Hunter Biden gets January court date in special counsel's tax case

First son Hunter Biden is set to appear in court on Jan. 11 to begin proceedings related to special counsel David Weiss's indictment of him on tax-related charges.

Weiss in December alleged that Biden "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."

Biden is slated to appear in Los Angeles, before Magistrate Judge Alka Sagar of the Central District of California, Fox news reported.

The charges follow a years-long investigation into the first son's taxes that saw both parties reach a plea agreement that fell apart amid public scrutiny and resulted in Attorney General Merrick Garland upgrading Weiss to special counsel to continue the probe.

Weiss had, since 2018, investigated Biden in his capacity as U.S. Attorney for Delaware. A pair of IRS whistleblowers, however, came forward this year with allegations that Biden-appointed officials had worked to stifle the worst charges against the first son and slow-walked the investigation.

Biden in October pleaded not guilty to federal firearms charges Weiss brought against him for allegedly lying about his drug use when purchasing a gun and illegally possessing a firearm while addicted to drugs.

Ben Whedon is an editor and reporter for Just the News. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter.