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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Claudia Lauer,Michael Kunzelman,Colleen Long and Randall Chase

Hunter Biden's federal firearms case is opening after the jury is chosen

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Lawyers will make their opening statements Tuesday in the federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter after a jury was seated for the trial while the first lady watched from the courtroom and the president sent a message of support.

Hunter Biden has been charged with three felonies stemming from a 2018 firearm purchase when he was, according to his memoir, in the throes of a crack addiction. He has been accused of lying to a federally licensed gun dealer, making a false claim on the application by saying he was not a drug user and illegally having the gun for 11 days.

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