The White House has declined to rule out President Joe Biden commuting any criminal sentence for his son, a day after Hunter Biden was convicted in a federal gun trial. When asked about a commutation, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters she did not “have anything [to share] beyond” what the president had already […]
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Hunter will not testify in gun trial; Defense rests
U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden opted not to testify on Monday at his criminal trial on charges of hiding his alleged drug use from the government in 2018 to illegally buy a gun, and his legal team rested its case.Prosecutors then called a witness to review text messages and rebut defense evidence. Later, […]
Hunter Biden gun trial nearing completion
Lawyers for President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden could begin making their case on Friday that he did not break the law when he said that he was not addicted to drugs while buying a gun in 2018, as his criminal trial approaches its end.The jury in the first-ever criminal trial of a U.S. president’s […]
Hallie Biden says “she panicked” after finding Hunter’s gun
Hallie Biden the widow of Beau Biden, Hunter’s older brother testified Thursday in Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial that she was “panicking” when she found and later discarded the firearm at the center of the case, and said it was through Hunter that she later was introduced to crack cocaine. Hallie Biden is considered to […]
Joe Biden in difficult balancing act over Hunter
Ahead of opening statements in Hunter Biden’s gun possession trial, which are expected on Tuesday, his father released a statement that illustrated the fine line he is trying to walk in the midst of his re-election campaign. “I am the president, but I am also a dad,” said President Joe Biden as jury selection began […]
Hunter Biden gun trial begins in Delaware
Hunter Biden will appear in Delaware on Monday as a defendant for the first day of a trial in which he is facing felony charges over a 2018 gun purchase. Biden’s appearance will mark the first time the son of a sitting president has stood trial as a criminal defendant. Special counsel David Weiss, who […]
Where’s Hunter? Testifying behind closed doors
House Republicans are finally getting the opportunity to ask Hunter Biden directly about the extent of his father’s involvement in the sprawling network of foreign business deals he set up while Joe Biden was serving as vice president and in the time immediately afterwards. Hunter Biden, the president’s son, will appear before investigators on Wednesday […]
Hunter sold $1.5 million of his art to Dem donors
Hunter Biden has sold more than $1.5 million in artwork, thanks largely to purchases from two donors to his father, President Joe Biden, according to the first son’s former gallerist. George Berges told House investigators in closed-door testimony last week that a majority of the sales from Hunter Biden’s artwork came from these two buyers, […]
Hunter crashes his contempt of congress hearing
Hunter Biden made a surprise appearance at a markup of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee on Wednesday before the panel was set to approve a resolution to hold the president’s son in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena last month. Fireworks went off at the start of the markup when lawmakers recognized that […]
Hunter Biden flips Republicans the bird
Hunter Biden arrived on Capitol Hill Wednesday, not to comply with his subpoena and be deposed at the House Oversight Committee, but to hold a press conference and again offer to testify publicly. He maintained that his father, President Biden “was not financially involved” in his business, and saying there is “no evidence because it […]
Hunter says Republican’s are “trying to kill me”
President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, has accused Republicans of trying to “kill” him in an effort to undermine his father’s presidency. His death “would be a pain greater than my father could be able to handle”, the younger Biden told musician Moby in a podcast that aired on Friday. The first of the two-part […]
New Hunter charges, will he need a pardon now?
Hunter Biden has been indicted on nine charges over allegations that President Joe Biden’s son failed to file and pay taxes, and of filing a false return. The indictment against Hunter Biden, 53, was filed in California. It includes three felony counts of tax evasion and filing a false return and six misdemeanor counts of […]