Hunter Biden found guilty on all counts in gun trial
Biden now faces a possible prison term of up to 25 years.
6mon agoEMMANUEL WANJALANews
US President Joe Biden had repeatedly denied that he was going to pardon his son Hunter for his gun and tax evasion convictions or commute what was shaping up to be a substantive prison sentence.
On the Sunday evening after Thanksgiving – at a moment when the American public’s attention was decidedly elsewhere – he announced he had changed his mind.
Hunter Biden had been found guilty on all three counts in his federal gun crimes case in Delaware.
The 12-person jury found the US president's son lied about his drug use on a form when purchasing a handgun in 2018.
Hunter faced a possible prison term of up to 25 years, although a sentence of that length for a first-time offender was highly unlikely.
The jury deliberated after listening to a week of witness testimony about the 54-year-old's drug addiction.
