Hunter Biden leaves federal court in Wilmington, Del., on Monday. WILMINGTON, Del. — A jury will return to court Tuesday morning to consider whether to convict President Biden’s son Hunter of federal gun charges in a closely-watched case whose outcome could affect his father’s reelection chances.
Prosecutors charged Hunter Biden with three felony counts related to a gun he purchased in October 2018, saying he lied about his drug use on a federal form required to buy the gun and then illegally owned the gun as a drug user for 11 days.A conviction could have political ramifications for President Biden as he runs for reelection and fights Republican accusations that his son’s legal problems are somehow tied to him.
One of the prosecutor’s most damning pieces of evidence against Hunter Biden is a text message that he sent to Hallie Biden two days after he bought the gun, saying he was “sleeping on a car smoking crack.” When Biden sent a text in late 2018 calling himself a liar and a thief and an addict, that was not a criminal admission but “a cry for help,” Lowell said.
About two dozen relatives and friends of Hunter Biden were at the courthouse Monday in a show of support. Jill Biden — who attended most of the six-day trial — sat next to Hunter’s wife, Melissa Cohen-Biden.Biden aunts, uncles and cousins also sat in the gallery, along with prominent local figures including a Wilmington city council woman and the pastor of a well known Baptist church.
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