Hunter Biden plea: Investigation continuing as DOJ won't speak about 'future charges'

The Justice Department investigation into Hunter Biden remains "ongoing" as President Joe Biden's son signaled his plans Tuesday to plead guilty to two tax misdemeanors and enter a deal with federal prosecutors to resolve a felony gun charge.

David Weiss, the U.S. attorney who led the investigation, said it is continuing in a statement but declined to offer any further details on what is still under investigation. "Department policy prohibits the U.S. Attorney's Office from commenting on future charges," Kimberlynn Reeves, the spokeswoman for the USAO, told the Washington Examiner.

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The president's son has agreed to plead guilty to two counts of "willful failure to pay" his federal income taxes, and the Justice Department said Hunter Biden will be entering a "pretrial diversion agreement" pertaining to possession of a firearm "by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance," according to the court filings.

Reeves pushed back on the assertion that the filing was a "plea agreement," stating, "In the case at hand, we filed two informations and made a statement regarding those filings."

A federal judge will still need to approve the plea before it becomes official. If the judge agrees, the president's son will likely appear in federal court soon to enter his guilty plea.

The plea agreement is intended to conclude the younger Biden's legal liability in all matters investigated by federal authorities, including those related to Republican allegations over his business deals, according to Hunter Biden's legal team.

Those matters investigated by federal authorities would include an FBI FD-1023 form which alleged the younger Biden and the then-vice president took a bribe from a foreign national, which is now at the center of an investigation led by Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY).

Former Attorney General Bill Barr has said that document was given to federal authorities, but none of Tuesday's charges pertain to that document or the younger Biden's business deals.

GOP lawmakers have repeatedly said the document containing the allegations being passed on to federal investigators in Delaware is a signal of its validity, though the FBI has said the information in the record does not mean it is verified.

While Reeves declined to comment on any "future charges," the younger Biden's attorney, Chris Clark, issued a statement saying, "It is my understanding that the five-year investigation into Hunter is resolved."

The Tuesday statement from Weiss, an appointee of former President Donald Trump who was allowed to stay in his post after Biden took office, gives no details about what aspects of the investigation remain open, or if that involved the younger Biden's business associates, family members, or other people.

When asked whether he would have made a deal if he believed more charges were coming, Clark told MSNBC's Katy Tur Reports, "I would not."

"I think there are going to be agreements that are going to come out about the court proceeding. And I think everyone will see what happens once that occurs," Clark added.

The attorney also said he is waiting to hear from the federal court on a schedule for the proceeding and that his "expectation" is that his client will be released without conditions. "The ultimate disposition of the case is going to be up to the judge," Clark said.

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and numerous GOP lawmakers blasted the plea offer as a "sweetheart deal." However, McCarthy said he believes the agreement should aid the House GOP's investigation.

“It actually should enhance our investigation because the DOJ should not be able to withhold any information now saying that there's a pending investigation. They should be able to provide Chairman Comer with any information that he requires," McCarthy said Tuesday.