Hunter Biden Trial Day 6: Jury begins deliberations after closing arguments
Jurors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial began deliberating on Monday after they heard new evidence from a witness about the defendant’s drug usage around the time when he is alleged to have illegally purchased a firearm.
WILMINGTON, Del. — Jurors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial began deliberating Monday after they heard new evidence from a witness about his drug use in October 2018, around the time he is alleged to have illegally purchased a firearm.
Prosecutors rested their case after they told jurors that Biden was a “habitual” user of drugs from 2015 to 2019, a period that overlaps with his gun possession, and that he knew he was an addict and even wrote extensively about it in his memoir.
His lead defense attorney, Abbe Lowell, said that while Biden may be an addict, prosecutors had not proven that he knowingly lied beyond reasonable doubt on the form he used to buy the gun.
First lady Jill Biden leaves federal court in Wilmington, Del., on Monday.Matt Slocum / AP“With this very high burden, it’s time to end this case,” Lowell said.
After a response from the prosecutors, U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika completed her instructions to the jurors. They began deliberations but did not reach a verdict and will resume Tuesday morning.
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