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- Hunter Biden was doomed to lose his criminal gun trial.
- He's laid the groundwork for appeals, arguing he's charged only because he's the president's son.
- Experts told Business Insider before the verdict that he may have a point.
For all the drama, the trial against Hunter Biden was always pretty simple.
When the president's son bought a .38 mm Colt Cobra handgun on October 12, 2018, he was required to fill out a government form that asked whether he was "an unlawful user of, or addicted to" a "controlled substance."
He marked "no" on the form and then paid $900 in cash.