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🗓️ 12 June 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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0:00.0 | Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett and I'm Amin |
0:06.2 | of Oz on the news hour tonight. Hunter Biden is found guilty of all three |
0:11.0 | felony counts in his federal gun trial. |
0:13.0 | Hamas responds to the latest Israeli hostage deal proposal |
0:17.0 | as the humanitarian situation in Gaza worsens. |
0:21.0 | And a ballot measure in North Dakota seeks to block people over the age of 80 |
0:25.9 | from representing the state in Congress. There is a lot of wisdom that comes with age, |
0:30.8 | but of course there's a limit to where, you know, we all face a decline of some kind at some point, and so we wanted to try to find PBS News Hour. Another first in our country's history. The child |
0:55.7 | of a president was convicted today on three felony charges. Joined by |
1:00.0 | family and the first lady, Hunter Biden attended federal court in Delaware |
1:04.1 | to hear the jury hand down a guilty verdict in the trial around his illegal gun |
1:08.8 | possession. The jury found Hunter Biden guilty on two counts of making false statements regarding his drug use |
1:14.8 | when filling out paperwork to purchase a firearm and guilty on one count of illegal possession |
1:20.3 | of a about the verdict earlier today. Ultimately, this case was not just about addiction, a disease that haunts families across the United States, |
1:41.0 | including Hunter Biden's family. This case was about the illegal choices |
1:46.8 | defendant made while in the throes of addiction. No one in this country is above the law. |
1:52.0 | Everyone must be accountable. No one in this country is above the law. |
1:53.0 | Everyone must be accountable for their actions, even this defendant. |
1:58.0 | However, Hunter Biden should be no more accountable than any other citizen convicted of this same conduct. |
2:07.2 | Hunter Biden released a statement after the verdict saying, quote, I am more grateful today |
2:11.9 | for the love and support I experienced this last week from |
2:14.9 | Melissa, my family, my friends and my community, then I am disappointed by the outcome. |
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