Prosecutors Object to Hunter Biden’s Proposed New Plea in Tax Case, Demand that Jury Selection Begin

Biden is seeking to make an ‘Alford Plea’ where he accepts his punishment while maintaining his innocence.

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Hunter Biden and his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, arrive at the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 10, 2024, at Wilmington, Delaware. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Prosecutors on Thursday objected to Hunter Biden’s last-minute attempt to avoid a trial for felony tax evasion, saying that jury selection should begin. The president’s only surviving son had sought to withdraw his guilty plea at the eleventh hour and instead do a so-called Alford Plea in which he’d concede that the government has enough evidence to convict him, but lets Biden maintain his proclamation of innocence.

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