Prosecutors in Delaware brought three gun-related charges against Hunter Biden on Thursday, with a grand jury indicting the president’s son after special counsel David Weiss said he would pursue charges following the evaporation of a plea deal.
The court filings detail charges Hunter Biden would have entered a diversion program for under the failed plea agreement, charging him with failing to disclose drug use when seeking to buy a weapon — resulting in two charges — as well as for unlawful possession of a firearm while addicted to a controlled substance.
The most serious charges carry up to 10 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines.
The indictment does not list any tax crimes — a matter that also would have been covered by the agreement that would have had Biden plead guilty to two charges of willful failure to pay taxes.
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