The charges, which include failure to file and pay taxes, evasion of assessment, and false or fraudulent tax return, allege that Biden engaged in a four-year scheme to avoid paying at least USD 1.4 million in taxes from 2016 to 2019.
US President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden has been indicted on Thursday on three counts of illegaly possessing a firearm while being addicted to drugs, reported New York Post.
Garland's decision gives Weiss more powers than a typical US attorney and puts the US in uncharted territory, with three special counsels at the Justice Department currently probing the sitting president, his son and the former president.