Hunter Biden attorney on plea flip: He didn’t want to put his family through ‘horrible parade’

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Mark Geragos, attorney for Hunter Biden, revealed on Friday that Biden pleaded guilty in his federal tax case to spare his family from the public spectacle of a trial. In an interview with NewsNation's Blake Burman, Geragos explained that Biden's defense had been weakened, leading him to enter the plea. “He didn’t want to put his family through a horrible parade for no reason,” Geragos claimed. Biden had initially considered an Alford Plea to maintain his innocence while accepting a sentence, but prosecutors rejected the proposal. Biden pleaded guilty to nine federal tax charges, admitting to failing to file and pay his taxes on time, while attributing his behavior to his struggles with addiction. “Addiction is not an excuse, but it is an explanation,” Biden said in a statement. Geragos also questioned the cost of the case, asking why taxpayers spent over $4 million on a case where "no harm, no foul" was done.