WILMINGTON, Del.– The latest on Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial (always local):
Hunter Biden has arrived at the courthouse for another day of testimony in his federal gun trial.
He held a copy of his own memoir, “Beautiful Things,” in his hand. Jurors heard excerpts from the book in court.
Hunter Biden has been charged with three felonies stemming from the purchase of a gun in October 2018. President Joe Biden’s son is accused of lying to a federally licensed gun dealer, making a false claim on the application by to say he was not an arms dealer. drug user and illegally in possession of the weapon for eleven days.
Hunter Biden has pleaded not guilty and said the Justice Department is bowing to political pressure from Republicans and that he was unfairly targeted.
Currently:
– Jurors in Hunter Biden’s trial hear from the clerk who sold him the gun in the middle of the case
Here’s the latest:
Jurors in Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial have heard from the former gun store clerk who sold him the .38 caliber Colt revolver.
On Wednesday, the jury heard testimony from the clerk, Gordon Cleveland, who watched the president’s son check “no” when asked whether he was “an unlawful user of or addicted to” marijuana, stimulants, narcotics or other controlled substances . substance.
Federal prosecutors have argued that Hunter Biden was in the throes of a severe crack addiction when he bought the gun, and they have accused him of lying on the form.
The courtroom fell silent when Kathleen Buhle, who was married to Hunter for twenty yearswalked in on Wednesday.
She testified that she discovered her husband was using drugs when she found a crack pipe in an ashtray on their porch on July 3, 2015, the day after their anniversary.
When she confronted him, “he admitted he was smoking crack,” she said.
The case is set in Wilmington, Delawarestems from a gun that Hunter Biden bought in October 2018, months before his father, Joe Biden, announced his bid for the presidency.
Look at some key witnesses in the test.