Sophia Flores of OAN
5:40pm – Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors announced that FBI agents found powder cocaine in the pouch that contained a gun Hunter Biden purchased in 2018.
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In a court filing Tuesday, Special Counsel David Weiss' team said FBI agents recovered a gun that Hunter Biden had purchased illegally and drug-tested it, finding “trace traces of cocaine.” revealed that it had been found. Additionally, they asked the judge to deny his request to dismiss pending firearms charges against Hunter Biden.
“In 2023, FBI agents retrieved sealed evidence from a state police archive and took photos of the defendant's firearm. After opening the evidence, FBI agents discovered that the defendant's firearm was in the “I observed a white, powdery substance on Defendant's brown leather pouch,” the complaint states.
“Based on their training and experience, investigators believe the substance is likely to be cocaine, and this evidence corroborates messages obtained by investigators indicating that the defendant purchased and used drugs in October 2018. FBI chemists then analyzed the residue and found out: “It was cocaine.'' “To be clear, investigators literally found drugs in the pouch where the defendant kept his gun,” the filing added.
President Joe Biden's son formally entered a “not guilty” plea to three firearms charges in October.
The gun in question is a Colt Cobra Revolver. When Hunter bought it in 2018, he falsely claimed on the paperwork that he was sober. But the truth is, he was still taking hard drugs at the time.
Hunter was charged by Weiss with making a false entry on a federal firearms registration and possessing a firearm as a prohibited person. The three charges carry a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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