Hunter Biden is accused of lying about purchasing a Colt Cobra in 2018 and claiming that he did not suffer from an addiction, despite admitting at the time that he had used drugs. According to court documents, he “knowingly made a false written statement” and obtained illegal possession of the weapon.
The indictments, which come from a federal grand jury, were brought by David Weiss, who has been investigating Hunter Biden for several years and was recently named Special Prosecutor. The Democratic president’s son reached an initial deal with David Weiss in Delaware in June that likely would have allowed him to avoid prison time and an embarrassing trial for him and his father. But a judge questioned the validity of the agreement. Then prosecutors – led by David Weiss – confirmed it was no longer on the agenda.
Therefore, after trying at all costs to avoid prosecution, Hunter Biden could find himself on trial in the middle of the campaign for next year’s presidential election, in which his father is seeking a new term. If convicted, he faces a maximum prison sentence of 25 years.
In the sights of the Republicans
Hunter Biden has also been targeted for years by his father’s predecessor, Donald Trump, and many other Republicans who have accused him of corruption. Conservative parliamentarians particularly criticize him for conducting dubious transactions in Ukraine and China Joe Biden was Barack Obama’s vice president (2009-2017) and used his father’s networks and name. A former aide to Hunter Biden recently told Congress that Biden arranged for his father to make several phone calls to foreign partners, but without Joe Biden interfering in his affairs.
The president has always maintained that he will stand by his son through his personal and legal setbacks. “My son did nothing wrong. I have confidence in him,” Joe Biden recently said about Hunter’s allegations of tax evasion and illegal possession of a firearm.
“He never gave up on me,” Hunter Biden once wrote about his father. “His persistence sometimes left me distraught. I tried to disappear into a black hole with alcohol or drugs, and then he was there and reappeared with his lantern.” Hunter, who has long suffered from drug and alcohol addiction, says he has been on his second intervention since 2019 His wife Melissa, with whom he had a son, and his father no longer wanted to take anything away.
(With AFP)