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September 2018, several weeks before he bought the gun at the heart of the case but under cross-examination, she said she had no idea what hunter was doing between september and november, which covers the month hunter bought the firearm, gordon cleveland, the gunshot employee who sold hunter biden the gun, took the stand next and testified how hunter came into the store looking for firearm. he testified that he told hunter to read the atf background form carefully and saw him check no. next to t...

The president capable of leading with all of these issues domestically, internationally? >> and that doesnt mean that theyre going to necessarily vote for donald trump, but it does mean for democrats that you can have a lot of voters that they need that could stay home and thats a problem. >> but i thought was interesting he does have a sudden that isnt going through a trial right now. and i think anyone who has ever with a friend or a family member who was an addict, you can have a real level o...

Hunter came into the store looking for a firearm. he testified that he told hunter to read the atf background form carefully and saw him check? no. next to the question about whether he was an addict two or used illegal drugs. the alleged lie at the center of the case on cross-examination, abbe lowell, one of hunters defense attorneys, and got that employee to admit that he is a quote, whale hunter, someone who upsells customers to buy more expensive guns now that contradicts the grand jury test...

On drugs, might have only been an alcoholic really trying to thread the proverbial needle? >> yes. how could that succeed? >> it could succeed for a couple of the charges because the idea is that hes not knowingly making a false statement because he thinks the form is asking him right at this moment, are you using drugs? so maybe youre thinking, oh, they want to know, i might have sound mind that i can sign this form. thats the argument. >> right. and then the other one is that he doesnt necessa...

Important pieces of information for the prosecution. >> todd: facts presented at trial meld and match with the elements of the crime. so refreshing to be able to say that and say that this early in a case. how does hunters team defend against that? >> they have telegraphed how they will do that, centering around definition of what it means to be an addict. maybe he was truthful at that time, maybe for that month or so or time period in 2018, he was not using and was truthful on the form. what do...

Was not himself, angry, short tempered, acting in ways he hadnt when sober. and photos were presented of cocaine on scales and hunter holding a crack pipe. text message from hunter to his then girlfriend shedding light on his drug habit. i can be sober, i will always be an addict. hunter used crack every 20 minutes or so. house republicans are issuing criminal referral for hunter biden and his uncle james biden, accusing the two of lying to congress as part of the gop impeachment inquiry. >> hun...

He said he will always be an addict. evidence is straight-forward and this is short in comparison to what we saw with donald trump. prosecution will rest their case after calling a few witnesses. that is what defense has to seize on, he did not fill out the form untruthfully because he was not using at the time. >> todd: if this were a legal textbook, they dont have the entire biden family in the front row staring at the jury. thank you. >> carley: border crisis we go, migrants are not deterred ...

Doing drugs at the time. >> yeah. abbe lowell is a great attorney, his defense is kind of ridiculous and proven by the fact guy who sold them the gun who forced him quickly to get in and get that gun, he said, i dont make extra money if i sell a gun or dont sell a gun, that kind of took that away. there is issue, why was he really user of or addicted to and what did he think? it doesnt matter what he thinks and prosecution made it clear through zoey, the exgirlfriend, he recognized he was still ...

Have him withdraw cash and saw hunter smoking crack every 20 minutes. she had no idea what hunter was doing when he bought that firearm since they hadnt spoken in that period for several weeks. prosecutors drew much of the evidence from hunters laptop. agent testified it didnt appear to be tampered with out of hunters possession at a repair shop. hallie biden is here today. he was involved with her. we expect her to take the stand today. the prosecution says they have a handful more witnesses an...

Dealing with taxes. >> this can take place in the fall sort of shrug their shoulders and said, okay, hunter biden talked about being addicted to drugs in his book. >> theres no mystery there. he definitely filled out on this forum that he wasnt abusing or addicted to drugs whats this about? this is cut and dried, but all of a sudden now that theres testimony here, it seems like people are looking to sing, you know what, theres the possibility that he gets through this. >> its an interesting case...