DOJ said as much during a plea hearing in July when a federal judge explicitly asked if the government could charge President 's son under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/wex/risky-business-how-hunter-bidens-foreign-dealings-could-cost-him-another-indictment/article_f93efa96-56f0-5f3d-a21e-5716c8317840.html

Georgian Dream lawmakers said the bill was based on the US’s own Foreign Agents Registration Act, which primarily covers lobbyists working directly for foreign governments.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/10/georgias-parliament-drops-foreign-agents-bill

It’s worth remembering the history of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

Source: https://therealnews.com/nyt-reveals-that-a-tech-mogul-likes-china-and-that-mccarthyism-is-alive-and-well

Painter and Tramontano later their work for Zlochevsky under the Foreign Agents Registration Act but not until last year, and despite the firm's failure to comply with FARA for years, the Department of Justice closed its investigation.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/wex/hunter-biden-business-associates-close-with-replacement-ukrainian-prosecutor/article_5e053a46-b850-59be-b878-9e91b44c2e3d.html

“The defendants’ refusal to require Mr. Biden to register as a foreign agent denies America First Legal information which must be publicly disclosed pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act, and for which it has a statutory right,”

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/07/18/fed-lawsuit-asks-judge-to-force-hunter-biden-registration-as-foreign-agent/