First son Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles federal court on Thursday to three felony counts and six misdemeanors over his alleged failure to pay at least $1.4 million in federal income tax.
He is accused of stiffing the government for tax years 2016 through 2019, instead spending the money “on drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing, and other items of a personal nature, in short, everything but his taxes,” according to a 56-page indictment handed down in December.
Special Counsel David Weiss was appointed in August to investigate the case, and also indicted the 53-year-old Biden in Delaware in September on federal gun charges for purchasing a firearm during a period he was allegedly an “unlawful user” of illegal narcotics. He has pleaded not guilty in that case, as well.