JUNE 11, 2024:
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, has been convicted (June 11, 2024) of all three felony charges in his federal gun trial in Delaware. 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. Hunter Biden stared straight ahead and showed little emotion as the verdict was read.
JUNE 10, 2024:
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The criminal trial of President Joe Biden’s son is heading into its final stretch as the defense tries to chip away at the prosecution’s case laying bare some of the darkest moments of Hunter Biden’s drug-fueled past. Hunter Biden’s lawyers could call at least one more witness when the case resumes Monday (June 10, 2024) in Delaware’s federal court. It’s the first of two trials Hunter Biden faces in the midst of his father’s reelection campaign. Hunter Biden is charged with three felonies stemming from the 2018 purchase of a gun he had for about 11 days. Prosecutors say he lied on a mandatory gun purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs.
JUNE 7, 2024:
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are wrapping up their gun case against Hunter Biden, with two more witnesses expected Friday (June 7, 2024) in their effort to prove to jurors that the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun purchase form when he said he wasn’t “an unlawful user of, or addicted to” drugs. Prosecutors are still planning to call a drug expert and an FBI chemist. Their testimony will cap a week that has been largely dedicated to highlighting the seriousness of Hunter Biden’s drug problem through highly personal and sometimes salacious witness testimony. He has pleaded not guilty to three felonies.
JUNE 5, 2024:
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — First lady Jill Biden is attending Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial in Delaware for the third day, ahead of a trip to France. Hunter Biden’s ex-wife is expected to be among the witnesses Wednesday (June 5, 2024). Kathleen Buhle was married to President Joe Biden’s son for roughly 20 years and says they divorced after his infidelity and drug abuse became too much to overcome. Federal prosecutors have shown jurors evidence of Hunter Biden’s drug problem. Prosecutors say the drug problem was ongoing when he lied on a form to buy a firearm. Hunter Biden says he’s being unfairly targeted by the Justice Department, after Republicans slammed a now-defunct plea agreement as a sweetheart deal for the Democratic president’s son.
JUNE 4, 2024:
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden has arrived at a Delaware courthouse with this wife, Melissa, for his federal firearms trial. First lady Jill Biden and his sister Ashley Biden joined him again in the courtroom Tuesday (June 4, 2024). Opening statements are set to begin in the federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son. A jury of 12 and four alternates was seated Monday. Hunter Biden is charged with three felonies stemming from a 2018 firearm purchase when he was, according to his memoir, in the throes of a crack addiction. Hunter Biden also faces a September trial in California on charges of failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes. Hunter Biden says the Justice Department is unfairly targeting him.
JUNE 3, 2024:
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden says as president he won’t comment on his son Hunter’s criminal trial, but as a dad he has “boundless love” for him. Hunter Biden and first lady Jill Biden are in a Delaware court for jury selection in a federal gun case against him after the collapse of a deal with prosecutors that would’ve avoided the spectacle of a trial so close to the 2024 election. President Joe Biden’s son is charged with lying on federal gun purchase forms when he said he wasn’t a drug addict. Hunter Biden has pleaded not guilty and argues he’s being unfairly targeted by the Justice Department. Republicans had decried the now-defunct deal as special treatment for the Democratic president’s son.
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