US President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, is convicted of all 3 felonies in federal gun trial - In a written statement following the verdict, Hunter said he was disappointed by the outcome but grateful for the support of family and friends.

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden was convicted Tuesday of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when, prosecutors argued, the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs.

Hunter Biden stared straight ahead and showed little emotion as the verdict was read after three hours of deliberations over two days. After the verdict, he hugged both of his attorneys and smiled wanly. He kissed his wife, Melissa, and they left the courtroom together.

In a written statement following the verdict, he said he was disappointed by the outcome but grateful for the support of family and friends. His attorney said they will “continue to vigorously pursue all the legal challenges available.”

First lady Jill Biden arrived at the courthouse minutes after the jury delivered its verdict and was not in the courtroom when it was read. Hunter Biden left the courthouse holding hands with the first lady and his wife. They did not speak to reporters, got into waiting SUVs and drove off.

After the jury’s decision was announced, President Joe Biden said he would accept the outcome of the case and “will continue to respect the judicial process as Hunter considers an appeal.”

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Hunter Biden, right, departs from federal court, Monday, June 10, 2024, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

“Jill and I will always be there for Hunter and the rest of our family with our love and support. Nothing will ever change that,” the president said in a statement.

Jurors found Hunter Biden guilty of lying to a federally licensed gun dealer, making a false claim on the application by saying he was not a drug user and illegally having the gun for 11 days.

He faces up to 25 years in prison when he is sentenced by Judge Maryellen Noreika, though first-time offenders do not get anywhere near the maximum, and it’s unclear whether she would give him time behind bars. The judge did not set a sentencing date.

Now Hunter Biden and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, the president’s chief political rival, have both been convicted by American jurors in an election year that has been as much about the courtroom as about campaign events and rallies.

Joe Biden has steered clear of the federal courtroom in Delaware where his son was tried and said little about the case, wary of creating an impression of interfering in a criminal matter brought by his own Justice Department. But allies of the Democrat have worried about the toll that the trial — and now the conviction — will take on the 81-year-old, who has long been concerned with his only living son’s health and sustained sobriety.

Hunter Biden and Trump have both argued they were victimized by the politics of the moment. But while Trump has continued to falsely claim the verdict was “rigged,” Joe Biden has said he would accept the results of the verdict and would not seek to pardon his son.

The verdict came shortly before the president was scheduled to give a speech on his administration’s efforts to limit gun violence at a conference hosted by the Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund in Washington.

Hunter Biden’s legal troubles aren’t over. He faces a trial in September in California on charges of failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes, and congressional Republicans have signaled they will keep going after him in their stalled impeachment effort into the president. The president has not been accused or charged with any wrongdoing by prosecutors investigating his son.

The prosecution devoted much of the trial to highlighting the seriousness of Hunter Biden’s drug problem, through highly personal testimony and embarrassing evidence.

Jurors heard Hunter Biden’s ex-wife and a former girlfriend testify about his habitual crack use and their failed efforts to help him get clean. Jurors saw images of the president’s son bare-chested and disheveled in a filthy room, and half-naked holding crack pipes. Jurors also watched video of his crack cocaine weighed on a scale.

Hunter Biden did not testify, but jurors heard his voice when prosecutors played audio excerpts of his 2021 memoir, “Beautiful Things,” in which he talks about hitting bottom after the death of his brother, Beau, in 2015, and his descent into drugs before his eventually achieving sobriety.

Prosecutors felt the evidence was necessary to prove that Hunter, 54, was in the throes of addiction when he bought the gun and therefore lied when he checked “no” on the form that asked whether he was “an unlawful user of, or addicted to” drugs.

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Hunter Biden arrives to federal court with his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Hunter Biden’s lawyers had argued that he did not consider himself an “addict” when he bought the gun. They sought to show he was trying to turn his life around at the time, having completed a rehabilitation program at the end of August 2018. The defense called three witnesses, including Hunter’s daughter Naomi, who told jurors that he seemed be improving in the weeks before he bought the gun.

The trial played out in the president’s home state, where Hunter Biden grew up and where the family is deeply established. Joe Biden spent 36 years as a senator in Delaware, commuting daily to Washington, and Beau Biden was the state attorney general.

Hunter Biden had hoped last year to resolve a long-running federal investigation under a deal with prosecutors that would avoided the spectacle of a trial so close to the 2024 election. Under the deal, he would have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor tax offenses and avoided prosecution in the gun case if he stayed out of trouble for two years.

