Unlawfully using illegal substances. This is the same gun case for which prosecutors elected not to charge hunter biden as part of a now defunct plea deal several weeks ago. Bidens attorney still contends that agreement is binding. We have complete coverage tonight. We begin, though, with Correspondent David Spunt at the Justice Department with the latest. Good evening, david. Bret, good evening to you. After week intense pressure. Special counsel david weiss gave the green light to go ahead on charges and ultimately a grand jury approved charges against the son of the sitting president of the United States. Tonight, hunter biden facing two false statement counts, which are felonies, also a third count of possessing and owning a gun, another felony. According to the special counsels office, back in 2018, hunter biden lied on a federal form to purchase a gun in delaware when he said that he was not addicted to any Stimulant Narcotic Drug and any other controlled substance when, in fact,
harris: the prosecution has rested their case in hunter biden s federal gun trial. ten witnesses over 3 1/2 days including an f.b.i. agent, d.e.a. agent and some of the first son s former romantic partners. that s one word for them. they were doing drugs. hallie biden was one of them. hu hunter s ex-girlfriend detailed finding his gun and who threw it out in a grocery store trash bin and hunter introduced her, she testified, to drugs as they were both battling with that and he was battling with addiction, heavy drug use. hunter arrived just ahead of court on this day five of trial earlier. first lady jill biden is back with him for support today. she made a long trip. she was able to be in normandy yesterday and there today. a few minutes left of the trial s 20-minute break and when they come back a live report from the courthouse and former assistant district attorney phil holloway will join me. let s first get to this. after flipping the trump-era policies that kept our n
harris: the prosecution has rested their case in hunter biden s federal gun trial. ten witnesses over 3 1/2 days including an f.b.i. agent, d.e.a. agent and some of the first son s former romantic partners. that s one word for them. they were doing drugs. hallie biden was one of them. hu hunter s ex-girlfriend detailed finding his gun and who threw it out in a grocery store trash bin and hunter introduced her, she testified, to drugs as they were both battling with that and he was battling with addiction, heavy drug use. hunter arrived just ahead of court on this day five of trial earlier. first lady jill biden is back with him for support today. she made a long trip. she was able to be in normandy yesterday and there today. a few minutes left of the trial s 20-minute break and when
why would i use kayak to compare hundreds of travel sites at once? i like to do things myself. i can t trust anything else to do the job right. kayak. aaaaaaaahhhh kayak. search one and done. harris: more biden family members pulling up to hunter s federal gun trial. a few minutes ago his brother, james and hunter s 30-year-old daughter naomi just arrived as the prosecution rested its case. hunter biden s ex-girlfriend hallie biden had a lot to stay on the stand. one of the main witnesses yesterday and gave emotional testimony about his drug use and how hunter got her hooked on crack after the death of her husband, who as you know was also hunter s brother, beau. she also told the jury about throwing out hunter s gun that she found when she rummaged through his truck to see if
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.