The jury in Hunter Biden's federal gun trial was , including pictures of drugs during the period he admits to being addicted to crack in his memoir. Federal prosecutors depicted President Joe Biden's son as deceitful and controlled by addiction on Tuesday. They described him as a man whose destructive habits impacted those around him and who was fully aware of his actions when he lied on federal forms to buy a gun in 2018.
faces three felony charges related to the purchase of the Colt revolver. He is accused of lying to a federally licensed gun dealer, falsely stating on the application that he was not a user, and unlawfully possessing the for 11 days. He denies all allegations.
The jury also learned today that at the height of his addiction, spent $50,000 a month on drugs, as evidenced by bank withdrawals, reports . Federal prosecutors said Hunter was driven by addiction when he lied on federal forms to purchase a in 2018. Jurors also got their first look at the document at the center of the case, and 's attorney argued that his client did not believe he was in the throes of addiction when he stated in the paperwork that he did not have a drug problem.
In the short time that he had the , he did nothing with it, and weapon was never even loaded, attorney Abbe Lowell said in opening statements. "You will see that he is not guilty," Lowell said. Prosecutors on Tuesday spent hours on Hunter's problem, using his own words and missives to show the depth of the addiction.
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