Hunter Biden will continue to receive Secret Service protection despite his conviction for falsely obtaining a firearm while still struggling with drug addiction.
“Hunter Biden’s Secret Service protection will remain unchanged despite this week’s judicial outcome,” U.S. Secret Service Chief of Communications Anthony Guglielmi said to Newsweek.
The Secret Service is officially responsible for safeguarding the children of current presidents until they reach the age of 16, although in practice, the agency often extends protection beyond this age.
“Hunter Biden, whose codename is ‘Captain,’ was provided Secret Service detail during his trial and is expected to return to the courthouse with personnel at his sentencing hearing. A date has not yet been set for the hearing but sentencing typically takes 120 days after a conviction. Hunter Biden has received protection since his father assumed office,” Newsweek reported.
“Secret Service was also present at the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump earlier this year. But while Trump is entitled to lifetime protection as the former commander-in-chief, Hunter Biden could lose his detail if his father loses November’s election,” it said.
Hunter Biden could potentially be sentenced to 25 years in prison, but given that he is a first-time offender, it is unlikely that he would receive such a harsh sentence.
It’s possible that he may not have to serve any time behind bars.
“In all reality, and not because his last name is Biden — simply because anybody convicted of this kind of crime would probably get probation and a fine — that’s probably what he’ll get as well,” legal analyst Sara Azari said to NewsNation. “He’s not being treated above the law or any differently.”
During Hunter Biden’s trial, a juror revealed that the critical evidence leading to his conviction was a set of incriminating text messages exchanged between Hunter and his sister-in-law.
According to the juror who spoke to the New York Post, the messages between Hunter and Hallie Biden, the late Beau Biden’s wife with whom Hunter had a relationship, played a significant role in demonstrating Hunter’s mental state and circumstances at the time he purchased the firearm.
“[The text messages showed], in my opinion, he was training to get drugs,” said a juror whom the outlet described as a black 51-year-old woman from upper Delaware.
During the trial, Hallie Biden testified that she was shown a text message from October 13, 2018, the day after Hunter Biden bought the gun.
The text suggested that he was waiting for a crack dealer named Mookie while sitting in a car.
Hallie stated that she believed “that he was buying crack cocaine.”
Another text from Hunter the next day mentioned smoking crack and sleeping in a car.
Hunter Biden “looks kind of defeated. He looks kind of helpless to me,” the juror said. “I think he just needs to get away somewhere and get some real rehab if he hasn’t. Hopefully, he’s still not using.”
The Post revealed that despite the swift verdict reached on Tuesday, Monday had felt quite different following an informal vote, as per a fellow juror.
It was noted that five jurors had changed their minds overnight.
Additionally, The Post highlighted that the last juror had been uncertain about Hunter’s crack use at the time of the gun purchase but re-evaluated the evidence and determined that he had indeed been using it.
A juror from the upper Delaware area mentioned that the group had “worked together really well.”.
“I was expecting all of us to be at each other’s throats, you know, because of who his father is and how the political climate is in this country,” she said.
Juror 10 told CNN on Tuesday that the deliberations were not influenced by Joe Biden and his family.
He emphasized that the jury concentrated on the evidence and did not consider Hunter Biden’s family or personal life.
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And yet Joe-tato DENIED Secret Service protection to Robert Kennedy!
I don’t mind Secret Service protection for Hunter and for RFK, Jr. for that matter. Am a card carrying Republican and any “stuff” that could happen to either of them would create a “really bad stress” that the country would have to deal with and be hard on us all. I was a kid when JFK and RFK were assassinated and it really brought a lot of sadness to the U.S. I was in 1st grade when JFK died not understanding the ramifications initially but aware of the Lincoln assassination nearly 100 years before from the older neighbor kids with reproduction “wanted posters” of Booth and his gang .
MLK and RFK died when I was in the 6th grade and I had a little more understanding of what was going on. Very saddened by it all at the time even as a kid in Republican territory at the time. Let the politicians run for office and let the election decide what’s next. That’s what this country is based upon. Peaceful transfer of power that took the world to realize for I think a few millennia works pretty good. Am a fan of the Secret Service when they protect the folks they were designated to protect.