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Hunter Biden is also charged with lying on a form when he allegedly bought the gun. | Mark Makela/Getty Images
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<p class="story-meta__authors">By <span class="vcard"><a href="https://www.politico.com/staff/betsy-woodruff-swan" target="_top">Betsy Woodruff Swan</a></span></p><p class="story-meta__timestamp">
<time datetime="2023-09-14 13:33:10">09/14/2023 01:33 PM EDT</time>
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<p class="story-text__paragraph ">President Joe Biden’s son is under indictment.</p>
<p class="story-text__paragraph ">On Thursday, a Delaware grand jury charged Hunter Biden with illegally owning a gun as a drug user. He is also charged with lying on a form when he allegedly bought the gun.</p>
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<p class="story-text__paragraph ">Thursday’s move is a major escalation in the Justice Department’s probe of Hunter Biden, heightening both his legal jeopardy and his father’s political peril. The courtroom fight will play out in tandem with a Republican impeachment inquiry into the president that is scrutinizing his son’s business dealings.<br></p>


A Delaware grand jury charged the president's son with illegally owning a gun as a drug user.{ai:summary}<p>Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, is indicted for illegally owning a gun as a drug user and lying on a form during the gun purchase. This intensifies the Justice Department's investigation into Hunter Biden and adds to his father's political troubles. #crime</p>

Hunter Biden indicted on gun charges

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