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Hunter Biden's indictment stopped at gun charges. But more may be coming

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With prosecutors continuing to scrutinize Hunter Biden's finances and business deals, the gun charges levelled against him might be just part of his legal troubles. The indictment of Hunter Biden on Thursday made one thing all but certain: President Joe Biden will embark on a 2024 reelection bid dogged once again by his son's tumultuous Business and personal life. The younger Biden is facing felony charges related to false statements in purchasing a firearm, and a third count of illegally obtaining a firearm while addicted to drugs. But with prosecutors continuing to scrutinize his overseas Business deals and financial records, the gun charges might soon be just one thread in a potential web of legal troubles. In June, Hunter Biden struck a plea agreement with prosecutors that would have allowed him to plead guilty to a pair of misdemeanor tax offenses -- before the deal fell apart during a court hearing in July after U.S. Judge Maryellen Noreika expressed concern over th...

What's in the Jan. 6 Trump indictment

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A new federal indictment laid out the details of the former president's alleged conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. Former President Donald Trump has been indicted in the special counsel's investigation into his alleged plot to overthrow the 2020 election. Trump has been charged with four counts: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights. "Despite having lost, the defendant was determined to remain in power. So for more than two months following election day on November 3, 2020, the Defendant spread lies that there had been outcome-determinative fraud in the election and that he had actually won. These claims were false, and the defendant knew that they were false," the indictment said. In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a "Save America Rally" near the White House in Washington, D....