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president with one simple message to the jury, no one is above the law. in opening arguments, prosecutor derek heinz saying hunter biden was a user of crack and a drug addict. he chose to lie on a government form about his drug use when he purchased a .38 caliber handgun. no one is allowed to lie on a federal form like that, even hunter biden, he said. heinz pointing to the defendant's own words in his own voice. >> mainly, however, we just planted ourselves on the couch and smoked a ton of crack. >> reporter: heinz playing these audio clips from hunter biden's memoir for the jury. >> by now, i possessed a new superpower, the ability to find crack in any town, at any time, no matter how unfamiliar the terrain. >> reporter: first lady jill biden, his wife melissa and sister ashley were in court, sitting together while the excerpts played. visibly shaken and embracing each other. hunter biden is charged with three counts related to allegedly purchasing and possessing a gun while using narcotics and faces prison time if convicted.