August 21, 2023
A Delaware federal judge on Monday granted Latham & Watkins LLP's request to withdraw their representation of Hunter Biden in his tax and weapons case, after the president's son added a prominent Winston & Strawn LLP attorney and prosecutors dropped the tax charges in favor of refiling in California or Washington, D.C.
August 15, 2023
A lawyer representing Hunter Biden in his federal tax and weapons criminal case asked Tuesday to withdraw as counsel for the president's son, saying he's a potential witness regarding Biden's collapsed plea deal.
August 14, 2023
High-powered Washington, D.C., attorney Abbe Lowell is stepping up his role in Hunter Biden's criminal case in the wake of a scuttled plea deal that the president's embattled son says granted him broad immunity from future prosecutions — a provision Biden says he still considers "valid and binding."
August 11, 2023
U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on Friday said Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss would be appointed special counsel in the ongoing federal investigation into Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, as the prosecutor signaled an intent to move toward trial.
July 27, 2023
A Delaware federal judge on Thursday gave the House Ways and Means Committee chair four days to explain why documents he sought to file in Hunter Biden's criminal case, including personal tax information, should be made public, after attorneys for President Joe Biden's son pushed to keep the documents sealed.
July 26, 2023
A Delaware federal judge balked Wednesday at approving presidential son Hunter Biden's guilty plea to federal tax and weapons offenses, declaring that the U.S. attorney's office and Biden's defense failed to explain or justify the court's role in approving or enforcing its terms.
July 26, 2023
Hunter Biden's criminal defense attorneys from Latham & Watkins LLP denied lying to a Delaware federal judge's court clerk in order to get documents taken off the public docket, telling the judge late Tuesday that the "misunderstanding" stems from "an unfortunate and unintentional miscommunication" and doesn't merit sanctions.
June 20, 2023
Hunter Biden, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden, has pled guilty to two counts of failure to pay income tax in Delaware federal court and will enter a pretrial diversion agreement to resolve a firearm charge.