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Hunter Biden indicted on federal firearms charges in long-running probe weeks after plea deal failed

By Associated Press
Published: September 14, 2023, 10:54am

WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden was indicted Thursday on federal firearms charges, the latest and weightiest step yet in a long-running investigation into the president’s son.

Biden is accused of lying about his drug use when he bought a firearm in October 2018, a period when he has acknowledged struggling with addiction to crack cocaine, according to the indictment filed in federal court in Delaware.

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