Scarsi then continued to list reasons for “the Court’s censure,” starting with Biden claiming his son was “treated differently” than other defendants accused of similar crimes.
The judge stated: “For example, the President claims that Mr. Biden was ‘treated differently’ than others ‘who paid their taxes late because of serious addictions,’ implying that Mr. Biden was among those who paid taxes early because of addiction. But he isn’t.
“In his pre-trial filings, Mr. Biden stated that he was ‘severely addicted to alcohol and drugs’ through May 2019.” After pleading guilty to the charges in this case, Mr. Biden admitted that after this period of addiction he engaged in tax evasion by improperly deducting things like business expenses that he knew were personal expenses , including luxury clothing, escort services and his daughter’s law school education. allowance.