Hunter Biden changes plea in tax case to avoid trial

President Joe Biden‘s son Hunter Biden is offering to withdraw his guilty plea in order to avoid a Los Angeles-based tax trial, according to his attorney Abbe Lowell.

Hunter Biden will reportedly offer to the Los Angeles judge in his tax case what’s known as an Alford plea, meaning he will agree to accept whatever sentence comes down while maintaining his innocence. The move is not technically the same as a guilty plea, but it comes as the first son faces up to 17 years in prison if found guilty of committing tax violations.