Hunter Biden Faces Nine New Charges, Case Assigned to Trump-Appointed Judge Mark Scarsi

Scarsi, known for presiding over high-profile tax evasion and scam cases, will oversee the case against Biden, who is accused of failing to pay $1.4 million in federal taxes.

Hunter Biden faces nine new charges, including three felonies, for alleged tax evasion and filing false tax reports from January 2017 to October 2020.
Judge Mark Scarsi, a Trump appointee, has been randomly assigned to preside over the case.
Scarsi has served as the U.S. district judge for the Central District of California since 2020, overseeing Los Angeles.
Prior to his judgeship, Scarsi focused on civil litigation with an emphasis on intellectual property, representing Fortune 100 companies like Apple and Google.
Scarsi's recent high-profile cases have focused on tax evasion and scams, sentencing individuals to prison for failing to report income and defrauding victims.