WILMINGTON, Delaware — A judge instructed the jury in Hunter Biden‘s gun trial to begin deliberating late Monday afternoon after prosecutors and the first son’s defense team delivered their closing arguments.
The jury can take as much time as it needs, whether it be minutes, hours, or even days, to decide whether Biden committed the three felony charges he is facing related to a 2018 gun purchase.
The trial, which is on its sixth day, marks the first time the son of a sitting president is standing as a criminal defendant in court.
Special counsel David Weiss has alleged Biden, a recovering drug and alcohol addict, lied on a federal form about his use of crack cocaine to purchase a revolver on Oct. 12 that year. Weiss also alleged Biden unlawfully kept the gun for 11 days while he was a drug user or addict.
During closing arguments, prosecutors told jurors to use their…
