headquarters in new york city. 2:56. that s the length of the deliberation by hunter biden s jury to convict him on all three felony counts, tied to lying on a federal form about his drug use in order to get a gun. any moment now, special counsel david weiss will speak about the verdict and we will have that for you live. now, the question facing the president s son, the same one facing joe biden s political opponent, donald trump. will he be sentenced to time behind bars? and the other big question what will president biden say about all of this? although he released a written statement saying he accepts the outcome of the case, the president will have his first chance to respond on camera later this hour, when he talks about gun safety in washington, d.c. big picture, this has been a trial defined not just by the law but by what it says about the criminal justice system and what it says about the biden family and close friends. as many as 15 supporters showing up on any g
it s noon eastern. i m ana cabrera in for andrea mitchell. breaking news from the hunter biden trial. the jury in the hunter biden felony gun trial has reached a guilty verdict on all three counts after nearly three hours of deliberations. this is the first trial of a child of a sitting president in u.s. history. president biden s son now facing potential jail time. he has no prior criminal history. he did not commit a crime with a gun, which prosecutors say he purchased illegally when he allegedly lied about not being an addict. notably, four members of the jury have close friends or family who have struggled with drug and alcohol addiction. again, unanimous guilty verdict. joining us now, nbc justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. we just got a statement from president biden. fill us in. reporter: that s right. president biden has reiterated some of what he said during the trial. i want to read the statement. as i said last week, i am the president, but also
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in 2023. our correspondent been following proceedings in delaware. the first opening statement was from federal prosecutor derek heinz. he set out to penetrate hunter biden as a self confessed habitual crack cocaine addict who lied in order to purchase a handgun in delaware in 2018. the prosecution alleges that hunter biden knowingly misled when he declared he wasn t a drug abuser, and the prosecution says that he clearly knew at the time that he was. mr hynes stirred the court, the jury, and started his statement, making a clear reference to the fact that the person they had to hear these allegations about was the son of the us president. he said that nobody was above the law, it doesn t matter who you are or what your name is. now, behind hunter biden for the second day, key members of the biden family in the public benches. among them, his stepmother, the first lady, jill biden, who is very close to hunter, sitting just a metre behind him. the family were talking to each o
in 2023. our correspondent been following proceedings in delaware. the first opening statement was from federal prosecutor derek heinz. he set out to penetrate hunter biden as a self confessed habitual crack cocaine addict who lied in order to purchase a handgun in delaware in 2018. the prosecution alleges that hunter biden knowingly misled when he declared he wasn t a drug abuser, and the prosecution says that he clearly knew at the time that he was. mr hynes stirred the court, the jury, and started his statement, making a clear reference to the fact that the person they had to hear these allegations about was the son of the us president. he said that nobody was above the law, it doesn t matter who you are or what your name is. now, behind hunter biden for the second day, key members of the biden