Messages from the infamous laptop were among the evidence introduced Tuesday.
Hunter Biden has been charged with three felonies stemming from the purchase of the Colt revolver when he was, according to his memoir, addicted to crack.began Tuesday as jurors for the first time heard the president's son describe in his own voice the years he spent battling "nonstop" drug addiction.
Prosecutor Derek Hines told jurors they should make "no distinction for Hunter Biden or anybody else" as they weigh the case against the president's son. Biden is on trial "because he chose to lie" on the ATF Form 4473 about his drug use.Abbe Lowell, an attorney for Biden, rebutted the premise that Hunter Biden "knowingly" lied, suggesting instead that his client misunderstood the form and was not actively abusing drugs at the time.
"He spoke with his father, his uncle, his daughters," Lowell said, suggesting they would have noticed if he was "smoking crack every 15 minutes," in the manner that Hunter Biden described in his memoir, "Beautiful Things."Hunter Biden is heard in his own words Hunter Biden, in the audio excerpts, described a "crack-filled cross-country odyssey" in 2017 and recounted how his abuse of crack ramped up to the point where he was using it "every hour, every day."
Prosecutors also introduced several text messages into evidence, including one Hunter Biden sent to his brother's widow, Hallie Biden, as their romantic relationship was falling apart. With that in context mind, prosecutors said they cross-referenced every email, WhatsApp message, iMessage, and text message they found with Apple Inc. to establish the credibility of the data."Ultimately, in examining that laptop, were investigators able to confirm that it was Hunter Biden's laptop?" Hines asked FBI witness Erika Jensen.Jensen explained that investigators identified a serial number on the laptop that "matches the Apple subpoena records ...
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