Hunter Biden was convicted Tuesday of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when, prosecutors argued, the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs. Hunter Biden stared straight ahead and showed little emotion as the verdict was read after jurors deliberated for three hours over two days. He hugged his attorneys, smiled wanly and kissed his wife, Melissa, before leaving the courtroom with her.
He faces up to 25 years in prison when he is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika, though first-time offenders do not get anywhere near the maximum, and it’s unclear whether she would give him time behind bars.
The judge did not set a sentencing date. “No one in this country is above the law," special counsel David Weiss, the prosecutor who has led the long-running federal investigation into Hunter Biden, told reporters after the verdict. Jurors resumed deliberations Tuesday in the criminal case against over a gun President Joe Biden's son bought in 2018 when prosecutors say he was in the throes of a crack cocaine addiction.
The jurors had on Monday afternoon before leaving the federal courthouse in Delaware. They are weighing whether Hunter Biden is guilty of in the case pitting him against his father's Justice Department in the middle of the Democratic president's reelection campaign. Hunter Biden held hands with his wife as he walked into the courthouse and kisse.
