fifth. now, comfort looks good. hi marla signs at the white house, and this is cnn hello, everyone. thanks for joining me. i m alison chemla radha in for frederico good field hunter biden, the president s son tomorrow morning becomes the first adult child of a sitting president to stand trial. he is due in a delaware courtroom to face federal gun charges which could potentially land him in jail. cnn s marshall cohen is covering mistrial. so marshall tell us what we should expect tomorrow and beyond in this trial? hey, alice and good afternoon. it all kicks off tomorrow morning in wilmington, delaware. that s where hunter biden has been indicted on three felony gun charges. it all goes back to a gun that he purchased in 2018, a revolver that he had in his possession for about a week-and-a-half. he is charged with three felonies. the first two are for allegedly lying on federal gun form when he bought the gun. the third charge is for allegedly possessing it unlawfully. it
communications. and that the president is still focused on the work at hand. nelson. okay. if are still alvarez. thank you very much. let s discuss more with former federal prosecutor, nima reihan, nima, thanks so much for being here. so how serious are these charges? allison? they re very serious. we re talking about federal gun charges and lying on those atf forms. now, of course, we know that he s facing a potential 25 year sentence in federal prison, but no one gets near the statutory max, but there is a real possibility of prison time. judged, nor rica is a no nonsense but she hasn t been on the bench that long. but judging by her previous criminal sentences, there s that real possibility that if and when hunter biden is convicted, there is some prison time even though logistically that would be a nightmare because of course, she s entitled to secret service protection section are you maybe just heard our reporter, marshall cohen, outline some of the evidence that the prosecutio