Hunter Biden’s financial backer feared political ‘danger’ from not paying taxes, docs reveal

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Hunter Biden’s financial aide called an emergency meeting at his home and feared the political “danger” posed by Hunter’s alleged tax fraud, new documents show.

Kevin Morris, the Hollywood lawyer who was called Hunter Biden’s financial support, held a meeting at his home in January 2020 and expressed concern about the political “danger” of unpaid taxes of the Biden child later, according to the records. released Tuesday by the House Ways and Means Committee. (WRITER: Joe Biden Uses Song Names to Exchange Over 50 Private Emails with Hunter Biden’s Business Associate, Docs Show)

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“Unexpected break for today.” It still needs to be filed by Monday – it’s under a lot of personal and political risk to get the information. Please send the list of information ASAP,” Morris said on February 7, 2020. email to Troy Schmidt, Hunter Biden’s tax preparer. Hunter Biden and George Mesires, his attorney at the time, were credited with Morris’ email.

“Thank you. We will continue to move forward with finalizing the information and will provide drafts later today for review by you and your tax advisor,” Schmidt emailed Morris in the reply.

Morris called an “emergency meeting” at his home with Hunter Biden, Schmidt, Mesires and others on Jan. 23, 2020, Joseph Ziegler, the IRS spokesman, said in a statement. confession. In addition to the political situation, Hunter Biden faced pressure from his son’s conflict with the mother of his beloved son and problems with his divorce agreement, Ziegler said.

“At the time of this email, Hunter Biden was under a lot of external pressure related to these unfiled taxes. The external sources of this pressure were identified at the time by the investigators from the court. of Hunter’s Arkansas and may violate the marital separation agreement with his ex-husband,” Ziegler said.

The IRS, FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) interviewed Schmidt in November 2021 as part of the ongoing criminal investigation into Hunter Biden’s taxes and gunfire, a reminder has been released by the Roads and Roads Committee. Schmidt recalled parts of Morris’ meeting and relationship with Hunter Biden.

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“Whether Morris or Morris invited Schmidt to this meeting and Schmidt said at the time, he didn’t know what he was walking into. Schmidt said the meeting lasted 2 ½ hours,” the memo said. Morris only “showed up” days before the meeting, the memo states.

“Schmidt did not remember the exact purpose of the emergency meeting. Schmidt first thought they were going to discuss the RHB information, but they did not end up discussing anything. RHB tax preparation matters. Schmidt said that at least ten people were at the meeting and that he had not yet recorded everyone at the meeting. Schmidt remembered Mesires, RHB, Morris and Lindsey Wineberg at the meeting.

RHB refers to Hunter Biden’s full name, Robert Hunter Biden.

Morris appeared to be an advisor to Hunter Biden and his family but was not involved in the tax preparation for Hunter Biden’s late taxes.

“Schmidt said that Morris’ role is as another advisor to RHB and the RHB family. Schmidt was not surprised by the number of lawyers working for RHB,” he said.

Hunter Biden’s uncle and business partner James Biden thanked Morris “on behalf of the family” at Morris’ request, interview memo published in September show. James Biden told investigators he did not know why Morris helped Hunter Biden.

WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 05: Internal Revenue Service Special Agent Gary Shapley (L) and IRS Criminal Investigator Joseph Ziegler (R), both of whom worked on the federal investigation into Hunter Biden, testify before the House Ways and Means Committee at Longworth House Office on December 5, 2023 in Washington, DC. The Ways and Means Committee is hearing testimony from Internal Revenue whistleblowers Service Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley and IRS Criminal Investigator Joseph Ziegler, who both say they were prevented from pursuing leads that could lead to charge more than five years of their investigation of Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Morris paid a total of $4.9 million to pay Hunter Biden’s late taxes and personal expenses from 2020-2022, Ziegler testified Tuesday at the Ways and Means Committee.

“It continued in 2020, 2021 and 2022, where Hunter received about $4.9 million in payments for personal expenses, again in the form of a loan and gifts from the Democratic Donor Kevin Patrick Morris,” Ziegler said. He later testified about Morris’ alleged relationship with Joe Biden’s presidential campaign.

