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Hunter Biden pleads guilty in US federal tax evasion case

Hunter Biden, right, and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden arrive in federal court on September 5 for a hearing on tax charges in Los Angeles, California, the United States [Jae C Hong/AP Photo]

Hunter Biden, son of United States President Joe Biden, has pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion, as his lawyers seek a speedy resolution to the election-year case.

At a federal courthouse in Los Angeles on Thursday, defence lawyer Abbe Lowell told the judge that Biden would change his plea from “not guilty” on all nine counts he faces.

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