Special adviser David Weiss‘ the office cited in a filing Wednesday as evidence it intends to present in court. Hunter Biden He was compensated by a Romanian businessman who tried to influence US policy and end a domestic investigation of him in Romania.
Senior Assistant Special Counsel Derek Hines wrote that the prosecution will present evidence in court that the president’s son “received compensation from a foreign executive who sought to influence US policy and public opinion and cause the United States to investigate the Romania investigation.” in Application on Wednesday.
The prosecution included additional details about Biden’s relationship with the Romanian businessman in a filing urging the court to reject a request to exclude some evidence that Biden’s attorneys in the federal tax case said were unfairly prejudicial. It is claimed that he did not achieve this pay taxesdid not submit the document, evaded the assessment and filed a fraudulent form.
Biden’s attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday night.
Previous prosecutors alleged In in themdictate Between November 2015 and May 2017, Biden received approximately $3.1 million in compensation related to a verbal agreement to help a businessman referred to in the filings as “GP” fight bribery charges he was facing in Romania.
Prosecutors said a business associate, who was not named in the indictment, will testify in court on allegations that the Romanian businessman’s partner and another employee tried to pressure federal agencies to drop a Romanian criminal investigation.
Prosecutors do not intend to present “direct compensation from a foreign state or evidence that the defendant’s father received compensation for actions affecting national or international politics,” Hines wrote.
However, he argued that the salary structure and details of Biden’s work were relevant to the case.
“Furthermore, evidence of what the defendant agreed to do and did for GP demonstrates the defendant’s state of mind and intent during the relevant tax years charged in the indictment,” Hines said.
“It is also evidence that the defendant’s actions do not reflect someone of impaired capacity, as he agreed to receive millions of dollars under an oral agreement to attempt to influence US public policy.” hid the true nature of the case,” he added.
Biden’s trial is scheduled to begin next month.