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Hunter Biden charged with tax crimes in LA

In a screenshot from the DNCC's livestream of the Democratic National Convention, Hunter Biden, son of then Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, addresses the virtual convention on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020.

LOS ANGELES — Hunter Biden, the president’s son, was indicted Thursday in Los Angeles on several federal tax charges, marking the start of a second criminal case that will proceed during his father’s reelection campaign.

Biden, who resides in Malibu, was accused of failing to pay his taxes on time from 2016 to 2019, filing false and fraudulent tax returns in 2018, and tax evasion, according to the 56-page indictment.

The charges in the nine-count indictment span a period when Biden was addicted to alcohol and crack cocaine, which he documented in graphic detail in

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