A Delaware jury found Hunter Biden guilty of three felony firearms charges on Tuesday.
Special Counsel David Weiss Charged Hunter Biden was indicted in September on three charges related to the purchase of a Colt Cobra revolver in October 2018, including possessing a gun while under the influence of drugs and making false statements on the purchase application. A jury found him guilty on all charges.
Hunter Biden was indicted on separate tax charges. December.
Last July, an agreement for Hunter Biden to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax evasion charges and enter into a diversion agreement for a felony firearms charge fell apart under questioning by District Judge Maryellen Noreika, who expressed concerns about a release clause in the diversion agreement, which stated Hunter Biden would not be criminally prosecuted for any crimes included in the plea agreement’s statement of facts, which listed millions of dollars he received through foreign business dealings in China, Ukraine and Romania.
The payments, along with Biden’s involvement in the business dealings of President Joe Biden’s son, investigation by the House Oversight Committee.
Prosecutor Leo Wise acknowledged at the time that he was unaware of any precedent for an agreement with Noreika not to prosecute crimes “that are completely unrelated to the case or the charges being diverted.”
During the trial, the prosecutor It is called A total of 10 witnesses were called, finishing their testimony on Friday, including several women who were romantically involved with Hunter Biden, his ex-wife Kathleen Buhle, his ex-girlfriend Zoe Kestan, and Hallie Biden, the widow of his late brother Beau Biden.
To show that Hunter Biden was a drug addict at the time he bought the gun, prosecutors used his biographyBeautiful Things, he details his drug use in 2018 and also shares text messages he sent related to his drug use. (RELATED: Hunter Biden had ping pong ball-sized crack rocks in his possession, Hallie Biden testifies at trial)
“I was sleeping in my car smoking crack on 4th Avenue and Rodney Street,” Hunter Biden wrote. Article From October 14, 2018.
Some of the evidence came from a laptop that was left abandoned at a Delaware repair shop in April 2019. Special Counsel David Weiss rejected defense objections to the laptop’s authenticity, calling the defense’s claims in court documents “conspiracy theories without supporting evidence.”
FBI agent Erica Jensen, a witness for the prosecution, confirmed on the stand that she had seen no evidence of data tampering. (RELATED: FBI witness refutes Hunter Biden defense team’s laptop testimony)
“The evidence was personal, it was ugly and it was overwhelming,” Wise said in closing arguments. according to “It was absolutely necessary,” he told NBC News.
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE – JUNE 6: Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden arrive at the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building in Wilmington, Delaware on June 6, 2024. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
The defense argued that Hunter Biden did not believe he was a drug addict at the time of the purchases. Hunter Biden’s daughter, Naomi Biden, testified about meeting her father twice in 2018, once at a rehab facility in Los Angeles in the summer and once in New York City in the fall.
Naomi Biden recalled that summer as the “clearest” image she had seen of her father in the three years since her uncle’s death, according to The New York Times. reportDuring cross-examination, prosecutors presented text messages from Hunter Biden’s visit to New York City in October 2018, where he was living at the time.
“I just want to spend time with you,” she wrote in the message. according to He apologized to Politico for being “unreachable.”
The defense chose not to call President Joe Biden’s brother, James Biden, as a witness, and Hunter Biden also did not testify in his own defense.
Many Biden family members attended the trial. include First Lady Jill Biden.
Hunter Biden’s federal tax trial in California is scheduled for September.
As an independent, nonpartisan news service, all content produced by the Daily Caller News Foundation is available free of charge to any legitimate news publisher with a large readership. All republished articles must include our logo, reporter byline, and affiliation with the DCNF. If you have any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact us at licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.
