WILMINGTON: Prosecutors in the historic criminal trial of President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden told jurors on Tuesday (Jun 4) that overwhelming evidence shows that the younger Biden lied to hide his drug addiction so he could illegally buy a gun, while the defence said he had no intent to deceive.
Hunter Biden, 54, the only surviving son of President Joe Biden , is charged with lying about his illegal drug use when buying a handgun in 2018. WILMINGTON: Prosecutors in the historic criminal trial of President Joe Biden 's son Hunter Biden told jurors on Tuesday that overwhelming evidence shows that the younger Biden lied to hide his drug addiction so he could illegally buy a gun, while the defence said he had no intent to deceive.
Defense attorney Abbe Lowell told jurors in his opening statement that no one disputes that Hunter Biden was a drug addict before and after the gun purchase. But Lowell told jurors that the gun purchase form asked Hunter Biden only if he was currently an addict, not whether he had used in the past, adding that his client had no"intent to deceive."
The trial is offering a tour of Hunter Biden's years-long struggles with drug and alcohol addiction. Hunter Biden told Noreika at a hearing last year that he has been sober since the middle of 2019. Hines asked Jensen about Hunter Biden's 2021 autobiography, Beautiful Things, in which he documented his addiction. Hines played about 30 minutes of Biden's monotone voice narrating the audiobook, including passages in which he detailed his constant hunt for drugs and what he called his"superpower - finding crack anytime, anywhere."
Tuesday's proceedings ended soon after Lowell began the cross examination of Jensen, which is set to continue on Wednesday.
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