Hunter Biden's fate is now in the hands of the jury in his federal gun trial. Deliberations began around 3:30pm Monday after closing arguments ended at the courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware and Judge Maryellen Noreika read out instructions for the jury, NBC News reports. Biden is accused of lying about his drug use on a federal form and illegally owning a gun in October 2018. Jurors deliberated for around an hour without reaching a verdict. They will return Tuesday morning.
- "No one is above the law," prosecutor Leo Wise said in closing arguments, per the BBC. He said that the evidence against Biden was "overwhelming" and that jurors should not be swayed by the presence of Biden relatives, including first lady Jill Biden. "People sitting in the gallery are not evidence," he said.
- Another prosecutor, Derek Hines, said if evidence doesn't show Biden was a crack addict when he bought the gun, then "no one is a crack addict," reports the Washington Post.
- Abbe Lowell, Hunter Biden's, lead attorney, said the prosecution's arguments were based on "conjecture," NBC reports. He noted that the question on the gun form asked "are you" a drug user, not "have you" used drugs. He said Biden answered "no" because he was working on getting sober.