Hunter Biden Tax Trial to Feature Exceptional Monday Session

The criminal tax trial for President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, is set to commence on September 5 with usual sessions from Tuesday to Friday. However, a special session will take place on Monday, September 9. Hunter is accused of failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes and has pleaded guilty to the charges.

(Corrects July 22 story to remove reference to a Sept. 9 trial start date in headline and lead paragraph) WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) -

The criminal tax trial for President Joe Biden's son Hunter, due to begin on Sept. 5 with sessions Tuesdays through Fridays, will hold a session on Monday, Sept. 9, in lieu of Friday, Sept. 13, the judge overseeing the trial said in a schedule update. The Department of Justice charged Hunter Biden in December with failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019, while allegedly spending millions of dollars on drugs, escorts, exotic cars and other big-ticket items.

Hunter Biden has pleaded guilty to the charges. In June, he was convicted by a federal jury in Delaware on separate charges of lying about his illegal drug use to buy a gun. That made him the first child of a sitting U.S. president to be convicted of a crime.

(With inputs from agencies.)