President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden leaves after a court appearance, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Wilmington, Del. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday, Aug. 11, he has appointed a special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe, deepening the investigation of the president’s son ahead of the 2024 election. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, was indicted on gun charges in a federal court in Delaware on Thursday, a development that was expected after plea deal negotiations around tax and gun charges fell apart this July.
In Thursday’s indictment, the charges allege that Hunter Biden failed to disclose on requisite paperwork to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that he was using drugs when he purchased a gun in 2018 in Wilmington, Delaware. It is considered a crime under federal law to make a knowingly false statement to the government.
Biden is also charged with lying to a licensed gun dealer in Delaware and he is alleged to have possessed a firearm while using narcotics. The president’s son only had possession of the firearm for a little over a week in 2018.
