Hunter Biden Indicted on Trio of Federal Firearm Charges

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, was finally indicted by the feds on Thursday on three criminal counts of illegally obtaining a handgun by lying about his illicit drug use when he filled out paperwork to buy a .38 Special revolver.

The long-awaited move came after plea negotiations broke down in spectacular fashion during a court hearing in July, when prosecutors announced they weren’t completely dropping an overarching investigation and irked defense lawyers blurted out that the deal was off. The plea deal, if it had gone ahead, would have allowed Biden to plead guilty to a pair of misdemeanor tax offenses in exchange for avoiding prosecution on the gun crimes. Now, the younger Biden is staring down a criminal trial in federal court.

Thursday’s four-page indictment was a bare-bones court document, merely repeating what the public already knows: Buying from a licensed gun shop requires filling out a government form that affirms the person isn’t a criminal or engaged in certain illegal activity—something Biden appears to have flagrantly violated.

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