Federal prosecutors are considering charging Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, with three tax crimes and a charge related to a gun purchase, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
The potential charges include two misdemeanor counts for failure to file taxes, a single felony count of tax evasion linked to a business expense for one year of taxes, and a possible felony charge for the gun purchase.
Sources within the FBI have expressed “growing frustration” as investigators completed most of their work on the case approximately a year ago, with the IRS finishing its investigation more than a year ago.
The Washington Post previously reported that federal investigators believed they had collected enough evidence to charge Hunter Biden with tax crimes and a false statement related to a gun purchase.
Recent allegations claim that two Biden administration political appointees within the Justice Department are working to block charges against Hunter Biden for tax violations despite recommendations.
In response, Republicans have pledged to investigate these bombshell allegations. “This is absolutely something that Chairman Jordan will look at,” a House Judiciary Committee spokesperson told Breitbart News.
Hunter is under investigation by the DOJ for tax fraud, money laundering, and violation of lobbying laws.
Trump-appointed U.S. prosecutor David Weiss has been weighing if there is sufficient evidence for the grand jury to indict him.
A whistleblower’s attorney, Mark Lytle, claims his client wishes to speak with congressional investigators to corroborate allegations of political interference in the probe, which he has reported to the Justice Department’s top watchdog.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), the co-author of the 2020 Senate report on the Biden family, told Breitbart News that he believes the whistleblower’s information will be of great interest to the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees.
U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump and retained by the Biden administration to continue the investigation into Hunter Biden, will make the decision on which charges to file, if any.
No indications of a final decision have been made, according to the two sources familiar with the matter.
The IRS Criminal Investigation division, the Justice Department, the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, and attorneys for Hunter Biden have declined to comment.
The federal investigation into Hunter Biden began in 2018 and has since narrowed its focus from an inquiry into his international business relationships and potential national security implications, to an examination of the income he earned from those ventures and an alleged false statement he made during the gun purchase.
In 2018, while Hunter Biden admitted to using cocaine, he purchased a firearm that required filling out a form, including a question about whether he was addicted to or abusing any unlawful substance.
Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) told Breitbart News he has been wondering why the DOJ has not charged Hunter in the tax probe.
The grand jury appears to have convened as far back as May 2019, as revealed by a confidential subpoena served to JPMorgan Chase bank.
“It’s deeply concerning that the Biden Administration may be obstructing justice by blocking efforts to charge Hunter Biden for tax violations,” Comer told Breitbart News.
The whistleblower specifically alleges that two Biden administration political appointees within the Justice Department have declined to seek an indictment of Hunter for tax violations, despite investigators’ blessing and prosecutors’ desires in the DOJ tax division.
The extent of the interference allegedly includes certain DOJ employees placing restrictions on the investigation, such as on questions, witnesses, and tactics investigators could use to pursue President Joe Biden.