Under a plea deal that fell apart last July, Hunter Biden would have spent no time behind bars after admitting to illegally buying a gun and willfully failing to pay his income taxes. Now that Biden is forcing the government to prove its charges in court, he faces up to 42 years in federal prison.
The stark contrast between the punishment that special counsel David Weiss deemed appropriate in July and the punishment Biden could receive after going to trial reinforces Republican complaints the president’s son initially benefited from political favoritism.
