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Hunter Biden has been charged with three federal counts of firearm offences as prosecutors renew their legal challenge to the son of US president Joe Biden.
The indictment filed in Delaware federal court on Thursday charges Hunter Biden with false statements related to the purchase of a firearm and the information required for these transaction, as well as the possession of a firearm by an “unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance”.
David Weiss, the US attorney for Delaware, was appointed to oversee the criminal probe into Hunter Biden as special counsel. Lawyers representing Biden did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The indictment comes after a plea deal Hunter Biden had initially reached with federal prosecutors to resolve similar charges fell apart in July.
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