On the 1st day of #testimony in #HunterBiden’s federal #gun trial, #jurors heard his audio of his memoir, where he recounted his #drug use in graphic detail. A federal prosecutor told jurors “no one is above the #law,” & defense said the he did not “knowingly” lie when filling out forms to purchase a weapon.
The #gun counts #HunterBiden faces are rarely stand-alone charges. Usually such violations are attached to ≥1 other alleged #crime, e.g. armed robbery.
Oct 2022 - Mar 2023, federal prosecutors filed 3,863 cases in which the #unlawful possession of a #firearm was the lead charge, per Syracuse’s TRAC database.
In 130 of those cases, or ~3%, the lead unlawful possession charge was related to making a false stmnt to acquire the weapon. The amt of false stmnts + drug use is likely even lower.