What does Hunter Biden’s pardon cover?

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Biden talks with his son at Delaware Air National Guard Base on June 11 – the same day a jury found Hunter guilty on federal gun charges Hunter had the gun for 11 days before it was dumped in a trash can outside a grocery store by Hallie Biden, the widow of his brother Beau Biden, on October 23, 2018. Federal tax charges Just over three months after his conviction on gun charges, Hunter pleaded guilty on September 5 to nine federal tax charges. open image in gallery Hunter leaves federal court on September 5 in Los Angeles, after pleading guilty to federal tax charges Hunter was indicted on nine tax-related criminal charges in December 2023, with prosecutors arguing that he made millions between 2016 and 2019 by skipping out on more than $1.4 million, at which point he was said to be indulging in an “extravagant lifestyle” and spending money on “everything but his taxes.” Prosecutors said Hunter spent the money he avoided spending on his taxes on “drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing, and other items of a personal nature.” Hunter later paid all his due taxes and fines in 2020 after getting a loan from his personal lawyer. open image in gallery Hunter addresses reporters at the U.S. Capitol on December 13, 2023 after an FBI informant was charged with lying about ties between the president and his son and Burisma At the time, then-Vice President Biden was working on rooting out corruption in Ukraine, arguing that the top prosecutor in the country, Viktor Shokin, was preventing corruption probes and he organized international leaders to push for his removal – the parliament booted him in 2016.