Hunter Biden could face up to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to all three charges in the indictment.
Wednesday June 12, 2024
Washington (Urdupoint Newspaper Latest-International Press Agency. June 12, 2024) The jury of the American state of Delaware has indicted Hunter Biden, the son of the President of the United States Joe Biden, for violating federal laws related to possession of firearms in all three charges. has been declared guilty.
Hunter Biden has been found guilty of making false statements to a federally licensed gun dealer, making a false statement that he was drug-free in the purchase of a firearm, and unlawful possession of a firearm for 11 days. Prosecutors argued that the president's son lied on a mandatory gun purchase form by saying he was not an illegal drug user or addict.
According to the American Broadcasting Corporation, a long-standing investigation into Hunter Biden lied about his drug use while buying a revolver in October 2018. But he has been found guilty of falsely claiming that he does not use drugs and illegally possessing guns for 11 days.
He could face up to 25 years in prison if he is sentenced by Judge Marylin Norica, although first-time offenders receive far less than the maximum sentence. Hunter Biden and potential Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who are President Biden's main political rivals, have been found guilty by American jurors in the 2024 election year.
Joe Biden has distanced himself from his son's trial in federal court in Delaware and has said little about the case, suggesting any involvement in a criminal case brought by his own Justice Department. were careful to give. But his allies are concerned about how the trial, and now the verdict, will affect Joe Biden, 81, who has long worried about the health and mental health of his only son, Hunter Biden. And Trump have both argued that they were victims of politics, but Trump has falsely claimed that the decision was based on "rigging," while Joe Biden has said he will accept the results of the decision and forgive his son. Will not try.
Hunter Biden's legal woes are far from over, as he faces a California lawsuit in September over $1.4 million in tax evasion Republican members of Congress have signaled they will continue their suspended impeachment efforts against President Biden. Prosecutors investigating Hunter Biden have not accused the president of wrongdoing. Prosecutors in Hunter Biden's trial have mostly used highly personal testimony and exculpatory evidence to highlight the seriousness of Hunter's drug problem. Dedicated to.
Hunter Biden's ex-wife and an ex-girlfriend testified in front of a jury about his drug addiction, and failed attempts to stop him.The jury also saw photos of the president's son in a dirty room He was holding a cocaine pipe Hunter Biden himself did not testify, but jurors heard his voice as prosecutors played audio excerpts from his 2021 memoir in which he wrote about his brother Beau Biden in 2015 after his death. Talk about the decline and before finally giving up drug use.
Prosecutors believed the evidence was necessary to prove Hunter Biden, 54, was addicted to drugs when he bought the gun and therefore lied when he checked "no" on the form in response to that question. It was asked whether they use illegal drugs or are addicted to it. Defense attorney Abby Lowell argued that Hunter Biden was in a different state of mind when he wrote the book than when he bought the gun. Defense attorney Lovell said Hunter Biden may have realized at the time that he had a drinking problem, not a drug problem. The consumption of alcohol does not preclude the purchase of a gun.
Hunter Biden had hoped to resolve the long-running federal investigation under a deal with prosecutors last year, but that deal fell apart when Judge Norica, a Donald Trump nominee, rejected unusual aspects of the proposed deal. raised questions, and the lawyers could not solve the matter. Attorney General Merrick Garland then appointed top investigator David Weiss as special counsel last August, and Hunter Biden was indicted a month later. Gone because the Justice Department bowed to pressure from the Republican Party, who said that the son of a Democratic president was being given special treatment.
