Hunter Biden's legal team meets with Justice Department

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Hunter Biden's legal team met with prosecutors at the Justice Department on Wednesday to discuss potential charges against Biden, the president's son, in the Delaware criminal investigation, two sources familiar with the matter said.

The Justice Department and the U.S. attorney’s office in Delaware declined to comment. Hunter Biden's attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

NBC News has reported that federal prosecutors are considering charging the younger Biden with two misdemeanor counts of failure to file taxes, a felony count of tax evasion related to a business expense for a year of taxes and a potential felony gun charge related to a firearms purchase.

U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump and retained by President Joe Biden's administration, will decide whether to file charges.

“In the ordinary course, in a federal criminal tax case, and pursuant to policy and practice, defense attorneys get a meeting for the asking," said Chuck Rosenberg, an NBC News legal analyst and former U.S. attorney. "They typically use that meeting to try to persuade Justice Department prosecutors not to charge their client, often to no avail."

A lawyer representing an IRS special agent told lawmakers this month that his client is seeking whistleblower protections to testify to Congress about the federal investigation into Hunter Biden.