Trial for Hunter Biden is “not inevitable,” his attorney says
Washington — An attorney for Hunter Biden said a trial for his alleged tax-related crimes is "not inevitable" despite a plea deal falling apart last month and the appointment last week of a special counsel to oversee the investigation into President Biden's son. "It's not inevitable," Abbe Lowell told "Face the Nation" on Sunday. "We were trying to avoid [a trial] all along and so were the prosecutors, who came forward to us and were the ones to say, 'Can there be a resolution short of a prosecution?' So they wanted it and maybe they still do want it." Hunter Biden faces charges for failing to file or pay his 2017 and 2018 income taxes and for owning a handgun while he was a drug user in 2018, which is prohibited by federal law.
He had reached an agree...