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The criminal trial of Hunter Biden on gun charges kicks off next week, with federal prosecutors likely to dissect lurid details of his crack cocaine addiction that could provide fuel for opponents of his father's presidential reelection bid.

Hunter Biden will be the first child of a sitting president to be a criminal defendant when jury selection begins on Monday. If convicted on all charges, Hunter Biden faces a maximum punishment of 25 years in prison, according to the Department of Justice.

The trial comes as Joe Biden, a Democrat, is campaigning for a second four-year term but is struggling to generate voter enthusiasm due to inflation, wars in the Middle East and Ukraine and concerns about his age. Biden, 81, is the oldest U.S. president.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/governmen ... 024-05-29/

- Found a crack pipe in her house on July 3, 2015 and, when she confronted Hunter with it, he said it was his.
- Discovered drug accessories in Hunter's car five different times from 2015 to 2019, though not in October 2018.

- Saw him smoke crack an average of twice each hour during a week she was compelled to party with the Biden Family princeling in December 2017.
- Saw him smoke crack in May 2018.
- Saw him in possession of crack in November 2018.

- In October 2018 Hunter withdrew $50,000 in cash from his bank account and drug dealers typically require cash payments for drugs
- The day after he bought the gun, he sent a text message to a friend that said he was "sleeping on a car smoking crack on 4th street and Rodney"

saxitoxin wrote:Here's where we're at so far in the first of the two Biden criminal trials.

For conviction on count 1 (lying on a federal form), Hunter needs to have known he was addicted to illegal drugs in October 2018. For conviction on count 2 (lying on a federal form), Hunter needs to know he was an active user of illegal drugs in October 2018. Conviction on count 3 (illegal possession of a firearm) logically follows a conviction on either of the first two counts.

- Witness 1, Hallie Biden, Hunter's sister-in-law with whom he had a sexual affair after his brother was stricken with cancer, testified she:

- Found a crack pipe in her house on July 3, 2015 and, when she confronted Hunter with it, he said it was his.
- Discovered drug accessories in Hunter's car five different times from 2015 to 2019, though not in October 2018.

- Witness 2, Zoe Kestan, one of the abused prostitutes Hunter was fucking, testified she:

- Saw him smoke crack an average of twice each hour during a week she was compelled to party with the Biden Family princeling in December 2017.
- Saw him smoke crack in May 2018.
- Saw him in possession of crack in November 2018.

- Witness 3, Erika Jensen, an FBI special agent, testified that:

- In October 2018 Hunter withdrew $50,000 in cash from his bank account and drug dealers typically require cash payments for drugs
- The day after he bought the gun, he sent a text message to a friend that said he was "sleeping on a car smoking crack on 4th street and Rodney"

- Evidence 1, the audiobook of Hunter Biden's published memoir which he narrated in his own voice and in which he says he was a "heavy user" of cocaine in the Autumn of 2018.

The prosecution will call more witnesses tomorrow.

pmac666 wrote:

saxitoxin wrote:Here's where we're at so far in the first of the two Biden criminal trials.

For conviction on count 1 (lying on a federal form), Hunter needs to have known he was addicted to illegal drugs in October 2018. For conviction on count 2 (lying on a federal form), Hunter needs to know he was an active user of illegal drugs in October 2018. Conviction on count 3 (illegal possession of a firearm) logically follows a conviction on either of the first two counts.

- Witness 1, Hallie Biden, Hunter's sister-in-law with whom he had a sexual affair after his brother was stricken with cancer, testified she:

- Found a crack pipe in her house on July 3, 2015 and, when she confronted Hunter with it, he said it was his.
- Discovered drug accessories in Hunter's car five different times from 2015 to 2019, though not in October 2018.

- Witness 2, Zoe Kestan, one of the abused prostitutes Hunter was fucking, testified she:

- Saw him smoke crack an average of twice each hour during a week she was compelled to party with the Biden Family princeling in December 2017.
- Saw him smoke crack in May 2018.
- Saw him in possession of crack in November 2018.

- Witness 3, Erika Jensen, an FBI special agent, testified that:

- In October 2018 Hunter withdrew $50,000 in cash from his bank account and drug dealers typically require cash payments for drugs
- The day after he bought the gun, he sent a text message to a friend that said he was "sleeping on a car smoking crack on 4th street and Rodney"

- Evidence 1, the audiobook of Hunter Biden's published memoir which he narrated in his own voice and in which he says he was a "heavy user" of cocaine in the Autumn of 2018.

The prosecution will call more witnesses tomorrow.

Do you already get that certain sexual tickle again like on Jan 6?
Be careful with those resources, you know how that ended. lol

Hunter Biden guilty on all charges in historic gun case

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pol ... 037098007/

HitRed wrote:Questioning the law here. Is being addicted, but not convicted or even charged, grounds to make you now unable to do something?

I understand if you are a convicted drunk driver you won't be able to get a license. This is, if you are addicted to xyz (never been charged) then no gun purchases.

If he loses, he goes to prison.

If he wins, lawyers that his dad - Joe Biden - is personally paying for will have just caused one of the most significant national rollbacks of firearms regulations in history.

pmac666 wrote:Good Hunter isnt running for president. That would be devastating for a campaign. lol

New York Magazine wrote:Polls Say Trump Is Just as Popular Post-Conviction

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article ... ction.html

Newsweek wrote:Trump Gets Good Poll News After Conviction

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-p ... bs-1910184

CBS News wrote:Views of Trump trial unchanged following verdict

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-verd ... york-poll/

IPSOS wrote:Trump guilty verdict makes minimal impact on public opinion

https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/trump-guilt ... ic-opinion

Hunter Biden found guilty of illegally buying and owning a gun

Hunter Biden, the president's son, was convicted Tuesday of illegally buying and owning a gun while he was addicted to crack cocaine.

The guilty verdict, handed down by a federal jury in Delaware after about three hours of deliberations, capped a week-long trial in which prosecutors elicited testimony from Biden's ex-wife, an ex-girlfriend and his sister-in-law turned lover, who all spoke in graphic detail about his addiction to drugs and alcohol, with First Lady Jill Biden often sitting in the front row.

pmac666 wrote:Ok, then this no biggie too, right?

GaryDenton wrote:Stupid trial and no one cares but rabid MAGAs.

The case against Mr. Biden is unusual, and not just because he is the son of a sitting president.
People accused of lying on a federal firearms application are typically not indicted on that charge alone, making Mr. Biden’s case unusual in that it would rarely reach a jury.

Typically, it would be part of a suite of charges that include a more serious crime. In many cases, people facing those charges negotiate deals for probation and participation in programs that include counseling and regular drug testing.

There are fewer than about 300 prosecutions a year for lying to a federally licensed firearms dealer. Some 25 million to 30 million background checks were performed annually around the time of Mr. Biden’s gun purchase.

He is guilty, so?

GaryDenton wrote:People accused of lying on a federal firearms application are typically not indicted on that charge alone, making Mr. Biden’s case unusual in that it would rarely reach a jury.

The charges against Trump are obscure, and nearly entirely unprecedented. In fact, no state prosecutor — in New York, or Wyoming, or anywhere — has ever charged federal election laws as a direct or predicate state crime, against anyone, for anything. None. Ever. Even putting aside the specifics of election law, the Manhattan DA itself almost never brings any case in which falsification of business records is the only charge.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article ... e-law.html