Delaware, United States.- President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, was found guilty of three felony counts in a federal weapons trial. Credit: AP
Another verdict threatens to shake up the presidential election in the United States five months before Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump face each other again at the polls.
Who are the Bidens, targeted by Hunter trial?
Hunter Biden found guilty of gun possession
Yesterday a jury found Hunter Biden, son of the Democratic President, guilty of three felonies for lying in a federal application to acquire firearms, which some US media noted as “a devastating blow for the Biden family in the middle of the campaign.” presidential”.
The verdict ended an extraordinary trial in which the crack addiction and reckless behavior of the US President’s only living male child were publicly exposed, recounted by three former romantic partners, including his brother’s widow, Beau Biden, and by the accused himself in the pages of his memoirs.
Furthermore, it took place less than two weeks after Donald Trump, former President and Republican candidate for the White House, was found guilty by a jury in Manhattan of 34 counts of falsifying financial records.
Hunter faces up to 25 years in prison when sentenced by Judge Maryellen Noreika, although first-time offenders do not reach the maximum sentence.
Noreika did not set a date for the sentencing hearing.
With information from The New York Times
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