Hunter Biden Trial Jury Speaks Out: Anonymous Member Reveals What Happened During Deliberations and How They Initially Divided on Whether He Was Guilty
Jurors who found Hunter Biden guilty of three federal firearms charges have revealed they were initially split on the verdict.
Juror 10 spoke anonymously to CNN and described how only six wanted to find the president’s son guilty when they voted for the first time Monday night.
The remaining half wanted to find him not guilty for lying about his crack cocaine addiction when he bought a Colt Cobra Revolver in 2018.
When the jury returned Tuesday morning, the initial vote was 11-1, with the majority wanting a guilty verdict after just three hours of deliberation.
The three jurors who spoke to the network said they had no choice but to make Hunter a convicted felon because of the evidence.
Jurors who found Hunter Biden guilty of three federal firearms charges have revealed they were initially split on the verdict
They believed prosecutors had made their case beyond a reasonable doubt, but Juror 10 said he doesn’t think the president’s 54-year-old son deserves prison time for the offenses.
“I can’t… speak for everyone. But I can speak for myself and it was very sad,” he said.
“That he was convicted of these crimes, and that his life turned out the way it did.”
The male juror also revealed he was unaware that Beau Biden’s widow Hallie also became addicted to crack cocaine while dating Hunter.
The anonymous juror added that he found it difficult to watch Naomi testify about her father.
“President Biden has never really been a factor for me because his name only came up once during the trial, and then it kind of dawned on me, like, oh, wow, this is the son of the sitting president who is on trial,” he added.
‘So yeah, that was quite difficult to know what the trial is about now. But you’ve kind of put that out of your mind.’
The anonymous juror added that he found it difficult to watch Naomi testify about her father
Hunter Biden was found guilty of three counts of lying about his crack cocaine addiction when he bought this gun
The panel of twelve men and women was selected last Monday to hear the case of three charges against the adult son of the current US president.
It took just three hours for Hunter to be found guilty of all three charges.
Now Hunter faces up to 25 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, although the typical sentence is much lower, especially for first-time offenders.