Jurors are set to resume deliberations in the criminal case against President Joe Biden’s son over a 2018 gun purchase when prosecutors say Hunter Biden was in the throes of a crack cocaine addiction.
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.over a gun Hunter Biden bought in 2018 when prosecutors say he was in the throes of a crack cocaine addiction.in the case pitting the younger Biden against his father's Justice Department in the middle of the president's reelection campaign.
Hunter Biden’s lawyers have sought to show he was trying to turn his life around at the time of the gun purchase, having completed a rehabilitation program at the end of August 2018. The defense called three witnesses, includingAnd the defense told jurors that no one actually witnessed Hunter Biden using drugs during the 11 days he had the gun before Beau's widow, Hallie, found it in Hunter's truck and threw it in a trash can.
First lady Jill Biden, the president's brother James and other family members watched from the first row of the courtroom as the defense rested its case on Monday without calling Hunter Biden to the witness stand. The first lady has been in court almost every day since the trial began last week. The defense has tried to poke holes in the case by pressing the prosecution's witnesses on their recollection of certain events. Hunter Biden's lawyer told jurors they should consider testimony from Hallie and another ex-girlfriend “with great care and caution,” noting their immunity agreements with prosecutors in exchange for their testimony.
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