Hunter Biden American Attorney and Businessman. Credit | Getty images
United States – In the US criminal tax case, the prosecutors claimed that Hunter received payments from a Romanian businessman in order to “mold decisions made by US government agencies” regarding a criminal investigation in Romania.
The US Department of Justice made the allegation on Wednesday in Los Angeles federal court in a case in which the younger Biden is to go to trial on September 9 for tax fraud charges. He has pleaded not guilty to the allegations, as reported by Reuters.
Influence Efforts
ABC noted that the allegation is because of work for Hunter Biden’s client, a wealthy Romanian identified as “G. P. ” in the filing, and by prosecutors as hiring Hunter Biden for legal work in late 2015 when Joe Biden was U. S. Vice president.
Reuters did not directly establish that the person identified as “G. P. ” is Popoviciu.
The media has not received any comments regarding the issue from the lawyers representing Hunter Biden. Prosecutors did not immediately respond to a similar requests. The White House did not respond to questions about the issue. It was impossible to locate Popoviciu other than during business hours.
In the filing, prosecutors said they will be documenting that Hunter Biden and an associate “received compensation from a foreign principal who was attempting to influence US policy and public opinion and cause the United States to investigate the Romanian investigation of GP in Romania.”
Concerns Over Political Implications
Hunter Biden, as well as the business associate, ‘’feared that lobbying work may result in political implications for the defendant’s father,’’ and what Hunter Biden was doing for G. P. ‘was not what he wanted everybody to know, they said.
Bribery charges were mentioned for the client G. P. in Romania, according to the document filed.
Bribery Charges in Romania
A federal grand jury indicted opens new tab Hunter Biden in December for neglecting to pay USD 1.4 million in taxes during the period 2016-2019, spending millions of dollars on drugs and other expensive commodities, as reported by Reuters.
The president’s son was also charged with defying the assessment of taxes for the 2018 tax year in filing for fake returns. He has three felony charges and other misdemeanor charges pending against him.
