Hunter Biden’s proposed deal to plead guilty to tax charges and sidestep a gun charge collapsed Wednesday when the federal judge in the case unexpectedly raised questions about the agreement. Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, is represented by a Latham & Watkins legal team led by former Latham partner Christopher Clark. (Reuters) (NYT)
The US Treasury Department appointed the head of its sanctions unit, Andrea Gacki, to lead its financial crimes unit, FinCEN. Gacki, a former Justice Department trial lawyer, earlier in her career was an associate at Hogan & Hartson LLP, which is now Hogan & Lovells. (ICIJ.org)
French film star Isabelle Adjani faces criminal charges for tax fraud and money laundering, according to French-language reports. Tax authorities started looking into Adjani’s finances in 2016, after her name turned up in the Panama Papers scandal. (FranceInfo)
French president Emmanuel Macron has a new budget minister, former tax inspector Thomas Cazenave, who’s taking over from Gabriel Attal, who becomes education minister. Cazenave, who was a National Assembly deputy from the Gironde region from Macron’s Renaissance party, joins the government as delegate minister in the ministry of economy, finances, and industrial and internet sovereignty. (Gouvernment.fr)
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