Hunter Biden entered an open guilty plea in a Los Angeles courtroom Thursday afternoon to nine charges brought against him in a federal indictment related to failure to pay income taxes and tax evasion. He will be sentenced on December 16 and faces up to 17 years in prison and over $1.3 million in fines.
Potential jurors had reported to the courthouse Thursday morning for jury selection, and testimony was anticipated to start on Monday, September 9. However, as proceedings began, Biden’s lead defense attorney, Abbe Lowell, informed the court that his client intended to enter an Alford plea, a type of plea in which he would not admit guilt but would agree that the government was going to present evidence that could lead a jury to find him guilty. After a two-hour break, Assistant U.S. Attorney Leo Wise told the court that prosecutors would not agree to any plea in which Biden did…
