Hunter Biden shocked the California courtroom on Thursday as he officially entered a guilty plea while jury selection was underway for his federal tax evasion trial.
In December Hunter Biden was hit with a 9-count indictment filed in the Central District of California: Tax evasion, failure to file/pay taxes, and false/fraudulent tax return.
The charges were handed down by Special Counsel David Weiss after a sweetheart plea deal on tax charges fell apart last summer.
The indictment details a “four-year scheme” to avoid the $1.4+ million tax obligations he owed between 2016 and 2019 and to file false returns.
Hunter Biden initially entered an ‘Alford plea’ which allowed him to plead guilty while simultaneously maintaining his innocence.
Federal prosecutors fought back and Hunter Biden ended up entering a standard guilty plea.
Judge Scarsi signed off on the guilty plea which means Hunter Biden will avoid a trial.
Sure, Hunter Biden may have avoided a trial because he knows he can easily get a pardon from his father.