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long. and i think the defense is poking holes in that a little bit, saying, well, certainly he struggled with addiction and nobody disputes that. but the prosecution can t establish clearly that at the time he procured this weapon, which only had for about ten days these are 11 days that he was addicted. so how and that s really what it comes down to. and i m not sure the law is clear on this how close in time to the actual date of the gun purchase do prosecutors need to convince the jury that hunter biden was actually using drugs? they have to convince the jury until the jury s convinced i mean, that s it, briana. it s so open-ended and this is two weeks. why we could make used their good sense. i mean, what s the what s the measure they do i mean, i think prosecutors will seek to say that both before and after the possession of this firearm, he acknowledged to addiction, but even that s kinda vague. for the, reasonable doubt standard, which we know is very, very high, getting ove
described how she found drugs and drug paraphernalia in hunter biden s car on multiple occasions including the year that he bought the gun. she also talked about how she would check his car for drugs before their daughters use the car. cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez is outside of court in delaware. evan, what s the latest? but we re on a break right now. briana, but the two witnesses certainly have the jurors attention. our team in there tells us that the jurors paying very close attention as a herd to testimony from caffeine v0 first, his ex-wife, she really didn t spend that much time on the stand or her relationship with hunter biden ended before this episode before he bought this gun in october of 20 he 18. and then after she took the stand, we ve been hearing from zoe casten, who is going to continue her testimony after the lunch break. now the point that prosecution the prosecution is
proof that he was using drugs, that particular day. boris briana evan perez live from outside the courthouse in wilmington, delaware thinking so much, let s dig deeper now what cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, elliot williams, eliot, thanks so much for being with us how do you see this case shaping out? so for as prosecutors are using portions of hunters memoir, just these giant chunks that the jury is listening to outline their case. it s the defendant s own words in this particular statute among criminal statutes, broadly, is not that complicated. prosecutors simply have to prove number one individual the defendant possessed a firearm and that he was addicted to or using drugs two things. it s not like donald trump s trial that was far more complex. now here s the thing, this whole and the language is who is an unlawful user of or addicted to. now, that s kind of vague, doesn t say you gotta be using on the day you bought it or possessed it, doesn t say when, how