Hunter Biden surprised prosecutors and legal watchers Thursday with his decision to plead guilty to nine criminal charges related to his failure to file and/or pay taxes between 2016 and 2019. Though Hunter initially intended to enter an Alford plea, in which he wouldn’t admit guilt, he eventually entered a straight guilty plea without any type of deal from prosecutors as to sentencing.
While Alford pleas are rare, it’s even rarer for a defendant to straight-up plead guilty to every single count they’re charged with and without any concessions from prosecutors on punishment – especially when that defendant could face 17 years in prison and $1.35 million in fines.
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So why would Hunter Biden do such a thing? Obviously, he has one huge advantage that other defendants don’t have: his father is the…
