In a criminal gun trial, Hunter Biden was found guilty.
- In Delaware, a jury found Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, guilty of all three criminal charges during his gun trial.
- Biden was accused of buying and owning a handgun while being addicted to illegal drugs.
- A month after Joe Biden's 2024 presidential election opponent, Donald Trump, was convicted in a criminal hush money case in New York, the verdict was delivered.
On Tuesday morning, a jury found Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, guilty of all three charges in his criminal gun trial in Delaware federal court.
A court found Hunter Biden, 54, guilty of lying about the sale of a firearm, lying about a firearms transaction, and possessing a firearm while being a drug user or addict.
The handgun purchase by him while using illegal drugs is the subject of the charges.
As three guilty verdicts were read, Biden nodded slightly while facing the jury straight ahead.
First lady Jill Biden entered the courtroom after the verdict was announced.
Melissa Cohen Biden was present in the room when the verdict was announced.
After three hours of deliberations, the verdict was reached. The jury began deliberating on Monday afternoon, following closing arguments from prosecutors and Biden's lawyer, Abbe Lowell, and instructions from Judge Maryellen Noreika.
In Los Angeles federal court, Biden faces charges of not paying taxes on over $1.4 million in income across multiple years.
In September, two months before his father faces off against Donald Trump in the presidential election, he is scheduled to stand trial in that case.
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