Hunter Biden’s trial on federal gun charges continued into its fifth day in a Delaware courtroom. Earlier in the week, testimony was heard from Hunter’s former romantic partners regarding his previous struggles with drug addiction. An FBI agent and the gun store clerk who sold Hunter a revolver in 2018 also took the stand.
On Friday, former assistant District Attorney Phil Holloway appeared on Fox News to discuss the events in Hunter’s trial. Holloway explored how Biden’s defense team is aiming to elicit sympathy from the jury.
“I think if the jury is paying attention to the presentation that the prosecutors are putting on, the presentation that’s occurring in the front of the courtroom, these witnesses did a lot of damage to Hunter Biden,” Holloway said. “[I]t’s obvious that at the relevant time when he bought that gun, he was both addicted to drugs and he was also an unlawful user of drugs, particularly I think crack cocaine being the big one.”
“But here’s the thing, Harris. There’s another presentation that’s taking place in that courtroom, and it’s for the benefit of the jury. The presence of the First Lady, the presence of the rest of the Biden family, all