Hunter Biden’s Attorney License Suspended in Illegal Weapons Acquisition Case
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals announced that US President Joe Biden’s last Hunter Biden’s legal license was suspended due to the crime of illegally acquiring a gun. The decision means that the lawyer license of Hunter Biden, who was found guilty of purchasing a gun during his drug addiction, was temporarily revoked.
“The defendant is immediately suspended from practicing law in the District of Columbia,” Chief Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby said in a statement. Hunter Biden was found guilty by a federal jury in Delaware on federal weapons charges, which resulted in his license to practice law being suspended.
Hunter Biden’s Accusations and Decision Process
In 2018, Hunter Biden was accused of illegally obtaining a firearm while he was addicted to drugs and violating federal laws by falsely stating whether he purchased a gun while using drugs. Biden, who was found guilty as a result of the investigation conducted by special prosecutor David Weiss, denied the accusations against him.
At the decision hearing held in the court in the state of Delaware, it was stated that Hunter Biden could be sentenced to up to 25 years in prison, while the way the crime was committed and other factors brought up the possibility of the sentence being reduced .
Hunter Biden’s Status and Implications
Hunter Biden’s trial marked the first time in US history that a president’s last faced such charges. The impact of this situation on his father Joe Biden’s political career and the presidential elections to be held on November 5 has been a matter of curiosity.
With the suspension of Hunter Biden’s legal license, developments in the process of his suspension from the legal profession are being closely followed.
