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u.s. district court in los angeles, california. hunter biden is there as we speak. he s being arraigned formally on the nine federal tax charges. prosecutors are alleged that he engaged in a four-year scheme to avoid paying millions in taxes. we re on top of that. i m neil cavuto. glad to have you with us. let s get to it with kelly o grady who is there and how things are going now. kelly? neil, the hearing is expected to get underway any minute now. this is going to be hunter biden s first appearance in court over these charges. he arrived at the courthouse behind me roughly 1 1/2 hours ago or so. it was very much in contrast to yesterday s chaos on the hill. the arrival was planned. he was driven in to underground parking. today he s facing nine charges of tax evasion, three of those will be felonies. according to the indictment as you mentioned, he failed to pay $1.4 million in federal taxes from 2016 to 2019. he did, however, spend millions on a lavish lifestyle. ....
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You mentioned, he failed to pay $1.4 million in federal taxes from 2016 to 2019. he did, however, spend millions on a lavish lifestyle. there was one line in the indictment that i loved. he said he spent on everything but his taxes. the spending detailed in that indictment was really shocking and included allegedly close to $900,000 on various women and adult entertainment. what are we getting today? this type of hearing is used to discuss bail requirements, a potential trial schedule. the big thing that i m watching, neil, is the judge s reaction. he s a trump appointee. i took a look at his record. he tend to take the harder line towards tax evasion and fraud cases like this. for example, last february, he sentenced an individual who failed to pay 1.6 million, close to that number with hunter to two years behind bars. so like i said, we ll get underway imminently. ....