Hunter Biden On Tuesday, a jury in his federal firearms trial convicted him of all three charges, making him the first child of a sitting president to be convicted.
The three felony charges he faces include lying about using illegal drugs when applying for a firearm and illegally possessing a firearm for 11 days in 2018. The trial lasted just over a week, with the jury delivering the verdict after about three hours of deliberation.
A sentencing date has yet to be set. He faces up to 25 years in prison and a $750,000 fine, though as The Hill’s Ella Lee reports, it’s rare for a first-time offender to receive the maximum sentence.
The guilty verdict is Trump He became the first former president to be convicted of a crime when a jury in a New York trial found him guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records.
President Trump and some Republican lawmakers are calling for Hunter’s lawsuit President Biden Investigators have said they have found no evidence linking Hunter’s alleged criminal conduct to the president as part of a broader conspiracy, even after months of investigation by the House Intelligence Oversight Committee as part of the Republican-launched impeachment inquiry into Biden.
It is unclear what impact the ruling will have on this fall’s election.
