Hunter Biden offers surprise guilty plea in tax trial, but prosecutors object

Hunter Biden offered a surprise guilty plea in his tax evasion case in California after prosecutors opposed a last-minute attempt to change his plea before jury selection was scheduled to begin.  Biden entered an open plea on Thursday afternoon — an offer to plead guilty and allow a judge to sentence him — which prosecutors also opposed.

Hunter Biden offers to accept guilty verdict in tax trial, but prosecutors object

Hunter Biden offered to accept a guilty verdict in his tax evasion case in California, his lawyer Abbe Lowell said Thursday, surprising prosecutors as jury selection was about to begin. Lowell said President Biden’s son would submit what’s known as an Alford plea, meaning he would accept a guilty verdict while maintaining his innocence. Prosecutors