Hunter Biden looks on during the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S. April 18, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
WILMINGTON, DEL (WSAU) – President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden’s, firearms case is moving forward. Federal prosecutors entered on Tuesday what many people believe to be a key item into evidence in the case.
Prosecutors reportedly presented the hard drive with court texts between Biden and a contact about the summer 2018 purchase of “10 grams” of an undisclosed substance and pictures of what looked to be cocaine on the device, according to CNN. The outlet also noted that the prosecution entered other items, such as bills from a rehab stay in Los Angeles a month before the weapon was purchased, as well as the completed ATF background form.
Biden had admitted to being addicted to cocaine around the time he purchased the Colt Cobra 38SPL revolver in October of 2018, and prosecutor Derek Hines said the evidence proves Biden knowingly lied on his background check form, saying, “It doesn’t matter who you are or what your name is. The defendant, Robert Hunter Biden, chose to illegally own a firearm. He was a user of crack and a drug addict. He chose to lie.”
According to the New York Post, which initially broke the news about Biden’s laptop before the 2020 election, Biden owned the weapon for just 11 days before his sister-in-law, Hallie Biden, found it in Hunter’s truck and threw it away. Two text messages also reported on by the outlet and revealed by prosecutors show the president’s son spoke to his sister-in-law about using cocaine and even introduced the drug to her, saying, “Waiting for the dealer” and “sleeping on a car smoking crack.” Details about the two’s relationship since Hunter Biden’s brother, Beau Biden, passed away from brain cancer in 2015 have emerged in numerous reports and state that Hallie and Hunter began having a romantic affair in 2017, which ended several months later.
Biden faces the possibility of 25 years behind bars if convicted of the federal charges, which include making false statements while purchasing a firearm, making false statements regarding information kept by federal firearms licensed dealers, as well as unlawful possession of a firearm, on top of other criminal charges he faces due to an alleged four-year-long scheme to evade paying taxes on $1.4 million. Those charges include filing a false or fraudulent tax return, evasion of assessment, and failure to file and pay taxes.
Comments