WASHINGTON (EFE).— The trial in opposition to Hunter Biden, son of the present president of the US, Joe Biden, for a criminal offense of unlawful buy and possession of a weapon reached the jury deliberations part yesterday with out the accused having testified.
The method started per week in the past in Wilmington (Delaware) and following his ex-wife Kathleen Buhle, an ex-girlfriend, his sister-in-law and ex-lover Hallie Biden and his daughter Naomi Biden testified, the prosecution and protection attorneys gave their statements right this moment. last arguments.
Earlier than District Choose Maryellen Noreika known as jurors to deliberate, Hunter Biden’s protection lawyer, Abbe Lowell, summarized his closing argument by insisting that there is no such thing as a direct proof that his shopper was utilizing medication within the current days. from whom he purchased a revolver.
“Hunter has not requested anybody to apologize or forgive him for his errors,” he mentioned.
Throughout the course of, Joe Biden didn’t attend courtroom, however the first woman, Jill Biden, was current final Monday the third throughout jury choice and likewise yesterday, together with Hunter’s spouse, Melissa Cohen-Biden, and her sister Ashley.
Hunter is the son of the president’s first spouse, the late Neilia Biden, and is accused of mendacity in October 2018 when he didn’t acknowledge that he used medication on a type to buy a .38-caliber Colt Cobra revolver, which he then saved for 11 days.
Lowell indicated to the courtroom yesterday that his shopper wouldn’t testify and the choose instructed the jurors to not take this absence of statements into consideration in opposition to him.
As reported by the NBC community, the lawyer completed his argument by studying a passage from Hunter Biden’s e book during which the accused acknowledges that remembering that episode of his life causes him “emotions of disgrace and guilt.”
Prosecutor Leo Smart mentioned the proof offered all through the trial reveals that Hunter “knew he used medication.”
“Nobody is above the legislation,” he added, emphasizing that it has been confirmed that Hunter violated the legislation when he denied that he used medication.
It’s the first time within the historical past of the US that the son of an energetic president faces a trial that, on this case, might have an effect on Joe Biden’s marketing campaign within the presidential elections on November 5 for the reason that Republicans, particularly the previous president Donald Trump (2017-2021), is often used as a weapon in opposition to him.
In a press release, the Democratic president famous final week that as president he wouldn’t touch upon pending federal instances, however that as a father he had “limitless love” for his son, “belief in him and respect for his energy,” though the Friday dominated out pardoning him if he’s convicted.
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2024-06-25 12:02:26
