President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden leaves after a court docket look on July 26 in Wilmington, Del.

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President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden leaves after a court docket look on July 26 in Wilmington, Del.

Julio Cortez/AP

Hunter Biden has been indicted on felony gun costs weeks after a plea deal struck between President Biden’s son and prosecutors fell aside.

Special counsel David Weiss charged the youthful Biden with one rely of False Statement in Purchase of a Firearm, one rely of False Statement Related to Information Required to be Kept By Federal Firearms Licensed Dealer and one rely of Possession of a Firearm by a Person who’s an Unlawful User of or Addicted to a Controlled Substance.

The improvement comes a month after U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Weiss as special counsel within the investigation into the president’s son.

Earlier this 12 months, Biden agreed to plead responsible to 2 misdemeanor offenses associated to his submitting of federal revenue taxes. Federal authorities additionally charged him with a felony firearm offense, for which he agreed to enter a pretrial diversion settlement that permits him to keep away from prosecution. But that deal fell apart in July when the decide within the case mentioned she will not be prepared to just accept the plea deal and demanded that attorneys from each side clarify that the deal doesn’t convey broad immunity provided to Biden from prosecution on his enterprise dealings.

The White House declined touch upon the fees, referring reporters to the Justice Department and Hunter Biden’s private representatives, and noting that it’s an unbiased investigation.