Day 3 of Hunter Biden’s trial in Wilmington, Delaware, introduced testimony from a number of witnesses, together with two of Hunter’s ex-boyfriends. Townhall’s Mia Cathell was once more within the courtroom, offering invaluable protection.
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The day started with FBI Particular Agent Erika Jensen taking the stand for additional cross-examination by Hunter’s lawyer, Abbey Lowell, adopted by re-direct examination by the prosecution. Some highlights from Jensen’s testimony Wednesday:
Drug dealing
Hunter texted on October 13, 2018: “Sure [redacted] Who hanged himself at 7/11 in Greenhill and Lancaster. I am now ready for a seller named Mookie behind Blue Rocks Stadium off MD Av.” The subsequent day, Hunter texted: “I used to be sleeping in a automotive smoking on 4th avenue and Rodney.”
Lowell questions whether or not Jensen ever independently licensed that what Hunter texted was true—that there was, in actual fact, a drug seller named “Mookie” or that Hunter actually smoked in a automotive parked at a downtown Wilmington intersection.
cash
Turning to money withdrawals from Hunter’s enterprise account (Owasco PC), Lowell requested Jensen if one other individual may have made the transaction for the reason that buyer was not named. Jensen mentioned Hunter sooner or later owned 100% of the corporate and required a withdrawal account card and a PIN.
ex spouse
After Jensen, the prosecution briefly referred to as Hunter’s ex-wife, Kathleen Buehl, to the stand. Particular Counsel David Weiss performed his direct examination.
Buhle established that Hunter hid his drug use from household, mates and associates. He was initially evasive about searching for therapy, he says.
Though Lowell received Buhle to confess beneath cross-examination that he by no means bodily noticed Hunter take medicine, Weiss, on redirect, defined how he knew Hunter was utilizing.
“He instructed me,” she says. Buhle added that he additionally discovered proof of Hunter’s drug use about “a dozen occasions.”
international dancer
After Buhl, the prosecution referred to as Joe Kestan, an unique dancer about half Hunter’s age, with whom she had a relationship between December 2017 and October 2018. Some key factors from Kestan’s testimony:
Hunter’s allure is offensive
Weiss asks Kestan to determine if that session’s consumer is within the courtroom. Hunter waves from the protection desk, drawing laughter from the gallery.
drug use
All through Kestan’s relationship with Hunter from December 2017 to October 2018, Kestan mentioned he usually noticed Hunter utilizing unlawful medicine. Throughout a trial in January 2018, Kestan mentioned he noticed Hunter smoking “rather less than each 20 minutes.
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Kesten explains crack phrases like “core boy” — the model identify for a scoring pad utilized by crack people who smoke to seize among the cocaine vapor that may be associated to second hits — that Hunter mentions many occasions in his memoirs and writings. “I want extra work boy,” she texted in August 2018.
Drug or seller?
As a substitute of an Airbnb, Kestan and Hunter keep on the Chateau Marmont the place Hunter hooks up with a drug seller. “What type?” Weiss asks. “Samoan,” replied Kestan. Weiss clarified what sort of medication he meant.
gun seller
The prosecution referred to as StarQuest Shooter’s Gordon Cleveland to testify. Derek Hines performed dwell testing.
Cleveland says that on October 12, 2018, Hunter pulled as much as the gun retailer in a black Cadillac. Hines asks how he remembers these particulars. “I like weapons and I like automobiles,” Cleveland says merely. The courtroom responded with amusement.
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The prosecution offered Hunter’s federal type in Cleveland’s presence, zooming in on the warning compiled on the prime of the primary web page asking potential gun patrons to learn every query fastidiously and reply honestly. Failure to fill out the shape appropriately will void the sale, Cleveland explains.
Cleveland mentioned Hunter didn’t ask him any questions or categorical confusion concerning Q #11E.
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Cleveland says Hunter paid for every little thing in money, with $900 in gross sales leading to $13 in change. Hunter requested Cleveland to maintain the change, however Cleveland mentioned he would not settle for suggestions, so he left the rest in an envelope on the countertop.
Though Lowell tried to puncture Cleveland’s credibility on cross-examination, Cleveland appears to have held his personal.
Lowell tries to dispute how Cleveland noticed Hunter approaching the storefront window from his lookout publish and the place Hunter was driving. Lowell retorts. Cleveland explains the shop’s format and parking zone intimately.
After a sidebar concerning Cleveland’s testimony, courtroom adjourned for the day. It seems to be like he can be referred to as again to the stand to start out the day on Thursday.
George Washington College legislation professor Jonathan Turley made some attention-grabbing observations in regards to the protection strategy on this case:
Hunter’s protection group seems to be systematically destroying any credibility with the jury. It first argues that Hunter was not utilizing medicine when he purchased the gun. Prosecutors the following day confirmed texts by which he sought to purchase crack and referred to as witnesses about his use…
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) June 5, 2024
…The protection additionally mentioned Hunter simply walked into the shop and was pressured into shopping for a gun. The shop worker testified that he got here into the shop particularly searching for weapons…
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) June 5, 2024
(I’ve a number of theories about their strategy, which I will share within the subsequent installment.)
In line with the prosecution, they’ve solely six witnesses, all comparatively temporary, and will wrap up their case by the tip of Thursday. At this tempo, it is conceivable that the case may truly be submitted to a jury as late as Friday, although the ultimate jury directions could also be extra more likely to permit for conferences and provides the events time to arrange their closing arguments. (Aspect word: Closing has all the time been the strongest a part of my trial, and I like when time runs out on a weekend or a strong half-day to permit me to place the ending touches on it earlier than delivering it. I doubt the attorneys will push for it. This is to giving them the weekend to arrange.) In any occasion, it is going nicely, and we’ll most likely get a verdict/consequence by the center of subsequent week.
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