Federal prosecutors overseeing the case against Hunter Biden are moving to eliminate a charge against him for allegedly lying about his hardcore drug use at the time he purchased a firearm and lied on application forms.
Lawyers with the office of U.S. Delaware Attorney David Weiss took a procedural step Wednesday to reduce one count against Hunter that would have seen him plead guilty to possessing a firearm as a drug user, something he lied about when purchasing a handgun in 2018. Hunter wrote in his memoir that he was a heavy user of crack cocaine at the time, an admission that prosecutors used against him in the case.
Instead, Hunter will face a three-count indictment on wrongful gun possession and lying on official application forms. Charges involving filing false tax returns are still pending.
The legal saga for President Joe Biden’s son took a spectacular turn earlier this summer when a […]
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