Federal prosecutors considering four possible charges against Hunter Biden

Federal prosecutors are weighing four charges against Hunter Biden, three related to tax crimes and one felony related to the purchase of a gun, according to a new report on Friday.

The possible charges are two counts of failure to file taxes, a single misdemeanor count of tax evasion in connection with a business expense for a year of taxation, and the weapons charge, also a potential felony, That reports NBC Newsreferring to sources.

In addition, two senior law enforcement sources told the network there is “growing frustration” within the FBI as most of the investigative work was completed last year, while the IRS completed its tax investigation more than a year ago.

But the decision on what charges to bring against President Joe Biden’s son, and when, rests with U.S. attorney David Weiss, who was appointed by President Donald Trump and retained by the Biden administration to continue the investigation. to make.

There is no indication of when the charges may come. Hunter Biden has denied any allegations.

The Hunter Biden investigation began in 2018 during the Trump presidency. The former president used Hunter Biden as a rallying cry for his base in his failed 2020 re-election campaign.

The initial investigation focused on Hunter Biden’s finances in connection with his overseas business ventures.

Over time, it focused on whether or not he had given up all of his earnings and whether he lied about gun purchase paperwork in 2018.

House Republicans are also investigating Hunter Biden and his companies.

And earlier this week, a man who served as a supervising agent on a “high-profile” criminal criminal investigation came forward to seek whistleblower protection, alleging that politics “improperly infects decisions” in a particular research.

That classified question would be about the Hunter Biden case.

A lawyer representing the unknown whistleblower wrote to both senators and inspectors general of the ministries of Justice and the Ministry of Finance on Wednesday.

According to Nixon Peabody attorney Mark Lytle, the protected disclosures “contradict the sworn testimony of a senior political appointee to Congress” and “imply that apparent conflicts of interest are not mitigated in the final handling of the case.”

They also “detail preferential treatment and politics that inappropriately infect decisions and protocols that would normally be followed by professional law enforcement professionals in similar circumstances if the subject had no political connection,” Lytle wrote in a letter obtained by DailyMail.com.

He said his client is an IRS Criminal Supervisor special agent who has been overseeing the “sensitive investigation of a high-profile, controversial subject” since 2020.

He has already shared information with the Treasury IG for the IRS and the DOJ’s IG, and wants to provide further information to Congress, where House and Republican-led committees and GOP senators have already approved the president’s son. investigated.

An attorney representing an IRS whistleblower wrote to senators seeking protection for information that “would contradict sworn testimony”

The letter claims that politics ‘infected’ decisions

US attorney David Weiss, a holdover from the Trump administration, oversees the Hunter Biden investigation

The attorney wants legal protection to share the information with Congress. Tax information is generally protected.

a Summons 2020 spent years seeking financial information on Hunter Biden, who held a lucrative board position at Ukrainian energy company Burisma.