Federal prosecutors used Hunter Biden's own voice and text messages to make the case Tuesday that President Biden's son was a drug addict who lied on paperwork to obtain a revolver in 2018.
Prosecutors use Hunter Biden’s voice, text messages to make case in gun trialWILMINGTON, Delaware — Federal prosecutors used Hunter Biden’s own voice and text messages to make the case Tuesday that President Biden’s son was a drug addict who lied on paperwork to obtain a revolver in 2018.
Ms. Jensen also verified in her testimony that a laptop recovered from a Delaware repair shop in 2019 did indeed belong to Hunter Biden. Defense attorney Abbe Lowell told jurors that prosecutors can’t prove Hunter Biden knowingly lied on the gun form. He emphasized that much of the evidence presented by prosecutors involved instances before and after Hunter Biden purchased the gun.
As his voice filled the courtroom, Hunter Biden sat still, looking down at the defense table, resting his chin on his hands. First lady Jill Biden, who attended the trial in the morning, looked directly at the display screen while the excerpts were being shown. At other times, she looked directly at her stepson and the jury box.
Ms. Jensen also reviewed bank records that showed large cash withdrawals weeks before Hunter Biden purchased the gun from a Wilmington firearms store. On the same day Hunter Biden purchased the gun, he withdrew $5,000 from his bank account. All told, Hunter Biden withdrew $151,640 in cash between September and November of 2018.
Under cross-examination, Ms. Jensen conceded that Hunter Biden might not have been using drugs continuously from 2015 to 2019, including when he bought the gun.
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