United States president Joe Biden's son, huntsman Biden, was found guilty of illegal acquisition and possession of weapons in connection with drug usage on Tuesday. This is the first in past to convict the boy of the President-in-Office of the United States. Joe Biden ruled out his son's pardon.
Hunter Biden was found guilty in connection with 2 counts of lying about drug usage in the Form concerning the authorisation to buy Colt Cobra revolver in 2018 and with 1 charge of weapon possession by or dependent on a individual taking drugs.
The jury in the Wilmington national court in Delaware made a unanimous decision on the verdict after only 3 hours of sitting. According to MSNBC television, the decision was made so rapidly that the first U.S. woman Jill Biden failed to read the verdict.
The conviction for the President's boy will be decided by justice Maryellen Noreika in a separate trial whose date has not yet been set. Noreika informed that the proceeding would take place in about 120 days, i.e. in October, just before the presidential election. She didn't arrest huntsman Biden.
The President's boy is facing up to 25 years in prison, but experts anticipate a much milder punishment, possibly in suspension – due to the clean evidence of the convict and the fact that no another serious crime has occurred. Donald Trump's erstwhile lawyer Tim Parlatore told CNN tv that under national law Biden should receive up to six months in prison, but may besides avoid being behind bars.
In a message issued after the ruling, president Joe Biden confirmed that he would not pardon his son, accept the verdict and "a court process while huntsman is considering an appeal". He added that he was arrogant to fight his boy with addiction.
Jill and I will always love and support Hunter. Nothing can change that. – he noted.
After the conviction was announced, the convict said he was grateful to his household and friends for his support, and expressed disappointment with the sentence.
Hunter Biden is the first always boy of an incumbent U.S. president convicted in a criminal trial. The Delaware court case was 1 of 2 brought up by peculiar prosecutor David Weiss. In September, the second Biden Jr. trial on taxation crimes, including non-payment of taxes, is due to begin in California. Initially, Weiss and huntsman Biden's lawyers made a deal on both cases by which he was to avoid prison. However, the settlement was challenged by a justice leading the Delaware trial and yet the parties failed to scope an agreement.
In a trial that lasted just over a week about huntsman Biden's drug addiction, his erstwhile partner Hallie Biden, his ex-wife, Kathleen Buhle's author and his daughter Naomi testified. Investigators presented recordings of him while utilizing cocaine. The incriminating evidence was besides from huntsman Biden's own words from his autobiography, that erstwhile he returned to Delaware in 2018 "all the energy he utilized to usage drugs and arrange the acquisition of drugs – feeding the beast". huntsman Biden's defenders argued in court that the prosecution did not prove that their client deliberately lied in a weapon possession application.
Source: PAP (Oskar Górzyński)
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