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Now we heard from both sides in opening arguments, the prosecution laying out their case, the facts that they say hunter biden did, in fact, lie, when he filled out the paperwork purchasing a gun while using drugs, and using his last name against him, saying nobody is allowed to lie on a federal form like this, not even hunter biden. abby lowell, the woman representing biden in this case, spoke about hunter biden may have been using alcohol at the time of the purchase but will challenge the facts that he was using drugs, and to quote mr. lowell, he said there's no such thing as a high function...

Mr. lowell spent a good deal of time saying hunter biden accepts his addiction and has been using alcohol since he was a teenager and drugs as an adult and he would use the alcohol and drugs to, quote, numb his trauma. in our common experience, most of us have some experience with folks, friends, family, who have addiction problems. i think they may try and win some sympathy for hunter biden and at the end of the day, they may suggest even if the evidence indicates that he may have, you know, improperly filled out this form, it really wasn't a knowing violation of the law because he didn't nec...

Romantically involved with hunter biden. when abbe lowell, the defense attorney had his chance to deliver his opening statements, he tried to lay out the chain of custody for the gun that hunter biden purchased. he tried to over the course of explaining that timeline prove that -- at least create some reasonable doubt about whether or not hunter was addicted to drugs, using drugs at the time. so he noted that there had been some cocaine residue that was found on the weapon after it was discovered, and mr. lowell suggested based on the fact that it was in a locked box in the car, that hunter bi...

>> david: hunter biden left the federal courthouse in wilmington, delaware after a dramatic moment when jurors heard the president's son in his own words discuss his drug addiction. prosecutors played portions of hunter's audio memoir "beautiful things" of the quotes played in hunter's voice crack takes you into the darkest resources of your soul and darkest corner of the community. his sister ashley biden getting emotional with the first lady jill biden putting her arms around her. told jurors while drug addiction as a choice owning a gun as a drug user and buying a gun is a choice. jurors sa...

Cocaine residue, putting blame on hunter's sister-in-law hallie biden. his late brother's widow. lowell insists hallie biden panicked when she found the gun in hunter's car, put it in the pouch and threw it in a garbage can outside a local grocery store. and prosecutors showed a text message from hunter biden to hallie biden the day after he purchased that gun in 2018 where he allegedly told her that he was meeting with a local drug dealer behind a baseball park here in wilmington, delaware. and according to his book around that time, hunter says that he was involved in smoking crack roughly e...