Hunter Biden charged with multiple federal crimes after plea deal collapse

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Hunter Biden indicted on federal gun charges
Hunter Biden was indicted on three counts
By Brooke Singman , Jake Gibson Fox News
Published September 14, 2023 1:38pm EDT

Hunter Biden was indicted Thursday on federal gun charges out of Special Counsel David Weiss' investigation.

Biden was charged with making a false statement in the purchase of a firearm; making a false statement related to information required to be kept by a federal firearms licensed dealer; and one count of possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance.

The charges come after an original plea agreement collapsed in July. Hunter Biden was expected to plead guilty in July to two misdemeanor tax counts of willful failure to pay federal income tax as part of a plea deal to avoid jail time on a felony gun charge.

Hunter Biden was forced to plead not guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and one felony gun charge.

These are the first charges Weiss has brought against the first son since being granted special counsel status.

Fox News first reported in 2021 that police had responded to an incident in 2018, when a gun owned by Hunter Biden was thrown into a trash can outside a market in Delaware.


A source with knowledge of the Oct. 23, 2018, police report told Fox News that it indicated that Hallie Biden, who is the widow of President Biden's late son, Beau, and who was in a relationship with Hunter at the time, threw a gun owned by Hunter in a dumpster behind a market near a school.

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hunter-biden-indicted-on-federal-gun-charge

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 Hunter Biden indicted on three new counts of illegally possessing a firearm while addicted to drugs after plea deal collapse

First son Hunter Biden was indicted Thursday by special counsel David Weiss on three counts of illegally possessing a firearm while addicted to drugs.

WASHINGTON — First son Hunter Biden was indicted Thursday in Delaware by special counsel David Weiss on three counts of illegally possessing a firearm while addicted to drugs.

The charges carry up to 25 years in prison and could be the first of multiple criminal cases against Hunter, now 53, including tax fraud and illegal foreign lobbying counts in DC and Los Angeles.

The first son is accused of lying about his drug use on a gun-purchase form in 2018 when he bought a Colt Cobra revolver during a period when he admitted in his own 2021 memoir “Beautiful Things” that he was abusing drugs.

The three counts relate to violating federal laws governing gun ownership, lying to authority figures, and interstate commerce.

Hunter walked away from a plea deal that would have granted him two years of probation for failing to pay more than $2 million in tax. As part of that deal, Hunter would have admitted to the gun offense, but it would have been expunged after the completion of probation.

The first son’s legal team is expected to argue in court that the diversion agreement remains in effect for the gun offenses.

The new charges were filed two days after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced an impeachment inquiry into President Biden’s involvement in his family’s overseas business dealings, which centered on Hunter and first brother James Biden.

House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that the panel would subpoena the bank records of Hunter and James Biden, including to determine whether any foreign funds flowed to the president.

White House spokesman Ian Sams declined to comment on the indictment, saying, “We would refer you to Hunter’s personal representatives or to the Justice Department.”

https://nypost.com/2023/09/14/hunter-biden-hit-with-new-indictment-on-federal-gun-charges/

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Sean Davis
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Count 1 carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years, count 2 is a maximum of 5 years, and count 3 is a maximum of 10 years.

[Kamaji]

So now the prosecution will come up with some other devious behind-the-scenes scheme to use this as a way of getting him immunity for everything else.

The fix - somewhat altered from before - is in.

[Polly Ticks]

So now the prosecution will come up with some other devious behind-the-scenes scheme to use this as a way of getting him immunity for everything else.

The fix - somewhat altered from before - is in.

I wouldn't bet against you.

[libertybele]

He's Brandon's son. He'll be immune from being held responsible and will never be found guilty. 

[bigheadfred]

Indict Trump!!!

[Bigun]

The new charges were filed two days after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced an impeachment inquiry into President Biden’s involvement in his family’s overseas business dealings, which centered on Hunter and first brother James Biden.

Ain't that something? What a coincidence!

[Bigun]

So now the prosecution will come up with some other devious behind-the-scenes scheme to use this as a way of getting him immunity for everything else.

The fix - somewhat altered from before - is in.

I would bet $$$ on it!

[DefiantMassRINO]

Joe can pardon Hunter.

