Hunter Biden Found Guilty Of Federal Charges Related To Gun Purchase

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, was found guilty today of three felony counts related to the purchase of a gun in 2018.

A jury in Wilmington, DE rendered its verdict after three hours of deliberations. The verdict was covered across all major news networks, although news cameras were not allowed in the courtroom.

Biden was charged with three felonies, including accusations that he lied on federal paperwork by saying that he was not using or addicted to drugs when he acquired the firearm. Biden has long acknowledged an addiction to crack cocaine, but has since gotten sober.

First Lady Jill Biden was among those who has been present during some of the proceedings, along with other family members.

His attorneys claimed that the client did not consider himself an addict at the time he filled out the form for the gun purchase. But prosecutors presented extensive evidence detailing the seamier aspects of his life when he was in the throes of using, including playing portions of the audio version of his memoir, Beautiful Things. Biden possessed the gun for 11 days, until Hallie Biden, his brother’s widow who he had briefly dated, found it and threw it in the trash.

Biden also faces tax charges in Los Angeles, in a case that is scheduled for trial this fall.

Biden did not testify in his own defense. Last year, it looked as if he would plead guilty to charges as part of a deal with prosecutors, but it fell apart as the judge presiding questioned the arrangement. Republicans at the time also accused the Justice Department of arranging for leniency for the president’s son.

The president has not been at the courthouse, and told ABC News’ David Muir last week that he would not pardon his son.