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Erin Burnett OutFront

DOJ charges Hunter Biden

Erin Burnett OutFront

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4.4706 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, is now facing three criminal gun charges in the first criminal prosecution of a sitting president’s child in history. Plus, former President Trump reveals for the first time that he will consider pardoning himself if he wins the White House. Also, CNN is on the ground in Libya amid devastating flooding which has killed 5,000 people with thousands more missing.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Out front next, indicted. President Biden's son now facing three federal gun charges. It is the first

0:08.5

criminal prosecution of a president's child in history. Hunter Biden's attorney is my exclusive guest.

0:14.9

Plus breaking news, former President Trump tonight revealing for the first time, he'll consider

0:18.9

pardoning himself if he wins the white house

0:21.0

as he now faces a total of 91 charges across four criminal cases an under fire heart-stopping

0:27.8

video tonight our melissa bell forced to suddenly hit the ground while reporting she is on the

0:33.1

front lines in ukraine you'll see this incredible story first First, right here. Let's go out front.

0:40.1

And good evening. I'm Aaron Burnett. Outfront tonight, exclusive. Hunter Biden's attorney is my

0:45.2

guest, and I'll be speaking with him in just a moment, about the three federal gun charges

0:49.5

against the president's son. This is the first time in American history that the Justice

0:53.8

Department has

0:54.6

filed charges against the son of a sitting president. And I want to begin by laying out exactly

0:59.6

what these history-making charges are. When purchasing a gun in 2018, Hunter Biden lied on a federal

1:05.3

form and swore that he was not using and was not addicted to any illegal drugs. That was untrue. He has since admitted

1:13.0

that he was struggling with crack cocaine addiction at that time. And so tonight he is charged with

1:17.7

three crimes, two counts for false statements and a third for possessing a gun while addicted

1:23.7

to drugs. Now, if convicted on all counts, Hunter Biden could theoretically face as many as

1:29.6

25 years in prison and fines of up to three quarters of a million dollars. Now, let's just be clear here,

1:35.1

the charges could be on shaky legal ground. Why? Well, the gun possession law that Biden is accused

1:40.5

of breaking, for one, was declared unconstitutional by an appeals court ruling in

1:45.9

August. And as for the charges themselves, overall, they are a huge about face because they come

1:51.5

after the DOJ had announced a plea deal with Hunter Biden. And in that deal, Biden was going to plead

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