EXCLUSIVE: 'You gotta get some help.' Listen to Joe Biden's tearful voicemail plea to Hunter revealing he knew his son was having a drug-fueled meltdown at the time he bought a gun - and lied about being a drug abuser on purchase form
- Joe Biden sounds close to tears as he begs Hunter to get help in a voicemail on October 15, 2018
- The timing of message reveals the president knew about his son's drug-fueled meltdown at the time he purchased a gun three days earlier on October 12
- Hunter, 52, lied about being a drug user when filling out a sworn gun purchase form at a Delaware store
- The First Son checked off that he was not a user of illegal drugs, but later admitted in his own memoir that he was a crack addict at the time
- Lying on gun forms is a felony, punishable by a maximum 10 years prison and a $250,000 fine
- 'It's Dad,' says Joe in the October 15 voicemail three days after the gun incident: 'You gotta get some help. I know you don't know what to do, I don't either'
- Comes after it was revealed Thursday that federal agents believe there is enough evidence to charge Hunter with tax crimes and lying on a firearms document
Joe Biden knew about Hunter's drug-fueled meltdown at the time his son bought a gun and lied about being a drug user on the sworn purchase form, a voicemail from the president to his son reveals.
Biden sounds close to tears in the voicemail left on Hunter's abandoned laptop on October 15 - three days after Hunter bought the gun and lied about being a drug addict - begging him to get help.
'It's Dad. I called to tell you I love you. I love you more than the whole world pal,' Joe said in the October 15 message. 'You gotta get some help. I know you don't know what to do, I don't either.'
On October 12, 2018 Hunter Biden bought a .38 caliber pistol from a Delaware gun store. About two weeks later his lover and brother's widow Hallie Biden found it 'unlocked' in his truck and threw it in a grocery store trash can. Its discovery sparked a police investigation.
The incident is reportedly one of the potential crimes that federal law enforcement have enough evidence on to charge the First Son, according to a Washington Post report Thursday.
Hunter wrote on the Firearm Transaction Record that he did not use unlawful drugs, but admitted in his memoir that he was a crack addict at the time. Lying on the federal form is a felony.
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Texts on Hunter's abandoned laptop reveal Joe Biden knew his son was having a meltdown at the time. The texts reveal how Joe was sucked into his son's torrid love life and became a punching bag for Hunter's drug-fueled rants
![In his memoir, Beautiful Things, Hunter admitted to his continued 'full-blown addiction' at the time of the gun incident ¿ and in doing so, appeared to admit to the felony of lying on the firearm form. A shocking photo obtained from Hunter's laptop shows his badly damaged and worn down teeth - also known as 'meth mouth' - as he sits in a dentist chair](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/14/19/41458432-11292765-In_his_memoir_Beautiful_Things_Hunter_admitted_to_his_continued_-a-65_1694716169928.jpg)
In his memoir, Beautiful Things, Hunter admitted to his continued 'full-blown addiction' at the time of the gun incident – and in doing so, appeared to admit to the felony of lying on the firearm form. A shocking photo obtained from Hunter's laptop shows his badly damaged and worn down teeth - also known as 'meth mouth' - as he sits in a dentist chair
![The FBI believes it has enough evidence to charge Hunter Biden with failure to declare income from his foreign business deals and a failure to declare he was a drug addict on a gun application](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/14/19/63308739-11292765-The_FBI_believes_it_has_enough_evidence_to_charge_Hunter_Biden_w-a-66_1694716170793.jpg)
The FBI believes it has enough evidence to charge Hunter Biden with failure to declare income from his foreign business deals and a failure to declare he was a drug addict on a gun application
The emotional voicemail, along with frantic texts between Hunter and Hallie on the laptop, could form part of the evidence prosecutors use to build their case, should they decide to prosecute Hunter for the alleged felony.
Emails, text messages, and photographs previously published by DailyMail.com are among a wealth of evidence that prosecutors could use at trial if Hunter Biden is charged with tax crimes and lying on gun purchase documents.
The FBI believes it has enough evidence to charge Hunter Biden with failure to declare income from his foreign business deals and a failure to declare he was a drug addict on a gun application.
Agents told the Post they assembled enough evidence for a criminal case against the First Son 'months ago' – and the decision to charge now lies with federal prosecutors.
The agents claim they have sufficient proof that Hunter failed to declare income from his overseas business dealings to the IRS.
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Hunter barely had the gun for a two weeks when a dangerous incident occurred. His lover and brother's widow Hallie Biden found it in his truck on October 23 and threw it in a trash can outside local grocery store Janssens, opposite a high school.
![Hunter argued about the incident with Hallie in panicked text messages in the following days. ¿The f***ing FBI Hallie. It¿s hard to believe anyone is that stupid // so what¿s my fault here Hallie that you speak of. Owning a gun that¿s in a locked car hidden on another property?,¿ he wrote. ¿It was open unlocked and windows down and the kids search your car,¿ Hallie replied. ¿I¿m scared you would use it hunt ¿ I¿m scared for your life hunt'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/14/19/63207763-11292765-Hunter_argued_about_the_incident_with_Hallie_in_panicked_text_me-a-69_1694716172668.jpg)
Hunter argued about the incident with Hallie in panicked text messages in the following days. 'The f***ing FBI Hallie. It's hard to believe anyone is that stupid // so what's my fault here Hallie that you speak of. Owning a gun that's in a locked car hidden on another property?,' he wrote. 'It was open unlocked and windows down and the kids search your car,' Hallie replied. 'I'm scared you would use it hunt … I'm scared for your life hunt'
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In June, images emerged showing a naked Hunter casually waving around a gun as he fools around with a prostitute during a sex session in 2018, in yet another compromising photo scandal to plague the president's son
The First Son also wrote on a gun application that he was not a user of illegal drugs, but later admitted in his own memoir that he was a crack addict at the time.
