Hunter Biden trial: President changes his schedule to be with his son after guilty verdict

Hallie, the widow of Hunter’s brother Beau Biden, testified that she has known Hunter since middle school, adding that their relationship began in late 2015 or early 2016 following the death of her husband.

She agreed it was sometimes “intense” but always “complicated.”

She began her testimony on Thursday by saying that she initially found crack cocaine in her house in Wilmington, Delaware, the city where the trial is taking place. She had to google it to understand what it was but Hunter also didn’t deny it, instead telling her what it was.

Hallie testified she saw Hunter use drugs in Washington, DC, and was also present for him buying drugs, which she said ranged in size from smaller than a marble to larger than a ping pong ball. She added that she saw his behavior change, that he became “agitated” and “high-strung” but also that he was “functioning.”

“This can’t go on, we can’t do this,” she texted him, telling the court that Hunter was often in denial about his substance abuse.

“Leave me alone, I’m fine, I’ll figure it out my way,” he replied.

Crack and alcohol were both “issues” during the relationship, Hallie testified.

She also spoke of her drug use which began after she was introduced to crack cocaine by Hunter.

“It was a terrible experience, I’m ashamed and I regret that period of my life,” she said on Thursday.

The jury in Hunter Biden’s federal gun charges trial has reached a verdict.

Hunter Biden is in the federal building in Wilmington, Delaware with his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, his aunt, Valerie Biden Owens, and uncle James Biden.

Hunter Biden has been convicted on all three felony gun charges.

Judge Maryellen Noreika, who presided over the case, said she would set Hunter Biden’s sentencing date at a later time.

The charges carry a maximum sentencing of 15 years and $750,000 in fines. It unlikely Biden will face jail time as a first-time nonviolent offender.

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden missed the verdict reading by minutes.

So far, she has attended nearly every day of Hunter’s trial – only missing it to travel to France with her husband to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

The first lady arrived at the courthouse just after 11:20 a.m.

Hunter Biden, the president’s son, left the federal building in Wilmington, Delaware without speaking to the press.

After the guilty verdict was read, Biden got into a car with his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, and drove off.

As Hunter Biden heard the jury’s decision to convict him on all three federal gun charges, he stared straight ahead showing little to no emotion.

Biden nodded his head a bit while remaining extremely still.

Afterward, he hugged members of his team, seemingly eager to leave the courthouse.

The defense and the prosecution painted two starkly different pictures of Hunter Biden’s 2018 gun purchase during closing arguments on Monday.

Lawyers for Biden outlined a story of a recovering addict who genuinely believed he was on the mend when he checked a box saying that he wasn’t an active user of illicit drugs on a form to buy a firearm on 12 October 2018.

Meanwhile, the prosecution argued that Biden was well aware that he was an addict and an active drug user when he bought the 38 Colt Special at StarQuest Shooters and Survival Supply in Wilmington.

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