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DC_Draino
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Now that Matt Gaetz is pushing McCarthy to impeach Biden and dig deeper into Biden crime family corruption, did the DOJ just indict Hunter to stop him from being able to testify to Congress?
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Donald Trump Jr. Wonders How Long It Will Be Until DOJ Drops ‘Another Trump Indictment to Change the Narrative’

Donald Trump Jr. wondered how long it will be until Biden’s “corrupt” DOJ drops another indictment on his father to “change the narrative” following Hunter Biden’s indictment.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/09/14/donald-trump-jr-wonders-how-long-until-doj-drops-another-trump-indictment-change-narrative/

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A Breakdown of the Felony Gun Charges Against Hunter Biden

AWR Hawkins 14 Sep 2023

Special Counsel David Weiss indicted President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, on felony firearm charges Thursday.

ABC News reported that Hunter was charged with one count of false statement in the purchase of a firearm, one count of false statement related to information required to be kept by a federal firearms licensed dealer, and one count of possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance.

The first of the three charges — the one centered on giving a false statement — relates to Hunter allegedly lying on a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) background check form.

On March 27, 2021, Breitbart News reported Hunter Biden may have given false information on an ATF background check form to purchase a gun in 2018. It is notable that the punishment for providing false answers on that form includes fines up to $250,000 and/or ten years of imprisonment.

ATF Form 4473 is the background check each would-be gun buyer fills out upon trying to buy a gun at retail. A Federal Firearms License (FFL) holder then calls the FBI and relays the information from the form, receiving the all-clear to sell the gun or a rejection, which means the gun cannot be sold to the would-be buyer. A third option is that the FBI can alert the FFL holder that it will extend the background check another three business days to give FBI reviewers additional time to check criminal records.

Form 4473 has a number of questions that require a “yes” or “no” answer. The question pertinent to Hunter Biden’s alleged 2018 gun purchase is drug-related. It asks:

    Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance? Warning: The use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under Federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized for medicinal or recreational purposes in the state where you reside.

ATF Form 4473 makes clear:

    The information you provide will be used to determine whether you are prohibited by Federal or State law from receiving a firearm. Certain violations of the Gun Control Act, 18 U.S.C. 921 et. seq., are punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment and/or up to a $250,000 fine.

Charge one leads to charge three, inasmuch as a person who is an “unlawful user of, or addicted to” illegal drugs then gives false information to pass a background check and subsequently takes possession of a firearm he is barred from possessing.

The charge on information kept by Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) relates to the requirement that FFLs preserve records that can be searched by the ATF when agents visit gun stores to ensure dealers are complying with laws and regulations.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/09/14/a-breakdown-of-the-felony-gun-charges-against-hunter-biden/

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Joe can pardon Hunter.

And he will do it.  Then he better step down.

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Donald Trump Jr. Wonders How Long It Will Be Until DOJ Drops ‘Another Trump Indictment to Change the Narrative’

Donald Trump Jr. wondered how long it will be until Biden’s “corrupt” DOJ drops another indictment on his father to “change the narrative” following Hunter Biden’s indictment.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/09/14/donald-trump-jr-wonders-how-long-until-doj-drops-another-trump-indictment-change-narrative/

That was my first thought as well. Probably Monday.

[DCPatriot]

And he will do it.  Then he better step down.

I think he's going to roll the dice and wait for the IRS tax charges to be brought so that he can pardon him for everything.

Then...he's going to announce he's not running.

OR..he could do what Buck Sexton and Clay Travis bickered about today:

Biden could also play the UNITER and pardon President Trump for all federal charges.  That would leave New York where they have no chance at a conviction of the charges...or Georgia, where it can be postponed until after the Election.

LOL! What they won't come up with...

[sneakypete]

He is NOT going to be convicted of ANY  felony  charges,period.

When push comes to shove,he will plead guilty to a couple of misdemeanors,pay a fine,and it will be over.

[The_Reader_David]

Notice, the only charges in the indictment are those unrelated to his foreign influence peddling.  The tax charges and actual charges of acting as an unregistered foreign agent would tend to remind people that he only had the income he had and was on boards of foreign companies because he was selling access to his father as Vice President.  On those the statute of limitations clock is still ticking.

[The_Reader_David]

I think this is the fix.  They only charged him with the firearms charges.  The statute of limitations clock goes on ticking for the charges actually involving his father and actual corruption.

[Bigun]

I think this is the fix.  They only charged him with the firearms charges.  The statute of limitations clock goes on ticking for the charges actually involving his father and actual corruption.

And that clock will continue to tick until the time is expired.

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Hunter Biden’s Lawyer: Charges ‘Will Be Dismissed Before Trial’

Hunter Biden’s legal team launched a public relations push following his indictment, claiming the gun charges will be dismissed before trial.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/09/15/hunter-bidens-lawyer-charges-will-be-dismissed-before-trial/