First son Hunter Biden lost his felony gun case at three critical points, experts and jurors have claimed after the trial.

Biden made history on Tuesday, becoming the first son of a sitting president to be criminally convicted over three charges related to a 2018 gun purchase. He was convicted of lying on a federal form about his drug use to purchase a firearm, submitting a false statement into a federal record, and unlawfully possessing the firearm for 11 days. His conviction on these counts was decided at three pivotal junctures, according to those with their eyes fastened on the trial.

The collapse of Biden’s initial defenses

The defenses put forward by Biden’s defense attorney, Abbe Lowell, were “methodically dismantled” by the prosecution over two days, according to legal analyst Jonathan Turley, meaning Biden’s case may have been over shortly after it had begun.

“The nullification strategy did not work in the end. The implausibility seems to have overwhelmed the sympathy in the case,” he wrote in a post on X.

Rather than rebut the case overall, Biden’s defense sought a narrow jury nullification strategy, which quickly caved in in the face of overwhelming evidence.

The flimsiest part of the defense, according to the jurors, was that Biden was not using drugs when he purchased the gun.

“We all knew he was a drug addict,” Juror No. 10 reportedly told CNN after the trial. “In his mind, how could he not know he was an addict?”

When Hunter Biden’s daughter Naomi was brought up on the stand

Jurors speaking with the outlet expressed displeasure with the defense’s decision to bring Biden’s daughter Naomi, 30, to the witness stand in her father’s defense.

“I felt bad that they put Naomi on trial [as a] witness,” the same juror reportedly said. “I think that was probably a strategy that should not have been done. No daughter should ever have to testify against her dad.”

Another juror told the outlet that she felt “so sad” for her and found it difficult to listen to the testimony. Naomi Biden was seen wiping away tears during her time in court.

Though she testified that her father “seemed great” when she saw him around the time of the gun purchase, her testimony also appeared to offer the prosecution an opportunity in its case against him.

Evidence brought forward before the trial even began

The biggest issue that decided Hunter Biden’s fate was likely the overwhelming evidence brought against him before the trial even began, including damning text messages sent to Hallie Biden appearing to show that he was meeting a drug dealer around the time he owned the firearm.

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Several jurors said that although they didn’t want to convict Hunter Biden, not wanting to send him to prison, they felt they had no choice. The case came down to whether they believed the first son was addicted to drugs at the time he purchased the gun.

“All 12 jurors did agree that, yes, he knowingly bought a gun when he was an addict or he was addicted to drugs,” juror No. 10 reportedly said.