A member of the jury who found Hunter Biden guilty of three felony gun charges said he doesn't believe the president's son belongs in jail for his crimes. A jury unanimously voted to convict Tuesday on the three felony charges he faced related to lying about his drug use on a 2018 federal gun-purchase form. According to the charges, Biden would not have been allowed to purchase the gun if he had disclosed his drug use.
Less than two hours after the jury announced its verdict, the unnamed male juror, No. 10, told in an interview that while the group was deliberating, they weren't thinking about the sentencing that would come after. But in considering it now, juror No.
10 said he "really" doesn't think that Hunter Biden should serve time. The juror pointed to the way the gun was discovered in the first place to explain his opinion, saying that Hunter Biden potentially wouldn't even be in this position had he taken the gun back after it was found in a trash can. In testimony last week, Hallie Biden said she took the gun out of Hunter Biden's truck in 2018 and discarded it in a Delaware grocery store's dumpster.
After it was retrieved, Hunter Biden didn't press charges for the theft and didn't ask for the firearm back. "When he said he did not want the gun back and that gun sat in evidence for almost five years, I think that may have been what led to his downfall," juror No. 10 said.
"If he had taken possession of that gun, I don't know if we would even have a trial." The jury's .
