Special Counsel David Weiss charged the president’s son on Thursday with six misdemeanors and three felonies in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, which, despite its name, covers populous parts of Southern California. This indictment comes atop federal gun charges against Hunter Biden in Delaware.
The charging document does not hold back.
“Between 2016 and October 15, 2020,” it reads, “the Defendant spent this money on drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing, and other items of a personal nature, in short, everything but his taxes.”
It mentions Burisma, Owasco, PC, and other shady outfits familiar to anyone who consumes conservative media but unknown to those dwelling in the NPRMSNBCNewYorkTimesCNN ghetto. This indictment forces uncomfortable discussions. The Burisma acknowledgment, given Joe Biden’s past categorical denial that his son made money from Ukraine, unleashes political ramifications for the president.
“In or around April 2014, the Defendant joined the board of directors of Burisma Holdings Limited (‘Burisma’), a Ukrainian industrial conglomerate,” the indictment points out. “Burisma agreed to pay the Defendant an annual salary of approximately $1,000,000, to be paid in monthly disbursements. In March 2017, Burisma reduced his compensation to approximately $500,000 a year but he continued to serve on the board of directors until in or around April 2019. As a result, he received a total of approximately $1,002,016 in 2016, $630,556 in 2017, $491,939 in 2018, and $160,207 in 2019.”
Here and elsewhere the special counsel makes the case that Hunter Biden possessed ample money to pay his taxes but instead funded his extravagant lifestyle.
“In 2018, the Defendant spent more than $1.8 million, including approximately $772,000 in cash withdrawals, approximately $383,000 in payments to women, approximately $151,000 in clothing and accessories, approximately $78,000 in miscellaneous retail purchases and other payments,” the document explains. “The Defendant did not use any of these funds to pay his taxes in 2018.”
The indictment details expenses for the Chateau Marmont Hotel, a Lamborghini rental, a $1,500 Venmo payment to a stripper for an expense he described as “artwork,” “a website providing pornographic content,” and $11,500 for two nights with an escort.
The crimes alleged here mainly pertain to what he failed to pay rather than what he did pay.
As the document explains, “The Defendant engaged in a four-year scheme to not pay at least $1.4 million in self-assessed federal taxes he owed for tax years 2016 through 2019, from in or about January 2017 through in or about October 15, 2020, and to evade the assessment of taxes for tax year 2018 when he filed false returns in or about February 2020.”
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