US President Joe Biden’s son has pleaded not guilty in federal court to felony charges that include lying about his addiction when he applied to buy a gun.
Hunter Biden’s daughter has testified in her father’s defence saying he seemed to respond well to drug treatment in the weeks before he bought a gun that prosecutors say he obtained illegally by failing to disclose his addiction.
Hunter Biden embraces his father and his mother Jill Biden during Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration ceremony in Washington in January 2021.Wise read out to her a text message from days after he purchased the gun, where she responded: “I’m really sorry dad I can’t take this. I miss you so much and I just want to hang out.”
The jury was dismissed until Monday when the defence will announce whether Hunter Biden, 54, will testify. Testifying can be risky for criminal defendants because it exposes them to cross-examination.Prosecutors said that there was overwhelming evidence Hunter Biden was actively using crack in the weeks before and after he bought the gun and that he lied by answering “no” on a government screening document when asked if he was a drug user.
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