Prosecutors have indicated there was no evidence showing Trump Jr. would have known about alleged baiting that went on during the hunt.
Highlights
- Utah hunting guide Wade Lemon faces five years in state prison for the death of a bear killed during a guided hunt on May 18, 2018.
- Donald Trump Jr.
- was in Utah to help launch Hunter Nation, a hunting advocacy group.
- The group would later launch its own super PAC, Hunter Nation Action, which spent $96,997 in ads against Democrats in the 2020 election.
- Documents allege Lemon’s outfit used illegal bait and oil, giving instructions to his employees.
- The charges against Lemon were filed just before the four-year statute of limitations expired in the case on the 2018 Trump Jr hunt were filed.