Hunter Biden’s attorneys reached terms with prosecutors

For President Joe Biden, the legal troubles of his son appeared to be going away last month when Hunter Biden’s attorneys reached terms with prosecutors to resolve tax evasion and gun charges. Then the deal fell apart. Now, with Attorney General Merrick Garland appointing a special counsel Friday to investigate the criminal case, the legal drama over Hunter Biden is poised to hang over the entirety of Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection bid. Not only does the special counsel designation of David Weiss, the U.S. attorney in Delaware who has overseen the case for five years, signal a wider probe, the Justice Department also said in a motion Friday it expects a trial over the charges already filed against Hunter Biden. The motion all but ensures a circus of television cameras outside a federal courthouse following the president’s son just as the 2024 campaign will be in full swing.