Hunter Biden, one of President Joe Biden’s sons, appeared in a Los Angeles federal courtroom on Thursday, and pleaded not guilty to all nine charges against him, during a brief arraignment hearing. The government is alleging that Biden evaded paying taxes on earnings from foreign entities, to the tune of “at least $1.4 million”:
The first son pleaded not guilty Thursday afternoon to to nine charges alleging that he failed to pay at least $1.4 million in federal taxes between 2016 and 2019 on foreign earnings that are the focus of a House impeachment inquiry into his father, President Biden.[…]
The first son “spent millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle rather than paying his tax bills,” according to the 56-page indictment filed last month, including payments for “drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing, and other…