Jurors who found Hunter Biden guilty of three federal firearms charges revealed they were initially divided over the verdict.
Juror 10 spoke to CNN anonymously and described how only six wanted to find the president’s son guilty when they took the first vote Monday night.
The remaining half wanted to find him innocent of lying about his crack addiction when he bought a Colt Cobra revolver in 2018.
When the jury returned Tuesday morning, the first vote was 11-1, with the majority wanting a guilty verdict after just three hours of deliberations.
The three jurors who spoke to the network said they had no choice but to make Hunter a convicted felon because of the evidence.
Jurors who found Hunter Biden guilty of three federal firearms charges revealed they were initially divided over the verdict.
They believed prosecutors had argued their case beyond a reasonable doubt, but Juror 10 said they do not believe the president’s 54-year-old son deserves prison time for the crimes.
‘I can’t… speak for everyone. But I can speak for myself and it was very sad,” he said.
“That he has been convicted of these crimes and that his life has turned out the way it did.”
The male juror also revealed that he did not know that Beau Biden’s widow, Hallie, also became addicted to crack cocaine while dating Hunter.
The anonymous juror added that she thought it was difficult to watch Naomi testify about her father.
“President Biden never came into play for me because his name only came up once during the trial, and that’s when it hit me a little bit, like, oh wow, this is the sitting president’s son who’s on trial.” . he added.
“So, yeah, it was a little difficult to know what the trial is about now.” But you kind of get it out of your head.
The anonymous juror added that he found it difficult to watch Naomi testify about her father.
Hunter Biden was found guilty on three counts of lying about his crack addiction when he bought this gun
The panel of 12 men and women was selected last Monday to hear the three-felony case brought against the adult son of the current president of the United States.
It took them only three hours to find Hunter guilty on all three charges.
Hunter now faces up to 25 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, although the typical sentence is much lower, especially for first-time offenders.
