it s noon eastern. i m ana cabrera in for andrea mitchell. breaking news from the hunter biden trial. the jury in the hunter biden felony gun trial has reached a guilty verdict on all three counts after nearly three hours of deliberations. this is the first trial of a child of a sitting president in u.s. history. president biden s son now facing potential jail time. he has no prior criminal history. he did not commit a crime with a gun, which prosecutors say he purchased illegally when he allegedly lied about not being an addict. notably, four members of the jury have close friends or family who have struggled with drug and alcohol addiction. again, unanimous guilty verdict. joining us now, nbc justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. we just got a statement from president biden. fill us in. reporter: that s right. president biden has reiterated some of what he said during the trial. i want to read the statement. as i said last week, i am the president, but also
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fine, but not before that, precisely because he is so denigrated what the department stands for that you would really feel like that has to be vindicated. andrew weizmann, neal katyal and jill wine-banks, thank you very much for joining our discussion tonight. you re welcome. thank you. coming up yell professor tim snyder who recently spent time with president zelenskyy will join us next on ukrainian presidents historic speech to congress. professor tim snyder is next. essor tim snyder is next (brent) people love subaru just because it stands for much more than just a car. (vo) through the share the love event, subaru retailers have supported over seventeen hundred hometown charities. (phil) have i witnessed and seen the impact of what we do? you bet i have.
denigrated what the department stands for that you would really feel like that has to be vindicated. andrew weizmann, neal katyal and jill wine-banks, thank you very much for joining our discussion tonight. you re welcome. thank you. coming up yell professor tim snyder who recently spent time with president zelenskyy will join us next on ukrainian presidents historic speech to congress. professor tim snyder is next.
of the big lie. at some point where does the justice department get involved in this? they ve been involved in the charges against protesters. they ve been involved in the criminal reference of steve bannon who refused to show up for this meeting. there are some people who want to hear from the attorney general himself on where the justice department stands against donald trump and his cronies and the events of january 6th. there has been some frustration that doj has not played a role. the fact that they charged steve bannon was fairly remarkable. look, they ve made clear that the charges against those who entered the capitol, the investigation of that, is the biggest in history of the justice department, the most complicated ever. even some of the judges are saying, well, you re focusing on the foot soldiers, you re not focusing on the generals or the people who orchestrated, ginned