Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors after a six-year investigation. Biden has been charged with two misdemeanor tax evasion charges and one firearm offense, and will not be prosecuted for buying a firearm in 2018 while abusing drugs. Republicans have long accused Hunter Biden of committing various crimes, though the White House has dismissed these allegations as partisan innuendo. The plea deal has been criticized by Republicans as a "sweetheart deal" and an example of a two-tiered justice system, with some pointing out that the announcement came just a week after former President Donald Trump was arraigned on federal charges. Republicans have also questioned Hunter Biden's overseas business deals and have accused him of peddling influence on the administration through lucrative business deals and the sale of art. Presidential candidates like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Ohio entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy have also weighed in, with DeSantis stating that if Hunter Biden were a Republican, he would have been in jail years ago. The case and plea deal will likely have political implications, as Republicans and right-leaning activists have kept a drumbeat for years that Hunter Biden represents a corrupting force in his father's inner circle. However, the White House has maintained that President Biden had no role in his son's business deals.
Trump and Republicans criticize Hunter Biden's plea deal
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