During Hunter Biden’s gun trial, prosecutors used multiple explicit excerpts from his audiobooks to present evidence of his drug addiction during the period he bought his guns.
Hunter narrated the audiobook himself. “Today’s main witness is, in a sense, Hunter Biden himself, via the audiobook,” NBC News said. report:
The excerpts include Biden’s self-described “super power” of being able to buy crack in any town, and him saying that “going into a high crime neighborhood to buy crack is like playing Russian roulette,” sometimes with as many as five bullets in his gun.
First Lady Jill Biden and Hunter Biden’s wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, were forced to listen to the recording. According to CNN, they “sat calmly” as they listened. Dr. Jill Biden appeared to stare at the evidence screen during the recording, then glance at Hunter, then glance back toward the jury box.
Jill Biden left the courthouse after the trial recessed for lunch, marking the second day she has attended her son-in-law’s trial.
First Lady Jill Biden arrives ahead of Hunter Biden’s trial at the federal courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware, June 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
During that time, Hunter flipped through pages in a binder and many jurors were taking notes, according to a court reporter.
The prosecution heard the audiobook as its first witness, FBI Special Agent Erica Jensen said.
Jensen will likely be used to review digital evidence in the case, including “embarrassing and deeply personal messages and images from Hunter Biden’s laptop,” CNN reports. reportJensen authenticated bank statements from Hunter’s Wells Fargo account that showed ATM withdrawals from April 2019 and proved Hunter had been in Washington, D.C., and California.
WATCH — Alex Marlow: Hunter Biden’s gun charge is a ‘clear-cut case’:
Hunter Biden is charged with one count of making a false statement regarding the purchase of a firearm, one count of possession of a firearm by an unlawful user or addict of a controlled substance, and one count of making a false statement regarding information required to be kept by a federally licensed firearms dealer.
Hunter was found dumped in a public trash bin next to a school when he bought the gun, and various photos on his abandoned laptop suggested he was using crack cocaine at the time. The Secret Service is said to have been involved in the investigation.
This incident United States v. Hunter Biden, Case No. 24-1703 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
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