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Hunter Biden Indicted on Federal Firearms Charges After Plea Deal Collapse

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.

According to the indictment, “on or about October 12, 2018, in the District of Delaware, the defendant, Robert Hunter Biden, in connection with the acquisition of a firearm, that is, a Colt Cobra 38SPL Revolver with serial number RA 551363…knowingly made a false and fictitious written statement, intended and likely to deceive that dealer with respect to a fact material to the lawfulness of the sale of the firearm…in that the defendant, Robert Hunter Biden, provided a written statement on Form 4473 certifying he was not an unlawful user of, and addicted to, any stimulant, narcotic drug, and any other controlled substance, when in fact, as he knew, that statement was false and fictitious.”

The indictment also states that “on or about October 12, 2018, through on or about October 23, 2018, in the District of Delaware, the defendant Robert Hunter Biden, knowing that he was an unlawful user of and addicted to any stimulant, narcotic drug, and any other controlled substance…did knowingly possess a firearm, that is, a Colt Cobra 38SPL revolver with serial number RA 551363, said firearm having been shipped and transported in interstate commerce.”

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.

A firearm transaction report reviewed by Fox News indicated that Hunter Biden purchased a gun earlier that month.

On the firearm transaction report, Hunter Biden answered in the negative when asked if he was “an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance.”

Hunter Biden was discharged from the Navy in 2014 after testing positive for cocaine.

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.

Attorney General Merrick Garland tapped Weiss to serve as special counsel with jurisdiction over the Hunter Biden investigation and any other issues that have come up, or may come up, related to that probe.

26 Comments
  • wapitihunter says:

    He and his daddy should face charges of treason!

  • andrew says:

    an indictment means nothing, they can still agree to a plea deal, and you can bet that they will do so. Even though they have all the evidence to convict and get a guilty plea easily, they will submit a plea deal that lets him off with zero jail time, probably will drop on a friday before a holiday, or they may even try to seal the case from the public. How the heck the AG is allowed to make him SP when he already has shown bias, offering a plea that basically gave him blanket immunity is beyond me.

  • Trish says:

    Much rather see the T R E A S O N charges

  • John Grychak says:

    I THINK THAT IF I TOOK BETS ON THE PREMISE THAT HUNTER BIDEN WILL NOT SEE ANY JAIL TIME, I WOULD MOST LIKELY WIN. AND,,,,JOE BIDEN 50 YEARS OF CORRUPTION SHOULD BE ENOUGHTO PUT THIS GUYAWAY,,,,”UNDERGROUND”, BY THE “FIRING SQUAD”, BEFORE HE CROAKS OF OLD AGE, AND THEY MAKE HIM A “MARTYR”, LIKE TO MANY OTHER CRIMINALS, ESPECIALLY BLACKS.

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