FILE – Hunter Biden departs from federal court June 11, 2024, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Hunter Biden’s legal team on Saturday released a report that issued a “stark warning” that he may face retribution at the hands of President-elect Donald Trump. With the election of the 45th and soon-to-be 47th POTUS, the “threat against Hunter is real,” his lawyers claim.
The 52-page report, obtained by the Washington Post and Washington Examiner, laid out the criminal prosecutions that led to convictions for the First Son.
“Here, in one place, is the complete and reprehensible history of the political persecution of Hunter Biden,” one of Biden’s lawyers, Abbe Lowell, said in a statement. “This is a seven-year saga propelled by an unrelenting political desire to use a son to hurt his father.”
More coverage from Law&Crime: ‘Unprofessional and unwarranted hostility’: Ex-Overstock CEO says Hunter Biden’s request for sanctions violates court rules and is ‘factually and legally baseless’
But with Trump coming to power in January, and time running out for President Joe Biden to issue a pardon for his son, things could become dicey. Per the Post, the report contains a timeline of the allegations against Hunter Biden.
“It is a wild and terrifying story that serves as a stark warning of what is to come as some of the same Republicans who targeted Hunter prepare to resume power and have stated their intention to use the government’s vast power to pursue their perceived enemies,” Lowell said.
Hunter Biden could be facing serious jail time for crimes ordinary citizens would not be prosecuted, his lawyers argue.
“There is no disputing that Trump has said his enemies list includes Hunter,” the report says, according to the Post. “The prospect that Trump will turn his vengeance on the Special Counsel prosecutors if they fail to take a harder line against Hunter no doubt exerts considerable pressure on them not to let up on Hunter.”
The document also pointed out that Biden suffered from addiction at the time of his criminal activity.
“A system that is supposed to protect against abuses failed to do so and was corrupted by political leaders in this country,” the document reportedly said. “As a result, Hunter faces significant sentences for felonies and misdemeanors far beyond precedents of others committing less serious offenses or where civil resolutions or consent judgments are normally sought — all on the basis of his mistakes, made while in the throes of serious drug addiction.”
As Law&Crime previously reported, Biden was convicted in June of three felonies relating to gun possession dating back to 2018.He’s slated to be sentenced on that case in the coming weeks.
In 2023, it had appeared that Biden’s tax and gun charges would be resolved by a plea agreement, but when that deal fell apart, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed David C. Weiss as special counsel, soon after leading to separate indictments on the West Coast and East Coast.
Then in September, Biden pleaded guilty to nine tax offenses in a California federal court. He was charged last year on nine tax-related accounts, including an accusation that he failed to pay at least $1.4 million in federal taxes from 2016 through 2019.
Marisa Sarnoff and Matt Naham contributed to this report.
