this morning a new chapter for Hunter Biden pleading guilty to federal tax charges now the last minute effort to avoid a potentially devastating trial coming on the first day of jury selection in Los Angeles with the president's son faced nine counts three felonies and six misdemeanors including tax evasion filing false tax returns and failing to pay his taxes on time in a statement Hunter Biden saying in part I will not subject my family to more pain more invasion of privacy and needless embarrassment like millions of Americans I fail to file and pay my taxes on time for that I am responsible his attorney Mark GGO saying he was prepared to go to trial but recent rulings from the judge would have led to putting more of Hunter's troubled past on display was he conflicted about it I think anybody would be conflicted about it there's an old expression you can beat the rap but not the ride