United States President Joe Biden`s son, Hunter Biden, has been indicted on nine new tax charges by a special counsel investigating his business dealings.
The new charges in California follow not guilty pleas he made in July to two separate tax evasion charges and gun possession charges.
The White House declined to comment on the new indictment, reports Deutsche Welle.
Hunter Biden is accused of failing to pay at least $1.4 million (€1.29 million) in taxes he owed between 2016 and 2019.
If convicted, the younger Biden could face up to 17 years in prison. The special counsel probe remains open, the Justice Department said.
Special counsel David Weiss said in a statement: "Hunter Biden spent millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle rather than paying his tax bills."
The indictment said that Hunter Biden "spent more than $1.8 million, including approximately $772,000 in cash withdrawals, approximately $383,000 in payments to women, approximately $151,000 in clothing and accessories" among other expenditures.
"The Defendant did not use any of these funds to pay his taxes in 2018."
In response to the new charges, defense attorney Abbe Lowell accused Weiss of "bowing to Republican pressure" in the case.
"Based on the facts and the law, if Hunter`s last name was anything other than Biden, the charges in Delaware, and now California, would not have been brought," Lowell said in a statement.
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