Hunter Biden made millions amid ‘nonstop debauchery’, plea agreement says
- Plea agreement by US President Joe Biden’s son was made public on Wednesday
- Hunter Biden made over US$4 million in 2017 and 2018 from various sources
Hunter Biden earned more than US$4 million from a Ukrainian energy company, a Chinese private equity firm and other sources during two years in which he descended deeper into substance abuse, according to his proposed plea agreement to federal tax charges.
Biden’s draft plea was announced in June, but the actual agreement was only made public on Wednesday after US District Judge Maryellen Noreika ordered it unsealed in response to media requests.
An exhibit incorporated into the agreement between Biden and federal prosecutors in Delaware sets out in some detail his earnings in 2017 and 2018, two years for which he failed to pay income tax.
Republicans, who have criticised the proposed plea as a sweetheart deal, have seized upon the millions Hunter Biden made to argue that his father must also have benefited.
A lawyer for Biden didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.