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‘What the hell is happening’: Why Hunter Biden keeping close watch on father – Times of India

President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden has been keeping a close watch on his father now following the debate disaster. The White House has clarified that Joe Biden is not opting out of the race but according to reports the entry of Hunter Biden, convicted of felony gun charges, into the official circle of the President has made White House staff members asking each other, "What the hell is happening?".White House confirmed that Hunter Biden was in the room as Joe Biden was preparing to deliver an address in reaction to the Supreme Court's opinion of presidential immunity. Hunter was also in-charge of the family get together that took place at Camp David just following the debate disaster. "Hunter came back with him and walked with him into that meeting, that prep, that speech prep, and ...
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US President Joe Biden’s Son Hunter Convicted For Lying About Drug Use To Illegally Buy Gun

US President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, was convicted by a jury on Tuesday for lying about his drug use to illegally purchase a firearm. This landmark verdict, delivered by a 12-member jury in a Wilmington federal court, marks the first instance of a sitting U.S. president’s child being convicted of a crime. Hunter Biden, 54, showed little emotion as the verdict was read, lightly nodding his head. He was seen patting his lawyer, Abbe Lowell, on the back and embracing another member of his legal team, news agency Reuters reported. The judge has not yet set a date for sentencing, but indicated it would typically occur within 120 days, placing it just ahead of the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, Reuters' report stated. The sentencing guidelines for t...
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Jurors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial begin deliberating whether he’s guilty of federal firearm charges – Times of India

WILMINGTON: Jurors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial began deliberating Monday whether the president’s son is guilty of federal firearms charges over a revolver he bought in 2018 when prosecutors say he was addicted to crack cocaine.He's charged with three felonies in the case that has laid bare some of the darkest moments of his drug-fueled past. Prosecutors have used testimony from former romantic partners, personal text messages and photos of Hunter Biden with drug paraphernalia or partially clothed to make the case that he broke the law.“No one is above the law,” prosecutor Leo Wise told jurors in his closing argument as first lady Jill Biden watched from the front row of the Wilmington, Delaware, courtroom.Jurors deliberated for less than an hour before leaving the courthouse for the day...
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First Lady Jill Biden attends son Hunter Biden’s gun trial, two more witnesses expected – Times of India

WILMINGTON: First lady Jill Biden has arrived at the courthouse for son Hunter Biden's federal gun trial. She left France on Thursday evening where she was attending D-Day events with president Joe Biden. She'll return to France for a state dinner.Federal prosecutors are wrapping up their gun case against Hunter Biden, with two more witnesses expected Friday in their effort to prove to jurors that the president's son lied on a mandatory gun purchase form when he said he wasn't "an unlawful user of, or addicted to" drugs. Prosecutors were still planning to call a drug expert and an FBI chemist, capping a week that has been largely dedicated to highlighting the seriousness of his drug problem through highly personal and sometimes salacious testimony. Jurors heard from his ex-wife and a ...
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‘Smoked crack every 20 min’: US prez son’s drug-fuelled past laid bare in court – Times of India

Hunter Biden’s ex-wife and a former girlfriend testified Wednesday in his gun trial about finding his crack pipes and other drug paraphernalia, and jurors saw photos of the prez’s son bare-chested in a bubble bath and heard about his visit to a strip club.As first lady Jill Biden sat in the front row, the courtroom grew quiet when Kathleen Buhle, who was married to Hunter for 20 years, walked in.She testified that she discovered her husband was using drugs when she found a crack pipe in an ashtray on July 3, 2015, a day after their anniversary. When she asked him, “he acknowledged smoking crack,” she said. “I was definitely worried, scared,” said Buhle, who divorced him in 2016 after his infidelity and drug abuse became too much.The trial, about whether he lied on a gun purchase form in...
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Hunter Biden’s criminal trial begins in aftermath of Trump conviction – Times of India

WASHINGTON: The criminal trial of Hunter Biden kicked off on Monday in federal court in Delaware as Prez Joe Biden’s son faces gun charges in ahistoric case that begins four days after Donald Trump became the first former US president to be convicted.Hunter Biden, 54, arrived at the courthouse for the first trial of the child of a sitting president, in which he will face three felony charges stemming from his purchase and possession of a revolver in 2018.He has pleaded not guilty. It is one of two criminal cases he faces, with federal tax charges brought separately in California. First Lady Jill Biden, Hunter Biden’s wife Melissa Cohen Biden and his half-sister Ashley Biden were in attendance at the trial in Wilmington, before US district Judge Maryellen Noreika. “Jill and I love our so...