First, Special Counsel david weiss, much criticized for his handling of the Hunter Biden Case, now kind of slips in under the wire here before the time runs out accusing the president s Son Of Illegal Gun Procurement given that he was on drugs at the time. These charges could hold a hefty maximum jail time, a first time offender. The max would be 25 years in jail. Hunters lawyers claim the agreement that could have kept him out of prison, they say it should still stand and no doubt they will continue to argue that. Weve got all of this Breaking News ahead. Were going to take to bill mcgurn of the Wall Street Journal, Andy Mccarthy is here and clay travis and Matt Whitaker. First to david spunt who has been Breaking News on this all afternoon. Lets go back to him for the latest. Good afternoon, martha. We knew this indictment was coming soon because Special Counsel david weiss office said in a filing a couple weeks ago they intended to indict before september 29. We didnt know it would
We are back following the Breaking News. President bidens son hunter indicted on federal gun charges today. Special counsel david weiss recently elevated to that role, brought this case tied to a 2018 firearm purchase, and were expecting the president to speak at any moment. That was previously scheduled. As he becomes the first sitting president to have his child indicted by the Justice Department, but thats not the only reason this is extraordinary. A few months ago this gun case was literally minutes away from being resolved, but the plea deal collapsed in court in front of a judge before questions from a judge, and this could mean a hunter biden trial in the middle of his fathers president ial election bid. Evan, walk us through the charges here and how this fiveyear investigation and lets reiterate five years got to this point. Reporter right, well, we have now the president s son, hunter biden has been charged with three counts. One of them relates to lying on the form back in 20