the president-elect’s transition team. .

Team That Reacted Like This: President-elect Joe Biden is deeply proud of his son, who has been battling tough challenges, including violent personal attacks in recent months, only to emerge stronger. The news comes hours after the president-elect introduced retired General Lloyd Austin, chosen as the first African-American to lead the Pentagon, in his Wilmington. But it also comes just a few days from December 14, when the constituency will meet to formally elect the president, casting a shadow over his family as Donald Trump plays the last card to overturn the election result by joining the Texas appeal. to the Supreme Court against four states. To many, the investigation looks like a time bomb, after Trump repeatedly accused the Biden family of being a criminal enterprise, pointing the finger at Hunter’s business in Ukraine and China when his father was vice president under Barack Obama.

According to NBC, Hunter Biden and his ex-wife have a dispute with the IRS, the US tax collector, for around $ 112,805 in unpaid taxes. It is not known whether this dispute is related to the investigation. I am confident, says the president-elect’s son, assuring that he is confident that a professional and objective review will show how I handled my business legally.

Following the news, Republican Congressman Ken Buck urged Attorney General William Barr to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the president-elect’s son. It would be extremely inappropriate, Buck tweeted, if his father’s attorney general were involved in this matter. Biden is expected to announce the appointment of his administration’s justice minister later this week.