Hunter leveraged ratting out his buddy and business partner with the DOJ to avoid charges.
"emails the FBI obtained in December 2019 from the abandoned laptop showing Hunter Biden was warned back in 2016 by his lawyers and business associates that he had failed to pay adequate taxes to the IRS on approximately $1 million he collected from Burisma in 2014 and 2015.
The discovery caused panic inside Hunter Biden's inner circle because he was subpoenaed by federal authorities early in the 2016 election about his business dealings with partner Devon Archer, who would eventually be indicted and convicted of fraud, the emails showed.
"Hunter and I talked briefly this morning and feel good with where we are on the taxes and the narrative regarding that," Rosemont Seneca executive Eric Schwerin wrote defense lawyers George Mesires and Michael MacPhail on April 14, 2016 as the team tried to secure a cooperation agreement with federal authorities."
Eighteen months later, Democrats' first Trump impeachment tale in tatters
https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/moneighteen-months-later-democrats-first-impeachment