Hunter Biden Found Guilty of all Charges...

Probation ? suspended sentence ?
The girlfriend who dumped the gun should be prosecuted as it could have been found and used in a crime.

What son's conviction means for President Biden..by Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent.

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Hunter Biden left the courtroom holding hands with stepmom Jill Biden and Wife Melissa Cohen

Hunter Biden’s conviction for lying about his drug use on a handgun licence application will be a devastating personal blow for his father, Joe Biden.

The US president doubles as the patriarch of a tight-knit family that has seen its share of personal tragedy and trauma.

Now his surviving son has been found guilty of three federal crimes that carry a potentially lengthy prison term.

But Hunter's verdict is unlikely to change how Americans vote in November's election.

His father's name will be on the ballot, not his. There's no evidence connecting the president to his son's offences. And there has been scant polling evidence that the public is following this trial closely.

After the verdict was announced, the president released a statement hinting at the dual obligations demanding his attention.

“I am the president, but I am also a dad,” he said.

He added that he continued to support his son and was proud of the man he is today.

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Hunter Biden spiralled into drug use around the time that his brother, Beau, died from brain cancer.

His battles with addiction and the toll it exacted on his family relationships were presented in painful detail during the trial.

The prosecuting attorney during his closing argument said the evidence presented was ugly and personal.

He also said that it was overwhelming and it was necessary to show that when Hunter Biden filled out the federal background check application for a handgun, he knowingly lied when he certified that he was not using drugs.

In the end, a unanimous jury agreed. This guilty verdict means the president’s son - the only surviving child from his first wife, who was killed along with his infant daughter in a car accident half a century ago – may face years in prison.

White House does not rule out Biden reducing son's sentence..by Caitlin Wilson, BBC News, Washington.

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The White House has declined to rule out President Joe Biden commuting any criminal sentence for his son, a day after Hunter Biden was convicted in a federal gun trial.

When asked about a commutation, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters she did not “have anything [to share] beyond” what the president had already said about the case.

A Delaware jury on Tuesday found Hunter Biden guilty of lying about his drug use when buying a revolver in 2018.

Ms Jean-Pierre, who emphasised she had not spoken to the president about commutation, instead pointed to an interview from last week when Mr Biden said he would not pardon his son.

US presidents have the power to commute sentences for defendants convicted of federal offences. They can also choose to outright pardon such convictions, vacating them entirely.

Commuting a sentence would leave the conviction intact, but replace a sentence given in court with a lesser one.

Presidents do not have the power of commutation or pardon in state-level cases.

Aboard Air Force One on Wednesday, Ms Jean-Pierre told a group of journalists: "He [President Biden] and the first lady love their son and they support their son, I just don't have anything... beyond that."

She added that she would not divulge anything about the time Mr Biden spent with his family on Tuesday evening, when the president unexpectedly travelled to Wilmington, Delaware, following the jury's guilty verdict in his son's case.

Ms Jean-Pierre's comments appeared to mark a shift since last September, when she was asked in a briefing if the president would "pardon or commute his son if he’s convicted".

“I’ve answered this question before," she responded at the time. "It was asked of me not too long ago, a couple of weeks ago. And I was very clear, and I said no.”

Flying on Wednesday to Italy, where the president is due to attend the G7 summit, Ms Jean-Pierre also read out a previous statement from Mr Biden about the conviction when he pledged to "accept the outcome of this case and... respect the judicial process".

Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to two charges related to lying about his drug use on a federal background check, and one for possessing a gun while addicted to or using drugs.

The 54-year-old claimed he was in recovery when he purchased the gun in October 2018.

In total, Hunter Biden faces up to 25 years in prison, though legal experts say a sentence that long is very unlikely.

Constitutional scholars disagree on whether a president’s pardon power includes himself, though Donald Trump - if he won the presidency in November - could be the first to try if he were to be convicted in either of the two federal criminal cases he faces.

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Inside jail where President Joe Biden's son Hunter could serve 25 years after guilty verdict
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No, but i did own a few hundred of these magazines, they sold for a pretty penny on e-bay a few years back...

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