Hunter Biden pleads guilty in tax fraud case

President Joe Biden's son has pleaded guilty in the criminal tax case against him, without a deal from prosecutors.

According to CNN, the judge presiding over the case has accepted Hunter Biden's plea. The matter will now move to sentencing, where he faces up to 17 years in prison.

It's the second of two cases against Hunter Biden, the other being a charge that he lied on a gun background check while he was suffering from drug addiction. That case went to trial, and he was convicted in June.

Hunter Biden's misadventures have been the focus of years of Republican investigation, as Trump associates and House GOP leaders hoped to find a way to tie it to the president, particularly his international business dealings. One of those investigations led to an impeachment inquiry into Biden, that recently concluded with a scathing report by Republicans but no articles of impeachment to be voted on.

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