Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current president of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born and raised in the New York City borough of Queens, and received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School. He took charge of his family's real-estate business in 1971, renamed it The Trump Organization, and expanded its operations from Queens and Brooklyn into Manhattan.
The company built or renovated skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. Trump later started various side ventures, mostly by licensing his name. He owned the Miss Universe and Miss USA beauty pageants from 1996 to 2015, and produced and hosted The Apprentice, a reality television show, from 2003 to 2015. Forbes estimates his net worth to be $3.1 billion.
Hunter Biden Pleads Not Guilty in Tax Crime Case Following Initial Plea Deal
justjared.comHunter Biden is pleading not guilty. The 53-year-old son of President Joe Biden pled not guilty to federal misdemeanor charges of failing to pay federal income tax after a judge said she was not ready to accept a plea deal he had initially struck with prosecutors, which would have allowed him to avoid a felony gun charge, via People. Keep reading to find out more… The first plea he reached with prosecutors would have seen him plead guilty to two tax charges and reach an agreement on the felony gun charges.
It fell apart after U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika said she had concerns about combining the tax plea agreement to the deal reached on the gun charge.
The news comes amid a five-year investigation by federal prosecutors, the FBI and the IRS. Hunter was charged with two misdemeanor counts of failing to pay federal income taxes, as well as a felony charge of illegally possessing a weapon.
The Justice Department’s probe began in 2018 under former President Donald Trump. Although first focused on his business dealings with foreign interests, it evolved into an investigation into his income taxes and paperwork he used to purchase a firearm in 2018, on which he denied being “an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug or any other controlled substance,” despite publicly admitting to addiction struggles.
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