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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 innocent 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. only 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. After the ruling, President Joe Biden’s public schedule quickly shifted, with him now rushing from an event — ironically where he spoke about gun safety — to Wilmington, Delaware to be with his son.
The jury felt 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 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.
Biden delivers remarks Tuesday afternoon at the Washington Hilton for Everytown’s Gun Sense University, where the White House said he is emphasizing “progress to keep guns out of dangerous hands.” Immediately after the speech, the president will be with his now criminal son, who was convicted of lying about his drug use and addiction when purchasing a firearm in 2018.
The National Association for Gun Rights said Biden’s hypocrisy is on display today, noting how liberal anti-gun policies have facilitated the environment and laws in which his son is now a felon. “Right now, the Biden family is getting a taste of their own gun medicine,” the nonprofit wrote in a statement after Tuesday’s ruling.
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