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Biden admin mulling sending masks to every American: WH chief of staff
The administration of President Joe Biden is exploring the idea of sending face masks directly to every American after former President Donald Trump last year ditched a similar idea.
“We want to get this back on track,” White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain told NBC News anchor Lester Holt on Thursday. “We’re looking at what can be done to quickly do this with the mask supplies that we have. I hope in the next few days or next week, we can perhaps announce some progress on this.”
This news follows Biden signing executive orders on his first day as president mandating mask-wearing inside and on federal property. Biden has asked Americans in his first 100 days to wear masks in order to combat the spread of COVID-19 amid the slow but accelerating rollout of vaccines.
“This is part, overall, of a plan to try to get every American masked up in these first 100 days,” Klain added. “We’re going to do everything we can to make masks more available to people, to increase the supply of masks and, of course, get people to wear those masks.”
NBC News first reported early Thursday morning that Biden’s COVID-19 Response Team is considering shipping masks to every single American. The Trump administration last year scrapped a similar plan, according to the news outlet, opting rather to send masks to nonprofit organizations and states.
On Thursday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that “no decision has been made” on the idea and did not provide a cost estimate for the scheme. “Obviously, it would depend on how many people would be sent a mask,” she added.
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In a significant development, Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, was indicted on Thursday on federal gun charges as part of Special Counsel David Weiss’ ongoing investigation. The indictment alleges that Hunter Biden made false statements during the purchase of a firearm, among other charges.
The charges against Hunter Biden include:
• Making a false statement in the purchase of a firearm
• Making a false statement related to information required to be kept by a federal firearms licensed dealer
•Possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance
According to the indictment, the alleged incident occurred on or about October 12, 2018, in the District of Delaware. Hunter Biden is accused of knowingly making a false and fictitious written statement during the acquisition of a Colt Cobra 38SPL Revolver. According to reports from Fox News, the statement, submitted on Form 4473, falsely certified that he was not an unlawful user of, and addicted to, any stimulant, narcotic drug, or controlled substance.
Furthermore, the indictment further states that between October 12, 2018, and October 23, 2018, in the District of Delaware, Hunter Biden knowingly possessed the same firearm despite being an unlawful user of and addicted to controlled substances. This marks the first set of charges brought by Special Counsel David Weiss against Hunter Biden since being granted special counsel status.
The investigation came to public attention when it was reported by Fox News in 2021 that police had responded to an incident in 2018 involving a gun owned by Hunter Biden.
Reports state that, Hallie Biden, the widow of President Biden’s late son, Beau, who was in a relationship with Hunter at the time, discarded the gun. Hunter’s gun was thrown away in a dumpster near a market, located close to a school. It was subsequently revealed that Hunter Biden had purchased a gun earlier that same month.
Hunter Biden’s legal troubles do not end with the gun charges. Earlier in July, an original plea agreement collapsed, which would have seen him plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax counts for willful failure to pay federal income tax, thus avoiding jail time on a felony gun charge. Instead, he pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and one felony gun charge.
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed David Weiss as special counsel to oversee the Hunter Biden investigation and related matters. The White House has declined to comment on these developments, which continue to draw significant public and media attention.
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