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1 Hunter Biden Found Guilty On All Counts
After only a total of three hours of deliberations, the jury returned a verdict of guilty yesterday in the federal gun trial of Hunter Biden. Hunter was found guilty on all three felony charges connected to a revoler he purchased in 2018 when he lied on a mandatory gun form by saying he wasn’t illegally using or addicted to drugs. Shortly after the verdict was announced, President Joe Biden issued a statement saying he would accept the decision of the jury and “continue to respect the judicial process as Hunter considers an appeal.” The president also said in his statement that he and First Lady Jill Biden are both proud of their son and will always be there for him. Two of the jurors spoke to news outlets after court was adjourned, and both made it clear that politics played no part in the jury’s decision. Attention now turns to sentencing, with Hunter facing up to 25-years in prison and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines. It’ll be up to the judge to determine his sentence, but most experts don’t think Biden will receive the maximum sentence. Hunter Biden’s time in court isn’t over with his conviction; another trial is scheduled to begin in September on charges of failing to pay $1.4-million in taxes.
2 Eight Suspected Terrorists With ISIS Ties Arrested In US
It was announced yesterday that law enforcement arrested eight men over the weekend with possible terrorist ties. The men were arrested in New York, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles by personnel with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. One aspect of the arrests that’s garnering a lot of attention is the fact that all eight men crossed into the US at the southern border, and their criminal background checks reportedly came back clean when they crossed as early as spring of last year. The men were arrested on immigration charges and now face removal proceedings with an immigration judge.
3 Biden Administration Set To Remove Medical Debt From Credit Reports
As promised by the White House, a proposal has been put forward to erase medical debt from credit reports. Rohit Chopra, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said when announcing the proposal yesterday that the idea is no longer to “unjustly punish people for getting sick.” Chopra said in press interviews after the announcement that the move wouldn’t lead to more people refusing to pay their medical bills. Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion, the three largest credit agencies, stopped including some medical debt on credit reports last year.