Weiss' office said it intended to file charges before the end of the month.
intends to seek a grand jury indictment of the president's son before the end of September, the special counsel's office said Wednesday in a court filing.
"The Speedy Trial Act requires that the Government obtain the return of an indictment by a grand jury by Friday, September 29, 2023, at the earliest. The Government intends to seek the return of an indictment in this case before that date," prosecutors wrote in the filing. Hunter Biden's lawyer didn't immediately return a request for comment. Asked for comment, the White House referred NBC News to Hunter Biden's personal representatives., based in Delaware, was appointed in August by Attorney General Merrick Garland as special counsel to oversee the Hunter Biden case. Weiss was already in charge of the investigation but had requested that he be elevated to special counsel.
Weiss was named special counsel on Aug. 11, shortly before prosecutors from his office said that negotiations over the tax and gun charges against Hunter Biden had collapsed. They said that the case would likely have to go to trial in California or Washington, D.C. Later that day, prosecutors suggested that they might bring different charges against the president's son in the new case.
Hunter Biden had originally agreed earlier this year to plead guilty to misdemeanor charges over his failure to pay income taxes. But the agreement suddenly fell apart as he was about to enter the guilty plea in court because of confusion over a separate charge involving a firearm.
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