sales and jury had the same reaction. laura: convicted on a bad book. jonathan: it comes down to a check on a form of a very clear question. if you are going to apply evidence in the law, the case ended 30 seconds after it began. i think that is the telling issue. why wouldn t hunter biden plead guilty to avoid or reduce chance of his going to jail. he doesn t have a plausible argument. this may be a jury nullification defense. they hope the jury will be sympathetic and the book has powerful sections that are quite moving. he talks about how this took over his life. this is wilmington, this is hometown of joe biden. they may be hoping those two factors can come into play to
hunter biden s laptop is likely russian disinformation. a russian operation. 2-1/2 weeks before the election, this laptop ashes peers somehow. laura: only took four years to what we were saying back then. after opening arguments, prosecution introduced his lapd into evidence and special agent verified it was indeed hunter s. prosecutors went through multiple messages and videos to prove hunter was drugged out when he lied on the forms. joining me jonathan turley, fox news contributor. professor, with all the evidence
today, what do you think hunter s defense team is going to do to try to thwart it? it is one of the most curious trials i ve ever seen unfold. there is not a defense here. the form is straight-forward. it asks, are you a drug user? basically the trial began with hunter biden being called to testify against hunter biden. they read from his book, it said he was an addict. at times taking a hit of crack every 15 minutes. not only that, prosecutors introduced evidence that blew away the defense that was suggested to the jury. the defense said he did not knowingly lie on the form and suggested he might have just been drinking heavily during that period, not using drug. they have a text from the very
reaction. laura: convicted of a bad book. this comes down to a check on a form of a very clear question and so if you are going to apply the evidence and the law the case ended 30 seconds after it began. that s the telling issue. why wouldn t hunter biden plead guilty to avoid or at least reduce the chances of his going to jail when he doesn t have a plausible answer here. it may be a jury nullification. they are hoping the jury will be sympathetic over his struggle with addiction and his book really has very powerful sections. they are quite moving where he talks about how this took over his life. also this is wilmington, the hometown of joe biden. they may be hoping that those two factors can come into play to get jurors to look beyond the evidence and beyond the law
either for a hung jury or an outright nullification. and having the first lady in that courtroom sitting behind hunter really brings that home this is in fact biden town. here the jury poll is amazingly good for the defendant. and so is the next jury pool in los angeles for the tax charges. laura: trump gets hosed on that and biden gets the cream of the crop for the sympathy. professor, great to see you. thank you. all right, coming up, wait, this can t be. biden actually tried to fight a reporter or tried to, what? details, next.