“We have reason to believe that Kevin Morris was on the phone with the presidential campaign before Joe Biden confirmed the presidency,” Ziegler testified, according to the report. new media release from the Roads and Streets Committee.

“Hunter Biden did not run for office, so who is politically involved because Hunter Biden’s tax returns were not filed?” See when he met Kevin Morris and when did he pay his taxes? It was about two months before I met him,” added Ziegler.

Hollywood lawyer appears to collect $250,000 in debt Hunter Biden owes to Chinese business partner News only first reported.

Hunter Biden has failed not admitting guilt with the DOJ identifying a third party as responsible for paying approximately $2 million in his taxes without naming the third party as contributory. The news reports were earlier identify Morris the third part is money.

Posted by IRS reporter Gary Shapley in May 2021 reminder investigators believed there may have been campaign finance violations surrounding Morris’ support for Hunter Biden. Shapley accused Assistant US Attorney for the District of Delaware Lesley Wolf of not wanting investigators to look into possible financial issues.

“And, finally, at the end of 2019-2020, a Kevin Patrick Morris came into the picture. And he was described as meeting with Hunter Biden in a financial crisis. And he paid a lot of money various taxes owed and owed, including Federal and DC taxes owed and owed,” Shapley testimony to the Ways and Means Committee in May. He also said Morris’ payments were classified as loans on tax returns.

The House Ways and Means Committee released Shapley’s letter in September as part of a batch of documents supporting the media’s initial testimony before the committee. Both IRS reporters accused the DOJ of giving special treatment to Hunter Biden during the ongoing criminal investigation into his taxes and his guns.

Morris d reported helping pay Hunter Biden’s legal fees and advising him on legal matters. He supports Hunter Biden’s crackdown on his political opponents, including IRS whistleblowers, Politico reported.

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE – JULY 26: Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, leaves the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building and the United States Courthouse on July 26, 2023 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden has pleaded not guilty to two tax evasion charges in a deal with prosecutors to avoid charges on an additional gun charge. However, the federal judge who oversaw the case suddenly delayed Biden’s plea agreement and postponed his decision until more information was provided by the prosecution and the defense. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)

Hunter Biden was indicted in September on three federal charges and pleaded not guilty on October 3 in Delaware. He was seen leaving Morris’ home in California before his not guilty plea, the Daily Mail first reported.

The first son is suing the IRS over legal allegations brought to light by IRS whistleblowers. His current attorney, Abbe D. Lowell, also advised Weiss to investigate IRS agents. Lowell and Morris did not respond to requests for comment.

House Republicans published a report Tuesday describes how the witness testified the central allegations brought by the IRS whistleblowers. Officials from the DOJ, FBI and IRS including Weiss testified before Congress about their roles in the Hunter Biden investigation, according to documents reviewed by The Caller.

The special indictment against Hunter Biden is part of an investigation into President Joe Biden led by the House Ways and Means Committee. , Justice and Supervision.

The White House disputed the IRS claim in a document previously obtained by the Washington Examiner. White House officials have also released a statement to counter accusations of “interference” in the impeachment inquiry.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan have threatened to impeach Hunter Biden. in contempt of Congress if he does not comply with a signature and appear for a sentencing scheduled for December 13.

Lowell offered in late November for Hunter Biden to testify publicly instead of behind closed doors. House Republicans rejected Lowell’s offer and said his partner must come for approval before testifying publicly.

All three chambers of the House are leading the judicial inquiry. seek to negotiate Morris like Republicans to weigh a floor vote to expand the scope of the investigation by official authorization. House Republicans released the text of the impeachment inquiry resolution Thursday morning.

Hunter Biden was indicted in California on Thursday on nine charges related to his failure to pay taxes over four years. He had a “Personal Friend” with over $1.2 million in other shares during that period, the the indictment says without naming the other group.

This story has been updated to include new criminal charges against Hunter Biden.

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