Joe Biden’s son found guilty of illegal gun possession

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The judge must now pronounce a verdict, but she has not yet determined when she will do so. Experts do not predict that he will be sentenced to 25 years in prison as he has no criminal record.

a Delaware State Jury has found Hunter Biden, son of the President of the United States, Joe Biden, guilty of the three charges against him for having a gun in his possession at a time when he was using drugs, which could cost him a prison sentence. Hunter is the son of the president’s first wife, the late Neilia Biden.

The judge Maryellen Noreika He must now deliver his sentence, but has not yet determined when he will do so, according to NBC News. Two of the three crimes he was charged with carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, while the third carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

Experts do not foresee that he will be sentenced to 25 years in prison as he has no criminal record, although the simple sentence is already a punishment. unprecedented milestone in American historyas never before has an immediate family member of a sitting president been convicted of crimes.

Hunter Biden, present in the courtroom during the reading of the verdict, was charged with three counts of possessing a weapon, specifically a Colt Cobra revolverfor at least 11 days after forging the purchase form in 2018 and lying to the seller.

The process started just over a week ago Wilmington (Delaware) and at the trial his ex-wife testified Kathleen Buhlean ex-girlfriend, his sister-in-law and ex-lover Hallie Biden And your daughter Naomi Bidenbefore attorneys for the prosecution and defense delivered their closing arguments Monday in a last-ditch effort to convince jurors.

During the trial, Joe Biden did not go to court, but first lady Jill Bidenwas present at the jury selection last Monday and also today together with Hunter’s wife, Melissa Cohen Bidenand his sister Ashley Biden.

The charges against Hunter Biden are the result of an investigation that has been opened in 2018 during Donald Trump’s administration (2017-2021) and that the former president himself, future Republican candidate for the November elections, has used to attack his opponent Biden.

The president’s son does a lawsuit is still pending in California accusing him of evading payment of $1.4 million in taxes.

Source: EITB

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