After Hunter Biden pled guilty to nine counts of tax crimes in federal district court in Los Angeles, California, this week, many people assume that the only remaining issue is what punishment he will receive at his sentencing, which is set for December 16, 2024.
There was some drama leading up to the plea, with Biden initially attempting to enter an Alford plea in which he would concede the sufficiency of the government’s evidence without admitting his guilt. Ultimately, however, he entered an unqualified plea in which he acknowledged his guilt of all the counts in the indictment.
Yet, promptly after entering this plea before Judge Mark C. Scarsi, Biden’s lawyer Abbe Lowell held a press conference and asserted that the case would now proceed to sentencing, “while…
