- [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] In October 2018, Hallie was searching through Hunter's pick-up truck because she was 'suspicious' ♀
- She found a .38 revolver which he'd bought days earlier at Starquest Shooters in Delaware
- Hallie wrapped the gun in plastic and drove to Janssen's Market, a high end grocery store where they were regulars
- She put it in a trash can then went home and told Hunter what she'd done
- He ordered her to go back to the store and get it but by the time she returned, it had gone
- They told the store who contacted police and Hunter and Hallie were interviewed by Delaware State Police
- The bizarre incident was revealed by Politico on Thursday
- At the same time, Secret Service agents visited Starquest Shooters and asked for records that proved Hunter owned the weapon
- The store owner refused to hand them over; the gun was returned days later by a man who regularly rummaged through the store's trash bins
- No one was arrested and the incident was not widely reported on
- Biden wasn't entitled to Secret Service protection at the time but agents were keeping an 'informal hand' on him, sources say