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Youve given about anything. >>thing. yeah. i mean, that was really good. thank you. that was like you just. >> youre that. yeah. no, i mean, that was. im, like, impressed. emil you know, emily, the standardy, of drug addiction is so subjectived . so he could say, i got the gun, but i wasnt high. but if youre an addict, youre always an addict. >> its self-reporting. alwis could he win on this defense? >> i dont think r the semanticn that are put forthti and especially perpetuated by the mainstrea...

Today, what do you think hunters defense team is going to do to try to thwart it? >> it is one of the most curious trials ive 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 tha...

Drug addict, he crossed the line when he chose to buy a gun and lai during a federal background check, addiction may not be a choice, but lying and buying a gun is a choice. bidens central defense in the case that he did not consider himself an addict at the time of the purchase, bidens defense attorney, reminding the jury, quote, whats common to all three charges is the requirement that prosecutors left off their slide they have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that hunter knowingly violated ...

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What they form these charges with a form that hunter biden filled out when he was purchasing a gun that basically asked him to attest to the fact that he wasnt abusing or addicted to drugs. and the defense seems to be literally that hunter biden wasnt doing it when he signed his name the minute he signed his name wheres the law? how do you split that hair yes absolutely. this seems like a very kotb drag case. prosecutors say, look at the floor, he was addicted at the time were going to show you ...

Eve out a critical time period meaning the time right before and at the time hunter biden is filling out the form. the defense said, anything that happens after was a relapse and addicts often relapse. its a terrible tragedy when it comes to drug addiction. hunter biden was not viewing themselves as an addict and therefore, when he filled up the phone form, he wasnt knowingly deceiving or knowingly lying. so its going to require the jury to really take a look at the words on that form and at the...

This morning, what are we expecting to hear him what john weve already seen a lot of that emotion on display in the courtroom yesterday. >> we saw hundreds to bidens current wife, melissa, choke up and get emotional as you saw prosecutors play hours of his audio book, his memoir are they showed pictures. they showed the infamous laptop. they displayed it in the courtroom. they also showed pictures and text messages of his interactions with people who are selling him drugs the drive to drive home...

The openings were a tale of two trips to the drug to the gun store. >> explain yeah. >> so it really was its like who was in there and what were they doing, right? prosecutors say its a simple case. hes using drugs, hes an addict. he goes with the gun store, he buys a gun, he lies on the forum case its closed. defenses like wait a minute, you have to prove that he knowingly made those false statements. he had just been in rehab. they dont explain what it means to be an addict or a user uses are ...

Telling them, quote, we would not be here today if he was just an addict, addiction may not be a choice, but lying and buying a gun is meanwhile, the defense leaned into hunter bidens struggles with addiction. their message, the evidence does not show show he was using drugs when he bought the gun and perez is outside the court this morning for us to evan, whats going to happen today what else are we just saw just a short while ago, kathleen buhle, hunter bidens ex-wife arrive in court. >> we ex...

Was using and he wasnt he was in a dark place. he wasnt in a dark place. and i just think thats not a judicious use of our theres some, again, owls and i dont say that from an opinion perspective. i say it because generally prosecutors are doing the right thing. and when i was a prosecutor attempting to do the right thing, its not about convicting people. its about doing what is proper, whats appropriate, and what ultimately leads to adjust outcomes. so i have a trial around this when a gun wasn...