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Washington (AFP) - A US federal judge on Wednesday set June 3 as the tentative date for the start of the trial of President Joe Biden's son Hunter on charges of illegal gun possession. District Judge Maryellen Noreika, in a court filing, set aside the weeks of June 3 and June 10 for a jury trial in Wilmington, Delaware, for the 54-year-old Hunter Biden. In October Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to the gun charges. He also faces tax evasion charges in California. The judge in that case has said he is aiming for a trial to begin on June 20. Hunter Biden faces three felony charges stemming from ...
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New York (AFP) - A jury in New York found former NRA gun lobby chief Wayne LaPierre liable Friday for corruptly mismanaging the organization. Lapierre and a senior executive of the National Rifle Association must pay a penalty of $6.35 million "for years of corruption and greed," said state attorney general Letitia James. LaPierre, facing a civil trial where he was accused of using the National Rifle Association as a personal piggy bank, was found by the jury to have cost the organization $5.4 million because of his misconduct -- although he has since repaid $1 million of that. LaPierre said ...
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New York (AFP) - A jury in New York found former NRA gun lobby chief Wayne LaPierre liable Friday for corruptly mismanaging the organization, US media reported. LaPierre, who faced a civil trial where he was accused of using the National Rifle Association as a "personal piggy bank," was also found by the jury to have cost the organization $5.4 million because of his misconduct -- although he has since repaid $1 million of that. LaPierre said in January he would step down as president of the NRA, citing unspecified health reasons. New York state attorney general Letitia James brought a lawsuit...
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Houston (AFP) - A damning Justice Department report on Thursday cited "critical failures" by Texas law enforcement who waited until 21 people had been killed by a mass shooter at a school before finally intervening. Nineteen young children and two teachers were killed when a teenage gunman went on a rampage at Uvalde's Robb Elementary School in May 2022 in America's worst school shooting in a decade. Police eventually shot and killed the attacker. Investigators "identified several critical failures," the report said, and "the most significant failure was that the responding officers should hav...
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New York (AFP) - The outgoing leader of the divisive US gun lobby, the NRA, is facing allegations he misappropriated funds from the organization and ran it as his personal fiefdom. Wayne LaPierre went on trial in New York on Monday accused of using the NRA as a "personal piggy bank." The case is expected to last several days. He said last week he would step down as president of the National Rifle Association, citing unspecified health reasons. "LaPierre and NRA senior management misappropriated millions of dollars to fund personal benefits, including private jets, expensive meals, and even fam...
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Washington (AFP) - Wayne LaPierre, the longtime head of the National Rifle Association (NRA), announced on Friday that he is resigning as leader of the US gun lobby, just days before the start of his corruption trial. The 74-year-old LaPierre cited unspecified health reasons for his decision to step down from January 31 as chief executive of the NRA. "I've been a card-carrying member of this organization for most of my adult life, and I will never stop supporting the NRA and its fight to defend Second Amendment freedom," he said in a statement, referring to the right to "keep and bear arms." "...
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Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court agreed on Friday to consider the legality of a federal ban on "bump stocks," an accessory that converts a semi-automatic weapon into a rapid-fire machine gun. The ban on bump stocks was imposed under then-president Donald Trump following the October 2017 mass shooting at an open-air concert in Las Vegas. The devices were used by the gunman on at least a dozen of the rifles he wielded to kill 60 people and wound more than 400 in the deadliest mass shooting in recent US history. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) prohibited the p...
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Wilmington (United States) (AFP) - Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty Tuesday to an illegal gun possession charge, marking the latest chapter in his troubled life just as his father President Joe Biden accelerates his campaign for reelection next year. Hunter Biden, 53, entered the federal court in his family hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, without speaking to waiting reporters. He entered a not guilty plea to three felony charges stemming from his purchase of a .38-caliber Colt Cobra revolver in 2018 when, by his own admission, he was heavily addicted to drugs and barely in control of his life...
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Washington (AFP) - US Vice President Kamala Harris took on a new role Friday fighting gun violence, a job likely to give her more visibility ahead of the 2024 election. The 58-year-old Democrat will head up the new White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, which will provide coordination on the issue but largely lacks any kind of enforceable power to tackle the scourge in a country that has more firearms than people. "We know true freedom is not possible if people are not safe," Harris said in a statement announcing the new office. "We do not have a moment to spare nor a life to spare" ...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden's son Hunter will plead not guilty to charges of illegally buying a gun when he was using drugs, his lawyer said Tuesday. Hunter Biden, 53, was charged last week with two counts of making false statements when claiming on forms required for a 2018 gun purchase that he was not using drugs illegally at the time. On Tuesday, Hunter Biden's lawyer, Abbe David Lowell, asked the judge presiding over the case in the eastern state of Delaware to hold the first court appearance by video conference instead of requiring his client to attend in person. Hunter Bide...
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