But the deal fell apart after Noreika, who was nominated by Trump, questioned unusual aspects of the proposed agreement, and the lawyers could not resolve the matter.

Attorney General Merrick Garland then appointed top investigator David Weiss, Delaware’s U.S. attorney, as a special counsel last August, and a month later Hunter Biden was indicted.

Hunter Biden has said he was charged because the Justice Department bowed to pressure from Republicans who argued the Democratic president’s son was getting special treatment.

The reason that law enforcement raised any questions about the revolver is because Hallie Biden, Beau’s widow, found it unloaded in Hunter’s truck on Oct. 23, 2018, panicked and tossed it into a garbage can at a grocery store, where a man inadvertently fished it out of the trash. She testified about the episode in court.

Hallie Biden, who had a romantic relationship with Hunter after Beau died, eventually called the police. Officers retrieved the gun from the man who inadvertently took the gun along with other recyclables from the trash. The case was eventually closed because of lack of cooperation from Hunter Biden, who was considered the victim.

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2024 election: convicted felon vs faildad of a crackhead in possession of a laptop that is going to further incriminate faildad. Oh, and both have dementia. Reaching 3rd world shithole levels of bullshit here! :story:

Those debates will be fucking kino
Y'know how theres a minimum age you need to be to run for office? Yeah someone really needs to implement a maximum age - which considering how many fuckers have been in DC longer than I've been alive, would do wonders for shaking things up.

Debates will be entertaining though, will agree on that.
 
Surprised they convicted him considering it was in Delaware which is the Biden’s personal fiefdom, but I imagine they expect that he’s going to get pardoned by Joe at some point after the 2024 election. I just want to know how Reddit is handling this cause I want to enjoy some Reddit salt
They have to make the justice system in this country look unbiased after the Trump show trial, and no better way to do so than give PedoJoe's Rekieta-tier failson a slap on the wrist.
 
I don't even believe he should be convicted, strict 2nd and all that, but given how Biden's been fucking with guns and I know for a fucking fact that nobody else would get a pass for this shit if they didn't vote for cornpop, all that sympathy just melts away.

SUFFAH HUNTAH.
 
He faces up to 25 years in prison when he is sentenced by Judge Maryellen Noreika, though first-time offenders do not get anywhere near the maximum, and it’s unclear whether she would give him time behind bars. The judge did not set a sentencing date.
Yet, they want to prosecute Trump to the maximum effect with extreme prejudice. I believe this is all for show since they know they were caught with irrefutable evidence.
 
Debates will be entertaining though, will agree on that.
Dude, just imagine.

"Well, you see George W.- I mean, Donald, I don't have 300- [teleprompter] I mean, 30 convictions!"
"Biden just lies, and lies, and lies! The most corrupt president in US history, folks. Who's been arrested for having a laptop with the nuclear launch codes and former speaker Nikki Haley's nudes? Not my son!"
"Will you cut the malarkey, Reagan? My son was indicted on a firearms charge, that is, he has an unfortunate crack addiction and me and Jill will support him through those trying times. Always. I love my son so much, and I'll always be there for him."

Good, this shows to the public that nobody is above the law, even President's son...oh Trump niggers, I would be concerned if I were you!
They're already saying it's a glowop to make the judicial system look good instead of focusing on the fact that the president has a corrupt crackhead for a son! Deep down they know that he isn't even on the same league as Chief Wigger and his myriad felonies.
:story:
 
Washington grew marijuana. Clinton took acid. Both Roosevelts were drinkers. All the good presidents were party animals.

Both Biden and Trump are on old man stimulants but they were lifelong teetotalers so they don't count. I'd vote for Hunter if he relapses.
Write in "Nicholas Robert Rekieta" :really:
 
From a 2A perspective not a fan of this result even though it's a more "common sense" type of gun law he violated. That said I think it would be funny if Biden, in a bid to appear non-partisan while pardoning his son, pardoned everyone convicted of similar federal charges and gave some speech pretending to be in support of more 2A rights. Atleast I think the retards flipping positions or trying to spin it would be funny.
 
2024 election: convicted felon vs faildad of a crackhead in possession of a laptop that is going to further incriminate faildad. Oh, and both have dementia. Reaching 3rd world shithole levels of bullshit here! :story:

Those debates will be fucking kino
And my family wonders why I don't vote.
 
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