WASHINGTON — First son Hunter Biden was indicted Thursday in Delaware by special counsel David Weiss on three counts of illegally possessing a firearm while addicted to drugs.
The charges carry up to 25 years in prison and could form the first of multiple criminal cases against Hunter, now 53, who may also face tax fraud and illegal foreign lobbying counts in DC and Los Angeles.
The indictment accuses Hunter Biden of lying about his drug use on a gun-purchase form in 2018 when he bought a Colt Cobra revolver. He wrote in his own 2021 memoir “Beautiful Things” that he was abusing drugs at the time.
The three counts relate to violating federal laws governing gun ownership, lying to authority figures and interstate commerce.
Hunter in July walked away from a plea deal that would have granted him two years of probation for failing to pay more than $2 million in taxes on foreign income from countries such as China and Ukraine. As part of that deal, Hunter would have admitted to the gun offense, but it would have been expunged after the completion of probation.
The first son’s legal team is expected to argue that the diversion agreement remains in effect for the gun offenses.
The new charges were filed two days after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced an impeachment inquiry into President Biden’s involvement in his family’s overseas business dealings, which centered on Hunter and first brother James Biden.
House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that the panel would subpoena the bank records of Hunter and James Biden, including to determine whether any foreign funds flowed to the president.
White House spokesman Ian Sams declined to comment on the indictment, saying, “We would refer you to Hunter’s personal representatives or to the Justice Department.”
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