On October 12, 2018 Hunter bought a .38 caliber handgun from StarQuest Shooters & Survival Supply in Wilmington, Delaware.
The federally required Firearm Transaction Record for the purchase, obtained by DailyMail.com, asks: 'Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?'
Hunter checked the box: 'No'.
But in his memoir, Beautiful Things, he admitted to his continued 'full-blown addiction' at the time – and in doing so, appeared to admit to the felony of lying on the firearm form.
'I had returned [to the East Coast] that fall of 2018, after my most recent relapse in California, with the hope of getting clean through a new therapy and reconciling with Hallie. Neither happened,' he wrote in the 2021 autobiography.
He said he would go for regular ketamine therapy sessions as part of his rehab treatment but continued to smoke crack throughout.
![It was later revealed Hunter allegedly lied on a firearm report (above) required for the transaction. A photo of the form shows the first son allegedly answered 'no' when asked if he was an 'unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/14/19/63199989-11292765-It_was_later_revealed_Hunter_allegedly_lied_on_a_firearm_report_-a-63_1694716169662.jpg)
It was later revealed Hunter allegedly lied on a firearm report (above) required for the transaction. A photo of the form shows the first son allegedly answered 'no' when asked if he was an 'unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance'
![Hunter bought the .38 revolver from Starquest Shooters in Delaware on October 12, 2018](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/14/19/63198815-11292765-Hunter_bought_the_38_revolver_from_Starquest_Shooters_in_Delawar-a-68_1694716171665.jpg)
Hunter bought the .38 revolver from Starquest Shooters in Delaware on October 12, 2018
'The therapy's results were disastrous,' he wrote. 'I backslid. I did exactly what I'd come to Massachusetts to stop doing. I'd stay clean for a week, break away from the center to meet a connection I found in Rhode Island, smoke up, then return.
'One thing I did remarkably well during that time was fool people about whether or not I was using. Between trips up there, I even bought clean urine from a dealer in New York to pass drug tests.
'I doubt much good comes from doing ketamine while you're on crack.'
A copy of the Firearms Transaction Record and a receipt for the purchase was first obtained by news site Politico last year.
Lying on gun forms is a felony, punishable by a maximum 10 years prison and a $250,000 fine.
![In March 2021 a bombshell report published by Politico revealed Hunter's sister-in-law and one-time girlfriend Hallie had found the gun in his car, wrapped it in a plastic bag, and put it in a trash can outside Janssen's Market (pictured) in Wilmington, Delaware in October 2018, because she feared he would use it to kill himself](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/14/19/40929446-11292765-In_March_2021_a_bombshell_report_published_by_Politico_revealed_-a-67_1694716171315.jpg)
In March 2021 a bombshell report published by Politico revealed Hunter's sister-in-law and one-time girlfriend Hallie had found the gun in his car, wrapped it in a plastic bag, and put it in a trash can outside Janssen's Market (pictured) in Wilmington, Delaware in October 2018, because she feared he would use it to kill himself
However, not all cases are prosecuted. Of the 478 referrals for 'lying and buying' the Justice Department received in 2018, charges were filed for 298 cases, about 60%.
Hunter barely had the gun for a two weeks when a dangerous incident occurred.
His lover and brother's widow Hallie Biden found it in his truck on October 23 and threw it in a trash can outside local grocery store Janssens, opposite a high school.
It was discovered by a homeless man rifling through the trash. Local police as well as the FBI were called.
Hunter argued about the incident with Hallie in panicked text messages in the following days.
'The f***ing FBI Hallie. It's hard to believe anyone is that stupid // so what's my fault here Hallie that you speak of. Owning a gun that's in a locked car hidden on another property?,' he wrote.
'It was open unlocked and windows down and the kids search your car,' Hallie replied. 'I'm scared you would use it hunt … I'm scared for your life hunt.'
Despite the Bidens not having Secret Service protection at the time, USSS agents reportedly showed up and asked the gun store owner, Ron Palmieri, to hand over purchase documents.
Suspecting the case would be covered up, Palmieri refused and instead later gave his papers to agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, according to a March 2021 Politico report.
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In texts obtained by DailyMail.com, Hunter messaged his therapist to tell him about the ordeal. 'She stole the gun out of my truck lock box and threw in a garbage can full to the top at Jansens. Then told me it was my problem to deal with,' Hunter wrote
The Secret Service has denied any involvement. But in texts from Hunter's laptop he also claimed they had a role in the debacle.
'She stole the gun out of my truck lock box and threw in a garbage can full to the top at Jansens. Then told me it was my problem to deal with,' Hunter wrote in a three-way text message with Hallie and his therapist in January 2019.
'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.'
Transparency organization Judicial Watch is currently suing the Secret Service over its refusal to hand over records relating to the incident under the Freedom of Information Act.
Last year the agency told Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson, who have been investigating Hunter's potential criminal activity, they weren't involved.
'The Secret Service did not provide protection to any member of the Biden family in 2018,' special agent in charge Benjamin Kramer said in a letter published by the Republican senators.
'Further, records searches concerning the reported involvement of Secret Service personnel in the alleged incident have yielded no results.'