The serious legal woes of President Joe Biden’s troubled son, Hunter, got even worse on Tuesday.
Hunter Biden has already been indicted on tax evasion and gun charges.
Earlier this week, reports emerged that Hunter is now facing an even more serious investigation: Failure to register as a “foreign agent” while getting paychecks from companies in China and Ukraine.
According to USA Today —
The inquiry comes as the Justice Department recalibrates its enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, or FARA, for people to report their work for foreign governments trying to influence U.S. policy. An inspector general’s report in 2016 found prosecutions and other enforcement actions were “rare” and consisted mostly of civil requests to register retroactively.
But after Russian interference in the 2016 election, the department ramped up criminal enforcement with maximum penalties for violations of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., was indicted Thursday for an alleged conspiracy to violate the act as a foreign agent for Egypt.
Hunter’s legal woes have cast a large shadow over Biden as he seeks reelection. The president is facing unprecedented investigations into his potential business relationship with his son as well as an impeachment inquiry.
Recent polls show that 68 percent of U.S. adults believe the president himself has done something illegal, or at least unethical.
Only 30 percent say they believe Joe Biden did nothing wrong, according to the poll.
House Republicans have launched an impeachment inquiry into Biden, seeking to tie the president to the controversial foreign business dealings that enriched his 53-year-old son while he served as vice president.
Republicans have been investigating Hunter Biden for years over the ethics surrounding the Biden family’s international business.
Finally, they may see justice soon.
The Horn editorial team and the Associated Press contributed to this article.