Hunter Biden enters court with wife Melissa in gun trial as ex-sister-in-law turned lover prepares to take the stand
HUNTER Biden has returned for day three of his gun trial as the president's son gears up to hear potential testimony from two of his exes.
Federal prosecutors are also expected to call forth Hunter's ex-wife, Kathleen Buhle, and his sister-in-law turned lover, Hallie Biden.
Hunter and his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, returned to the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building in Wilmington, Delaware, at around 8:40 am for day three of his trial.
First Lady Jill Biden arrived moments later as she continued to show her support for her stepson.
During opening statements on Tuesday, prosecutors used Hunter's own words against him, pulling excerpts from his memoir, Beautiful Things, as they went into detail about his drug addiction.
Prosecutor Derek Hines hammered into a narrative that Hunter, 54, was a functioning drug addict who lied to his family and friends.
The prosecution played an excerpt from Hunter's 2021 memoir, where he spoke about his first attempt at buying crack from a homeless woman in Franklin Park in Washington DC.
Hines argued that the president's son knowingly broke the law when he checked the box on a federal firearms form, claiming he was not a drug user in 2018.
"No one is allowed to lie on a federal form like that, even Hunter Biden," Hines told jurors.
"He crossed the line when he chose to buy a gun and lied about a federal background check. The defendant's choice to buy a gun is why we are here."
However, defense attorney Abbe Lowell argued Hunter did not knowingly lie on the firearms form and said he did not do anything with the gun in the short time he had it.
Lowell told jurors the gun wasn't even loaded.
Prosecutors read out a 2018 text message exchange between Hunter and his brother's widow, Hallie Biden, who at the time was his lover, which took place on October 12, 2018, the day he purchased the gun.
Hallie texted him, "I called you 500 times in the past 24 hours," to which Hunter replied that he was "sleeping on a car smoking crack on 4th street and Rodney."
FBI agent Erika Jensen testified that she unearthed the conversation on a laptop Hunter left behind at a Delaware repair shop.
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