time he filled out the form had been in rehab for, i think it was about 11 days. that highlights the nebulous nature of this particular subsection of the statute. an unlawful user or addict. what is an addict? yes, it s defined by u.s. law, but what does it mean that hunter may have thought, i m 11 days clean, i m sober, i m no longer an addict. that i expect to see as one of the themes of the defense here. >> danny cevallos and ken dilanian, monica alba, thank you very much. we ll check back and keeping our aye on the courthouse all morning long. a historic first in mexico. we are in mexico city as that country elects its first female leader. first, what donald trump is saying about, quote, a breaking point for the country if he goes to jail, as his words come back to haunt him. >> i felt, and i could have done it, but i felt it would have
to a controlled substance and that he possessed the firearm while he was a user or addict to a controlled substance. on the government s side, straightforward. they ll introduce evidence you don t normally have in these cases which are very rarely brought. >> it s like his own words in his memoir. >> exactly. most criminal defendants have not written a memoir that the government can mine for statements that are harmful to the defendant. you don t normally have this much evidence of addiction from the defendant himself. so that s why the government sees this as a case that is easier to get a conviction in. they re basically going to lay out the form, the 4473, the statements by hunter biden, any other evidence that shows he may have been an addict at the time he possessed the fire rm a and the tiement he made the statement he was not an addict or unlawful user. the defense s case a little tougher. they may argue, given a little forecast, for example, they might argue that hunter at the
and left it in a dumpster. she was concerned, according to evidence we ve seen, that he was using drugs and was a danger to himself and others. she eerps going to be asked to testify about that. there will be electronic evidence, texts, photos, whatsapp messages, some of which was on the infamous hunter biden laptop that he left at a repair shop in delaware. the defense will have the opportunity to challenge the authenticity of any messages they believe are fake. the government will use that to show, they say, that he was using drugs at the time. >> danny, how straightforward is this case for prosecutors? if you re the defense, how do you counter? >> this is a gun possession case, also a false statement case. when you fill out the firearm document when you buy a firearm, you make certain statements. they re alleging he made false statements about whether or not he s a habitual user -- excuse me -- unlawful user or addicted
donald trump has said that he doesn t care if he goes to jail, that he would be portrayed as the white nelson mandela. now, anyone who knows donald trump knows the donald trump might say that he wants to be the white nelson mandela, but he doesn t want actually do any of the things that nelson mandela did. and donald trump himself is a germaphobe. >> the idea of him going to jail at all, he wouldn t even use the restroom when he was in court all day long because it was a one communal restroom because he thought it was disgusting. >> so serious, you got there for user the first day he walked in and he went and then he defines the restroom. >> now, can i say that every single day there hasn t i don t know oh, i don t want to say this conversation took a turn point in the dermal phobia is not somebody that we know anytime in prison. okay. let s look at the other side of the aisle. yes. and democrats and the fact that they are trying to figure you re up particularly based on how we started this conversation, that it s really unknown if trump being a convicted felon will
user or an addict. everybody, i think, has friends, family, common experiences with folks who struggle with addiction. i think this case presents kind of a jury nullification. they re going to be able to see the fair and impartial jury. they did it in the trump case and the manafort case. they did it in the menendez case that s ongoing in new jersey, but i do think when jurors are asked, you know, what they make of the fact that he may have lied about being a drug user on an addict, and whether they re going to be willing to vote guilty based on the facts and the law, as they have been reported, it seems like they should. but, you know, jury nullification, how jurors feel about the righteousness of a particular case being brought is something that always potentially factors into a case like there. >> this trial, as you know, almost didn t happen. there was a plea deal to
role in the evidence that they are going to hear because what this entire case boils down to, chris, and it s the kind of case that i never brought in my 30 years as a prosecutor, a case that involves really only the crime of purchasing a firearm and lying about the fact that you use or are addicted to an illegal drug or a narcotic. you check the box saying, no, i am not addicted and i m not a user. that s the kind of thing that, you know, for better or worse happens every day. you know, all over the united states. and it rarely gets prosecuted. unless, the person goes on to use that gun in a violent crime, for example, we ll bring charges for the crime of violence, and we might tack on this kind of relatively low level crime a 922a charge. that s really the only charge. there are three but it s basically all surrounding the fact that he bought a gun and possessed a gun while he was a
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biden s text messages are being allowed in. cnn s marshall cohen has the latest good morning well, tomorrow is going to be a historic de for the united states. hunter biden, the son of president joe biden, will stand trial in delaware on federal gun charges. this is the very first time in our nation s history that the son of a sitting president will go on trial obviously, a huge moment for the white house, for the biden family and for special counsel, david weiss, who brought the case. he has been investigating hunter biden for over five years and this is the very first time that his charges will be tested in federal court. the charges here revolve around a gun that hunter biden bought in 2018. he s accused of lying on federal firearm forms when he bought the gun, checking a box that said he was not a user of or addicted to
fifth circuit court of appeals, that have said that this law is unconstitutional as applied to former addicts so that s a base this is on appeal as well. and of course, we know that they re arguing selective prosecution, very difficult to prove, just like donald trump was unable to do so. but a hunter biden s best defense may not be before this jury, but before the court of appeals. when he s convicted that s very interesting. so basically he will go through this entire embarrassing, let s face it for everyone. >> i mean, painful for the whole biden family and sorted trial. >> just to try to appeal it. i mean, that s the gambit here. >> it is because of the trial judge in the case has rejected these arguments, but there s certainly much better on appeal than they are actually arguing the merits of the case for biden to win at trial in convinced his jurors that he wasn t an addict or user at or near the time that he purchases gun that s very difficult to