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On December 7, 2023, Biden was indicted in California on nine tax charges, including three felony and six misdemeanor offenses. The indictment reads that "The Defendant engaged in a four-year scheme to not pay at least $1.4 million in self-assessed federal taxes he owed for tax years 2016 through 2019." Biden's lawyer said that Biden had repaid his taxes in full prior to the indictment.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pitas|first1=Costas|last2=Whitcomb|first2=Dan|date=December 7, 2023|url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/doj-files-new-criminal-charges-against-hunter-biden-cnn-2023-12-08/|title=DOJ files new criminal charges against Hunter Biden|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|publisher=[[Reuters]]|access-date=December 7, 2023|archive-date=December 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208021444/https://www.reuters.com/legal/doj-files-new-criminal-charges-against-hunter-biden-cnn-2023-12-08/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitehurst |first=Lindsay |date=December 8, 2023 |title=Hunter Biden is indicted on 9 tax charges, adding to gun charges in a special counsel investigation |url=https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-tax-charges-special-counsel-75b2aa05f247535677454ff2dfa7c71f |access-date=December 13, 2023 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=December 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212165012/https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-tax-charges-special-counsel-75b2aa05f247535677454ff2dfa7c71f |url-status=live }}</ref> On January 11, 2024, Biden pleaded not guilty to the tax charges.<ref name="Stein-2024" /><ref name="Lybrand-2024">{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/11/politics/hunter-biden-federal-court-appearance/index.html|title=Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to federal tax charges|first=Holmes|last=Lybrand|publisher=CNN|date=January 11, 2024|accessdate=January 11, 2024|archive-date=January 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111120927/https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/11/politics/hunter-biden-federal-court-appearance/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The same day, U.S. District Judge [[Mark Scarsi]] scheduled the trial to start June 20, 2024.<ref name="Graf-2023" /><ref name="Stein-2024">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/01/11/hunter-biden-arraignment-tax-charges/|title=Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to tax charges, gets June trial date|first1=Perry|last1=Stein|first2=Devlin|last2=Barrett|newspaper=Washington Post|date=January 11, 2024|accessdate=January 11, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Lybrand-2024" /> The trial was later delayed to September 5, 2024, due to the "needs of the defendant" in preparing for his Delaware trial on firearms charges in June.<ref name="independentMay22" /> Biden has repeatedly sought to dismiss both tax and gun charges against him, without success.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hunter Biden loses bid to get tax-dodging charges dismissed |url=https://www.courthousenews.com/hunter-biden-loses-bid-to-get-tax-dodging-charges-dismissed/ |website=Courthouse News | date = April 2, 2024}}</ref><ref name="politicomay9">{{Cite web |date=May 9, 2024 |title=Judge denies Hunter Biden's bid to dismiss gun charges |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/09/hunter-biden-gun-charges-00157160 |website=Politico}}</ref>
In August 2024, prosecutors alleged that Biden agreed to lobby on behalf of a Romanian businessman seeking to "influence U.S. government agencies" while his father was vice president. The businessman, Gabriel Popoviciu, was under criminal investigation in Romania at the time and hired Biden to assist in fighting his criminal charges through the US government. Prosecutors sought to introduce evidence from Biden's work with Popoviciu as part of his charges on tax evasion.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 7, 2024 |title=Hunter Biden was hired by Romanian businessman trying to ‘influence’ US agencies, prosecutors say |url=https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-taxes-special-counsel-romanian-businessman-9c1b15a548df02935e2bfa856e485ada |website=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=August 7, 2024 |title=Prosecutors claim Hunter Biden once agreed to lobby US on behalf of Romanian businessman |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/07/politics/hunter-biden-romanian-businessman-special-counsel/index.html |website=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=August 7, 2024 |title=Romanian oligarch hired Hunter Biden to influence US policy, special counsel says |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/romanian-oligarch-hired-hunter-biden-influence-us-policy/story?id=112659953 |website=ABC}}</ref> A pre-trial hearing for the tax indictment which involved Biden's lawyers would be held on August 21, 2024.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/hunter-biden-s-lawyers-appear-in-court-ahead-of-september-tax-trial-217655877990|title=Hunter Biden’s lawyers appear in court ahead of September tax trial|publisher=NBC News|date=August 21, 2024|accessdate=August 21, 2024}}</ref>
====Firearms trial and conviction====
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