President’s son guilty on all counts in federal gun case

“The central issue in this case, namely, the evidence established beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant, at the time he purchased the firearm on October 12, 2018, was an illegal user and addict of a controlled substance, during the period in which he was in possession of it from 12 p.m. to 11 p.m. October and for more than six months thereafter,” U.S. Attorney Leo Wise said yesterday in his closing arguments.

He continued: “He knew he was taking drugs. That’s what the evidence shows. And he knew he was addicted to drugs, the evidence shows that.”

Wise argued that perhaps if Hunter Biden had not been in rehab and had not been using crack cocaine for an extended period of time, he may not have been aware that he was addicted to drugs. But, Wise said, evidence shows Biden used drugs in Malibu in late September, two weeks before purchasing the gun.

Prosecutors argued that the law did not require that he used a controlled substance or substances at the precise time he possessed the firearm.

Prosecutors based, among other things, on the testimony of Hunter Biden’s ex-wife, Kathleen Buhle, Beau Biden’s widow, Hallie Biden, with whom he had a romantic relationship, another ex-girlfriend Zoe Kestan, as well as an FBI agent.