The jury in Hunter Biden's federal gun trial has been shown photos from his laptop in court on Tuesday, including photos of drugs when he was, as he writes in his memoir, addicted to crack. Federal prosecutors on Tuesday painted President Joe Biden ’s son as deceptive and driven by addiction, a man whose dark habits ensnared loved ones and who knew what he was doing when he lied on federal forms to purchase a gun in 2018. Hunter Biden has been charged with three felonies stemming from the purchase of the Colt revolver.
He has been accused of lying to a federally licensed gun dealer, making a false claim on the application by saying he was not a drug user, and illegally having the gun for 11 days. He denies all charges. Jill Biden struggling with 'inner tension' at bombshell Hunter Biden gun trial Hallie Biden's role in the Hunter Biden trial and her romance with both brothers A jury also heard today that at the peak of his addiction, Biden Jr.
would blow $50,000 a month, according to bank withdrawals. According to an FBI agent, Hunter Biden was withdrawing hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars in cash around the time he purchased the firearm in 2018. On October 12 - the day he bought the weapon - he withdrew $5,000 in cash, according to a receipt shown to the jury.
The case is dredging up painful memories for the president and his family, and revealing new and highly personal details about their struggles with addiction as the 2024 election looms, all while the first .