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D.C. mayor likes tweet calling for National Guard withdrawal
Meghan McCain on Tuesday evening shared that the mayor of Washington, D.C. liked a tweet of hers after the U.S. Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump in which the co-host of ABC’s “The View” called for National Guard troops to withdraw from the city.
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Following a mob violently storming the U.S. Capitol on January 6, resulting in five deaths, over 25,000 National Guard troops were deployed to the nation’s capital in the lead-up to President Joe Biden‘s January 20 inauguration. While the troop presence has been scaling down since inauguration to about 6,000 as of Monday, they are set to remain in the city until possibly the autumn, Fox News reported.
The tweet from McCain, posted the day after Trump was acquitted on the single charge of “incitement of insurrection,” said: “Now that impeachment is done can DC stop having barbed wire fences and humvees around the capitol like this is a military base in Baghdad?”
Tensions surrounding Trump’s second impeachment trial sowed some worries about the potential for violence.
Then on Monday evening, the daughter of the late Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain shared a screenshot that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser liked her tweet, only using the eyes emoji.
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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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