addiction. you ve already heard parts of it where he narrated parts of his book. that was already introduced to the jury. will he be able to withstand that cross-examination? at the end of the day, the defense has to show that, when he filled out those forms, he filled them out truthfully. what is the intent when he filled out that, no, he was not an addict of narcotic drugs? he can say i didn t believe i was an addict. i was in recovery. i hadn t been using drugs in a long time. i would be the first one to tell you that i thought this my entire adult life, and i really was in the thick of it and fighting it. i didn t believe i was an addict. if the jury believes him, home run, game over. john: and, mark, this is what i m wondering about her he would see pretty cut and dried and pretty clear? we have the video of hallie biden throwing away the gun, there was cocaine residue on the pouch that the gun was in, you m the gun store saying he watched them fill out form right in
to the stand, f.b.i. forensic chemist who testified he found cocaine residue inside that pouch that had the handgun that hunter biden s sister-in-law and lover hallie biden tossed in the trash began 11 days after hunter bought it. whether hunter was on drugs when he bought the weapon is the crux of the argument. according to the prosecution he was on drugs. d.e.a. witnessed the prosecution called earlier combed through hunter s text messages with drug dealers as proof he was hooked on drugs. this afternoon the defense plans to call two witnesses. both are from the gun store where hunter bought the gun. jason turner ran the background checks at the store. the owner of the gun shop. defense plans to raise doubts about the form that hunter filled out which is at the center of this case, of course. the defense is going to try to poke holes in that.
tested in the pouch, but did it was minimal he couldn t say when that cocaine was put in that pouch. it was tested in 2023, of course, we know the gun was purchased in 2018 is that enough to create doubt? we ll look, that s what defense lawyers do, right. if they don t have powerful evidence in their favor, they basically tried to kick up a lot of sand and hopes of planting those seeds have reasonable doubt in the jury. i don t think it s going to work in this case. that s just my view of this. i think that the testimony that there was cocaine on the pouch, the fact that it may not have been a lot of coke outer doesn t change the fact that there was cocaine residue on the pouch. i think that s the point the jury is going to take away. so again, the defense doesn t have a lot of strong cards to play here. i think they re making best use of what little evidence they have. not sure it s going to carry the day with his journey the defense called a gun shop employee is their first witness
found at the center of this case. she said she drove it earlier up to new york where she hoped to meet up with her father. she said there were no drugs in that truck at the time. the text messages were read aloud in the courtroom where naomi was attempting to reach her father in new york and the prosecutor asked her if she knew where her father was. the prosecutor said he was with a drug dealer at the time and the prosecutor made the case that those drugs were put in the car later by hunter. another family member in court today, the first lady, jill biden. no indication she would testify. she did fly from france aboard the u.s. air force aircraft to be here today and plans to return to new york tonight for a state dinner tomorrow in paris. earlier today the defense called the gun store owner who said he had never met or talked to hunter biden in the showroom where he purchased that 38 caliber colt culver revolver, as you see here, a six shooter. an fbi forensic expert said he found coc
vulnerabilities in the prosecution s case that the defense might seize on as they make their case today and what are the biggest challenges the defense had? i think the defense has really been focusing on the timing issue here. because the question on the form that hunter biden completed, that is allegedly false, is are you addicted to drugs and are you a drug a user of illegal drugs. and he s trying to point out, abbe lowell, the defense attorney, that nobody actually knew whether hunter biden was using and addicted to drugs on the day in question or around that day. and i think the theory is that in hunter biden s mind, he was a recovering addict at that point. so, in fact, he did not lie. i think it is a little bit of an uphill battle in light of some of the other evidence. it is why this evidence of the cocaine residue in the pouch where the gun was stored can be very important because it suggests that cocaine was being used then, but that powder may