A juror in Hunter Biden’s gun trial told ABC News that he didn’t know who Hunter Biden was before the trial began and that his proximity to power made no difference to them.
“Everyone is human, and everyone makes mistakes,” the juror said, “and those mistakes can have serious consequences, not just for themselves, but for everyone else.”
The juror, whose father was shot to death as a child, said prosecutors successfully proved Hunter Biden’s drug use around the time he bought the gun was “too close to the time for him to be considered neither a user nor an addict.”
“There was too much of a pattern that showed the guns were being used when they were purchased,” the juror said.
One juror in Hunter Biden’s gun case told ABC News that “politics never came into play” in the deliberations and that the verdict was “absolutely not politically motivated.”
Jurors said it “wasn’t that difficult” to reach a verdict, but noted that the 12-person jury had to overcome a 6-6 vote when deliberations began yesterday afternoon.
He said the jury returned this morning and deliberated further, deciding the prosecution had met its burden of proof.
“If you’re an addict, you’re an addict,” he said.
Jurors said their conviction was determined by evidence showing Hunter Biden was at a 7-Eleven convenience store days before the gun purchase — a place he repeatedly said in his memoir and text messages to have bought drugs.
A senior official briefed on the matter told ABC News that the Secret Service has not yet begun planning for a possible prison sentence for Hunter Biden, with discussions with the Bureau of Prisons still to begin.
As the president’s son, Hunter Biden has Secret Service protection, but can opt out of that protection if he chooses.
At present, he remains under the protection of the USSS, and as long as his father is president, that protection will continue even in prison, unless he waives his privileges.
If convicted, he could face up to 25 years in prison, but legal experts believe he will not face prison time because it is a first-time, non-violent offender.
– Josh Margolin for ABC News
President Joe Biden’s schedule has been updated to include a trip to Wilmington, Delaware on Tuesday afternoon.
The president had initially planned to remain in Washington, D.C., but will instead fly to Wilmington, where he has a home and where his son’s trial has just finished.
