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Hunter Biden's Plea Deal Is a Sweetheart Deal
On Tuesday, President Biden's son Hunter Biden agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges. He also accepted terms that would allow him to avoid prosecution on a separate gun charge. Professor William Jacobson is a clinical professor of law and director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School. Newt: Why were they charged as misdemeanors? And why did they agree to lower them to misdemeanors when they were fairly sizable claims, clear intent they could have been charged as felonies?