EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden lawyers meet with Justice Department

Legal professionals for Hunter Biden met with Justice Division officers on Wednesday to debate the long-running legal investigation into the president’s son.

Hunter Biden’s longtime legal professional Chris Clark, together with a number of different attorneys, had been noticed by CNN heading into Justice Division headquarters early Wednesday. When reached afterward, Clark declined to remark.

In attendance on the assembly had been officers from the Justice Division’s tax division and the Delaware US legal professional’s workplace, in keeping with an individual acquainted with the assembly. The tax division is led by a profession DOJ lawyer as there nonetheless isn’t a Senate-confirmed appointee.

David Weiss, the Trump-appointed Delaware US Legal professional, has been overseeing the investigation into Hunter Biden.

The Hunter Biden authorized workforce had reached out to Justice officers in latest weeks, asking for an replace on the case, in keeping with one supply acquainted with the assembly.

After prosecutors narrowed down the potential prices Hunter Biden may face final yr, there haven’t been any public developments. Based on sources acquainted with the investigation, prosecutors are nonetheless weighing whether or not to carry two misdemeanor prices for failure to file taxes, one rely of felony tax evasion associated to the overreporting of bills, and a false assertion cost concerning a gun buy.

CNN has reached out to the Justice Division for remark.