WHAT THE HUNTER BIDEN CONVICTION DOES AND DOES NOT MEAN. The Wilmington, Delaware, trial of Hunter Biden on federal gun charges ended in the least surprising way possible: conviction on all counts. Even though there had been some fanciful talk about the possibility of jury nullification in Biden Country, the jurors quickly found the younger Biden guilty.

Unlike the recent business records case against former President Donald Trump, the charges against Biden, that he lied on federal forms when purchasing a pistol in 2018, were simple and easy to understand. If you want, you can argue that the case should not have been brought or that the charges should have been reduced, but there seemed zero doubt that Biden was guilty unless you believe that a raving crack addict miraculously got sober just long enough to affirm truthfully that he was not on drugs when purchasing a firearm, only to resume being a raving crack addict immediately.