Hunter Biden , son of US President Joe Biden , and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden arrive at the federal court for his trial on criminal gun charges, in Wilmington, Delaware, US June 10, 2024 WILMINGTON: The evidence against US President Joe Biden ’s son was grim but established that he was guilty of making a false statement about his use of illegal drugs on a background check form when he bought a gun, a government lawyer told a jury on Monday .
Hunter Biden has pleaded not guilty to felony charges both of lying about his addiction when he filled out a government screening document for the Colt Cobra revolver and of illegally possessing the weapon for 11 days. He did not take the stand himself to give evidence. The defence had suggested the money could have been used to pay for rehab, though the prosecutor had countered that financial records suggested otherwise.
President Joe Biden’s son has been charged with three felonies: 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. Trump and some of his Republican allies in Congress have alleged the case and three other criminal prosecutions are politically motivated attempts to prevent him from regaining power.
Last week, Hunter Biden’s ex-wife, former girlfriend and sister-in-law testified for the prosecution about his drug use, telling jurors that they often found drugs and paraphernalia in his possession and were concerned at times about his spiralling addiction.Hunter Biden told the judge overseeing the case at a 2023 hearing that he has been sober since 2019.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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