{"id":2262183,"date":"2024-06-07T11:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T15:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-trial-prosecution-rests-after-show-of-overwhelming-evidence\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T11:44:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T15:44:02","slug":"hunter-biden-trial-prosecution-rests-after-show-of-overwhelming-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-trial-prosecution-rests-after-show-of-overwhelming-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecution Concludes Case with Strong Evidence in Hunter Biden Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhunter-biden-trial-prosecution-rests-after-show-of-overwhelming-evidence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2262183&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Prosecutors \u2063in Delaware rested their case against \u2063Hunter Biden, setting\u200b the stage for the defendant to present his defense in a\u200c trial\u200d concerning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-doesnt-want-to-show-up-in-person-for-felony-gun-arraignment\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden refuses to attend felony gun arraignment in person.\">felony gun \u200dcharges<\/a>. Led by special counsel David Weiss, the government&#8217;s case involved questioning 10\u2062 witnesses \u200bover four days and presenting extensive \u2064evidence, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-orders-jussie-smollett-back-to-jail-for-hate-crime-hoax\/\" title=\"Jussie Smollett ordered back to jail for hate crime hoax\">including \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-staff-told-us-he-misspoke-joe-biden-confuses-his-agenda-in-60-minutes-interview-so-his-staff-steps-in-to-correct-the-record-video\/\" title=\"\"Biden's Staff Told Us He Misspoke\" - Joe Biden Confuses His Agenda in 60 Minutes Interview so His Staff Steps in to Correct the Record (VIDEO)\">text messages<\/a><\/a>, emails, and Biden&#8217;s own account of\u2064 overcoming drug addiction. Biden faces charges related to false statements on a federal form for firearm purchase.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Prosecutors <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MacFarlaneNews\/status\/1799089790672863303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>rested<\/a> their case against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hunter-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hunter Biden<\/a> in Delaware on Friday morning, paving the way for the first son to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-asks-gop-for-help-on-gun-violence-faces-backlash\/\" title=\"Biden seeks GOP aid on gun violence, receives criticism.\">begin presenting<\/a> his defense in a trial over felony gun charges.<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s case, led by special counsel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/david-weiss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"David Weiss\">David Weiss<\/a>, included questioning 10 witnesses over four days and presenting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3028301\/hunter-biden-silver-laptop-shown-courtroom-gun-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>pages<\/a> of text messages, emails, and receipts. It also featured Biden\u2019s own voice reading from his memoir about overcoming drug addiction.<\/p>\n<p>Biden is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-wave-of-portland-police-quit-amid-massive-spike-in-shootings-and-stabbings-fire-dept-responding-to-10-homeless-tent-fires-a-day\/\" title=\"Another Wave Of Portland Police Quit Amid Massive Spike In Shootings And Stabbings; Fire Dept. Responding To 10+ Homeless Tent Fires A Day\">facing charges<\/a> that he lied on a federal form about his drug use to purchase a revolver in October 2018 and that he illegally possessed the gun for 11 days.<\/p>\n<p>The form asked \u201care you an unlawful user of, or addicted to,\u201d controlled substances, and Judge Maryellen Noreika, who is presiding over the case, ruled that the language on the form meant prosecutors did not have to prove Biden was using drugs on the exact day he filled out the form.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3030567\/hallie-biden-says-panicked-threw-away-hunter-bidens-gun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>presented<\/a> ample evidence of Biden\u2019s drug use around the general time of the purchase, including two ex-girlfriends who testified that they witnessed him doing crack cocaine repeatedly in 2018, including in September 2018.<\/p>\n<p>They also entered into evidence text messages of Biden texting one of them, Hallie Biden, the widow of his late brother, about how he was \u201cwaiting for a dealer named Mookie\u201d and that he was \u201csleeping on a car smoking crack\u201d within two days of purchasing the gun.<\/p>\n<p>She also testified that when she found the gun in his truck, she found crack cocaine residue and drug paraphernalia with it.<\/p>\n<p>The first son\u2019s defense team sought to paint Hallie Biden\u2019s memory as hazy, pointing out how there were certain details about times and sequences of events that she could not recall.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>His attorney Abbe Lowell established that the pair\u2019s relationship was intense and complicated. Under cross-examination, she testified that he sometimes lied to her, undermining the credibility of his communication with her.<\/p>\n<p>Lowell also emphasized repeatedly throughout the week that the form was written in the present tense and that addicts can often be in a state of denial, suggesting Hunter Biden thought he answered the gun form truthfully.<\/p>\n<p>The trial will now flip to the defense to present its case, and Lowell previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3031869\/hunter-biden-trial-prosecutors-gun-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>indicated<\/a> that he would call only a couple witnesses and could rest his case by the end of the day on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Delaware, prosecutors wrapped up their case against Hunter Biden, setting the stage for his defense in a felony gun charge trial. Led by special counsel David Weiss, the government&#8217;s case featured 10 witnesses&#8217; testimonies and extensive evidence, such as text messages and emails, over a four-day period<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2262184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24159472312478.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2262183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24159472312478.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2262183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2262184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2262183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2262183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2262183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}