FBI Doc Raises More Questions About Hunter Biden Gun Case and What the Secret Service Has Said

The Secret Service has denied in the past that they had any involvement in the Hunter Biden gun case which took place in 2018 when Biden was not a protectee of the Secret Service.

But now, new questions are being raised based on a filing from special counsel David Weiss pertaining to the FBI interview with Ron Palmieri, the owner of StarQuest Shooters, the store from which Hunter bought his gun. Palmieri was interviewed by the FBI last week. He said that Hunter Biden bought the gun on Oct. 12, 2018.

Palmieri said that because his father, Joe Biden wasn't a "gun supporter," he wanted to get him out of the store as fast as he could because he thought he could be bad for business.

Then 12 days later, Palmieri said that the Delaware State Police and Secret Service separately came into the store, asking about the paperwork Hunter filled out during the gun transaction. Palmieri said, “They said the firearm was involved in a case of some kind and they wanted to expedite the trace process and get access to the Form 4473.” He said that “both agencies asked the same questions and it appeared they were not aware of each other’s investigations.”

But that sounded hinky to Palmieri so he asked someone at the ATF, Special Agent Jason Reisch, who advised him "not to turn the original Form 4473 over to anyone" and to only turn it over if he felt he had to, according to the FBI document. He eventually turned over the paperwork to the ATF.

The alleged visits to the gun store by the Delaware State Police and the Secret Service were the day after the gun went missing. Hunter also made a reference to the Secret Service in a text message found on his laptop when he was talking about how his then-girlfriend, his dead brother's wife Hallie, got rid of the gun.

“She stole the gun out of my trunk lock box and threw it in a garbage can full to the top at Jansens [sic]. Then told me it was my problem to deal with,” Hunter wrote, referring to a high-end grocery store in Wilmington.
“Then when the police the FBI the secret service came on the scene she said she took it from me because she was scared I would harm myself due to my drug and alcohol problem and our volatile relationship and that she was afraid for the kids,” he added.

We also wrote about a Politico report back in March 2021, noting the following reference to the Secret Service in their sourcing.

Secret Service agents approached the owner of the store where Hunter bought the gun and asked to take the paperwork involving the sale, according to two people, one of whom has firsthand knowledge of the episode and the other was briefed by a Secret Service agent after the fact.

Yet, the Secret Service has issued a new statement saying they stand by their prior statement that they had no involvement. “There is no change in our statement,” Anthony Guglielmi, chief of communications for the US Secret Service, said. He said, “We were aware of the claims made at that time but could not find any information to independently corroborate them” and that the Biden family were not protectees "at the time."

So then why was Hunter talking about them? And even if you think perhaps he was impaired, then why did the store owner say that? Were Secret Service agents helping him unofficially off the books? And/or if it isn't the Secret Service, then who was it questioning this store owner claiming to be the Secret Service? Why was a Secret Service agent briefing someone after that fact, if that 2021 report is correct? This raises more questions about what was going on here.

Hunter is supposed to face trial over charges related to the gun starting on June 3.

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