Hunter Biden’s Lawyer Says Widened Charges Wouldn’t Be Warranted

A lawyer for Hunter Biden said he’s committed to avoiding a trial for the US president’s son, whose legal entanglements are set to remain in focus during the 2024 election campaign after his plea deal collapsed.

Going to trial is “not inevitable,” attorney Abbe Lowell said on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday. “We were trying to avoid one all along.”

President Joe Biden’s son faces a potentially extended probe after Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday elevated the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden, Delaware-based US Attorney David Weiss, to a special counsel. While that widens Weiss’s powers, Lowell ...