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The indictment of Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden's son, on nine counts related to alleged tax evasion on Thursday undermines Donald Trump's argument that he faces a "corrupt" two-tier justice system, according to a US legal analyst. MSNBC. Lisa Rubin argued that Hunter Biden's second impeachment "completely deflates the Trumpian argument that there are two systems of justice and that Donald Trump is the one disadvantaged by them" while discussing the case on Chris Hayes' MSNBC show. Hunter Biden was charged with three counts of tax evasion and filing false returns, as well as six misdemeanors for failure to file.
The Justice Department says he failed to pay at Luxembourg Mobile Number List least $1.4 million in federal taxes between and and filed a false tax return in . Hunter Biden has since returned all the money he owed. If convicted, the maximum sentence Hunter Biden could face would be 17 years in prison. Interviewed on CNN, his attorney, Abbe Lowell, said prosecutors had "raised nine new charges after he agreed a few months ago to settle this case with two misdemeanors." During his appearance on MSNBC, Rubin suggested that if the United States had a two-tier justice system, it would be unfair to Hunter Biden and not Trump.
Relying on an argument he attributed to NBC News correspondent Tom Winter, Rubin said: "To the extent that the Hunter Biden case reflects a two-tier justice system, it has disadvantaged Hunter Biden." He continued: "Even at the time when we were hoping for a plea deal and a diversion of gun charges, there were people who thought even that was too harsh, so now that he is the subject of not one but two indictments , one in the district of « Trump faces criminal charges in four separate cases over allegations that he orchestrated the payment of hush money to a pornographic actress, mishandled classified documents and acted illegally in trying to overturn the US presidential election and in the state of Georgia.