On June 7, 2024, Hunter Biden, son of US President Biden, arrived at the federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, to face trial on criminal firearms charges.
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Hunter Biden’s criminal gun trial resumes Monday morning with possible jurors Wilmington, Delaware Federal Court Deliberations over the fate of President Joe Biden’s son are likely to begin in the afternoon.
Hunter Biden’s lawyers will reveal in the morning whether the 54-year-old Biden will testify in defense of the case. Biden was charged with three crimes related to possession of a handgun while under the influence of drugs.
If Hunter Biden does testify, he is expected to be the last of four defense witnesses called in the case. Closing arguments will then begin.
Hunter Biden’s daughter Naomie Biden testified in court on Friday.
Judge Marilyn Norek is expected to rule Monday morning on a defense request to change the jury instructions.
Biden’s attorneys want Noreka to tell jurors that “Mr. Biden’s response to these charges is that he never ‘knowingly’ possessed a gun and did not ‘knowingly’ possess a gun when he believed he was a drug user or addicted to drugs.” lie.
The trial continues, with former President Donald Trump expected to hold a virtual interview with a New York probation officer on Monday in preparation for sentencing next month in Manhattan Supreme Court in his criminal hush-money case.
Trump was convicted last month of 34 felonies for falsifying business records related to bribes paid to porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election.
The Republican will face Hunter Biden’s father in the November presidential election.
President Biden said last week he would not pardon his son if Hunter Biden is convicted in the case, one of two criminal cases the younger Biden faces.
Hunter Biden is scheduled to stand trial on criminal tax charges in Los Angeles federal court later this year.
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