So the system works? Works just fine? 
Scamming foreigners out of millions by pretending to influence peddle is just as much a crime as actual influence peddling, especially when you skip paying taxes on the scammed millions:
That Mr. Biden was even facing trial at all was not the outcome David C. Weiss, the special counsel overseeing the case, or Mr. Biden expected — or wanted.
A deal reached in early 2023 that would have granted Mr. Biden broad immunity from future prosecution imploded under intense questioning from a federal judge in Wilmington, Del., that July. The collapse of the deal prompted Mr. Weiss, the U.S. attorney in Delaware, to request appointment as special counsel. . . .
The two deputies to Mr. Weiss who are handling the case, Leo J. Wise and Derek Hines, have indicated in recent court filings that they intend to mount an aggressive prosecution by documenting how foreign interests paid Mr. Biden to influence the U.S. government while his father was vice president.
Judge lays out schedule for Hunter Biden’s tax trial at tense hearing (msn.com)
The hearing Wednesday was scheduled to discuss what evidence could be presented to the jury at trial. Geragos was seeking permission to include evidence of traumas that contributed to Biden’s addiction problems — the death of his mother and sister in a car accident when he was three years old and in the same car, and the death of his brother Beau Biden from cancer in 2015.
“The DOJ wants to paint a picture of a guy without a care in the world, partying at Chateau Marmont, without giving context as to what from his past may have affected him,” Geragos told the judge, and that would be a form of “character assassination.”
Wise argued that the causes of Biden’s drug use were irrelevant to the case.
“No matter how many drugs you take, you don’t forget that you owe millions of dollars in taxes,” the prosecutor said.
The judge ultimately sided with the prosecution by prohibiting any mention of the 1972 car accident and limiting testimony around Beau Biden’s death.
Poor poor, wealthy celebrity dipshit. He had it rough. 
Well well. Someone doesn’t want something to come out.
Hunter Biden Agrees to Surprise Guilty Plea in Tax Case (msn.com)
But will it work?
Jonathan Turley: ‘They have placed Hunter Biden in the worst possible position’ | Watch (msn.com)
Hunter Biden pleaded guilty on Thursday to nine federal tax charges in Los Angeles after telling his legal team that he refused to subject his family to another round of anguish and humiliation after a gut-wrenching gun trial in Delaware three months ago. . .
He will remain free on bond until his sentencing hearing in mid-December.
The plea now exposes President Biden’s son to a likely outcome that seemed unthinkable last year, when his lawyers were on the cusp of a no-prison plea agreement: significant time behind bars. He now faces a maximum prison sentence of up to 17 years or a fine of up to $1.3 million, on top of the possible sentence of 25 years after being convicted of lying on a firearms application in Delaware in June.
It does not appear, at least for now, that he is banking on a parental executive reprieve. As Hunter Biden’s team appeared in court, listening while every word of his 56-page criminal indictment was read back to him, the White House press secretary told reporters on Air Force One, “It’s still very much a no,” when asked if the president planned to pardon his son.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/us/politics/hunter-biden-tax-trial.html
It’ll be tight but mid-December still leaves enough time for a pardon before Joe leaves for the glue factory on January 20. Can’t waste any time on anything like a trial though or it’ll be too late.
Of course Joe is going to issue a blanket pardon of Hunter before he leaves now that he has nothing to lose, showing once again that the system works.