Biden ignores questions after son Hunter was indicted on evading $1.4 million in taxes
President Joe Biden waved to reporters as he left the White House on Friday morning but ignored shouted questions hours after his son Hunter was indicted on tax evasion charges.
The indictment included a series of embarrassing allegations that detailed how the troubled first son spent $870,000 on prostitutes, sex club memberships and porn.
His father left Washington for Las Vegas and Los Angeles, where he will spend the weekend.
This would provide a welcome respite from questions about what he knew about his son’s business dealings and how he achieved such huge expenses.
He wore aviator sunglasses as he walked out of the White House residence alone and quickly walked toward Marine One as reporters tried to ask him if he had spoken to his son.
President Joe Biden waved to reporters as he left the White House on Friday morning.
Hunter Biden’s ‘wild’ spending habits revealed in new indictment on nine criminal charges
His spokesman was later asked about the personal toll the court cases had taken on the president.
Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One that she would not comment.
The President has said it before and he will continue to say … that he loves his son and supports him as he continues to rebuild his life,” she said, referring other questions to the Justice Department or White House office. Home lawyer.
In Las Vegas, Biden is scheduled to give a speech on his administration’s infrastructure investments before attending a campaign event in Los Angeles.
Meanwhile, federal prosecutors allege the president’s controversial son spent nearly $5 million on a lavish lifestyle between 2016 and 2019 while failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes in a case in which he faces a maximum of 17 years in prison .
The indictment would be disastrous for his father, who is running for president in 2024. It alleges that he “spent this money on drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing and other personal items, in short, everything except his taxes.
That breakdown includes $683,000 for “various women,” as well as nearly $400,000 for “clothing and accessories.” It also claims he spent $188,000 on “adult entertainment” and withdrew $1.6 million from ATMs.
During this time, he had a well-documented addiction to alcohol and crack cocaine. Hunter admitted he had multiple substance abuse problems and had been in rehab numerous times.
Hunter now faces two criminal trials in the midst of his father’s re-election campaign. He faces up to 25 years in prison in Delaware for allegedly lying about being a drug user when he bought a gun.
The Justice Department claims Hunter Biden spent thousands of dollars maintaining a lavish lifestyle, including cars like his Porsche (pictured), rather than paying taxes.
The indictment alleges he spent $188,000 on “adult entertainment” over four years.
In 2018 alone, Hunter is alleged to have spent $100,000 on “adult entertainment” but only $500 on mortgage payments.
Some of the payments are described in great detail, including $11,500 for an escort who would spend just two nights with him in 2018.
In January 2018, Hunter paid $3,947 to M Street Management, a strip club in Washington, D.C.
He also allegedly used the business line of credit to make $27,316 in payments to an online pornography website, “which totaled one-fifth of all expenses on the business line of credit.”
The president’s son also made one-time payments, such as a $1,500 Venmo payment on Aug. 14, 2018, to an exotic dancer at a strip club that he tried to pass off as the purchase of a “work of art” on his accounts.
Over four years, he spent $237,000 on “health, beauty and pharmaceutical” services, of which more than $110,000 was spent in one year.
The indictment also showed how Hunter spent thousands of dollars on luxury hotels, airline tickets and rental cars.
In April 2018, he spent $2,996 on Virgin America flights to Los Angeles, and upon arriving in California, he spent $1,727 on a Lamborghini rental.
Between 2016 and 2020, Hunter allegedly spent more than $683,000 on “various women” and nearly $400,000 on “clothing and accessories.”
On Thursday, the Justice Department announced new criminal charges against Hunter Biden in California.
The controversial first son (left) is already facing gun charges in Delaware.
Over the next two months, Hunter spent a staggering $43,693 on a stay at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles.
He also paid $7,215 for Airbnb rentals in Los Angeles for his then-girlfriend in May and June 2018.
All nine charges filed in California on Thursday are tax-related.
They include two felony charges of filing a false return, a felony charge of tax evasion, four charges of failure to pay taxes and two more charges of failure to file a tax return.
“Defendant engaged in a four-year scheme to fail to pay at least $1.4 million in self-assessed federal taxes that he owed for tax years 2016 through 2019,” the document states.
These latest allegations come as Biden’s son is already charged with three felonies that carry a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
The first charge involved lying on a 2018 gun purchase form that he was not a user of illegal drugs and that he faced the maximum sentence of 10 years. The second charge is that he lied to a gun store about it, for which he faces up to five years in prison. The third is for possession of a firearm while being a drug addict, for which he faces another 10 years in prison.
The latest indictment alleges that Hunter attempted to “evade paying taxes for the 2018 tax year when he filed false returns in or around February 2020.”
Hunter Biden, pictured above with his wife Melissa Cohen, has offered to testify publicly before Congress in December.
Melissa Cohen and Hunter Biden with President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden in Nantucket for the Thanksgiving holiday
In addition to failing to file and pay taxes, he was also accused of including “false business deductions” on his 2018 tax returns in order to reduce his tax bills.
“Defendant engaged in a four-year scheme to fail to pay at least $1.4 million in self-assessed federal taxes that he owed for tax years 2016 through 2019,” the document states.
These latest allegations come as Biden’s son is already charged with three felonies that carry a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
The first charge involved lying on a 2018 gun purchase form that he was not a user of illegal drugs and that he faced the maximum sentence of 10 years. The second charge is that he lied to a gun store about it, for which he faces up to five years in prison. The third is for possession of a firearm while being a drug addict, for which he faces another 10 years in prison.
The latest indictment alleges that Hunter attempted to “evade paying taxes for the 2018 tax year when he filed false returns in or around February 2020.”
In addition to failing to file and pay taxes, he was also accused of including “false business deductions” on his 2018 tax returns in order to reduce his tax bills.