Here are four big takeaways from Day 5 of Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial in Wilmington, Delaware.
Hunter Biden’s criminal gun trial abruptly ended for the week on Friday after his daughter Naomi Biden testified that her dad „seemed great, he seemed hopeful“ just days after he purchased a Colt revolver in October of 2018, bolstering the defense claim that he was not abusing drugs around the time he procured the gun.
But the value of her testimony for the defense waivered under intense cross-examination, where prosecutors elicited testimony suggesting that drug remnants and paraphernalia found in his truck days after he reclaimed it from his daughter — just days before his then-girlfriend Hallie Biden discovered them in the vehicle alongside the firearm — were likely placed there by him.
Whether Hunter Biden will testify in his own defense remains an open question, as his attorneys suggested they needed the weekend to make that „last decision“ before resting their case. The president’s son is accused of lying on a federal form when he said he wasn’t using drugs at the time he purchased the gun on Oct. 12, 2018.
If the defense opts not to call him to the stand, closing statements could begin as soon as Monday. The parties will be back in court Monday at 8:15 am. ET.
Here are four big takeaways from Day 5 of the trial.
Naomi Biden, the 30-year-old daughter of Hunter Biden, testified that she twice saw her father during the timeframe in 2018 when Hunter Biden’s attorneys said he was not actively using drugs, and each time, she testified, he „seemed great.“
„He seemed like the clearest that I had seen him since my uncle died, and he just seemed really great,“ she said of an August 2018 visit to Los Angeles to see her father.
