In the court documents submitted prior to the June 3 trial, special counsel David Weiss’ office indicated their intention to summon several women who were involved with Hunter Biden to provide testimony in his felony gun case. This includes his ex-wife, Kathleen Buhle, as well as Hallie Biden, the widow of his late brother, Beau Biden.
Late on Monday, the government disclosed new information in a trial brief, shedding light on the allegations against Hunter Biden. In the extensive 97-page document, prosecutors outline the laws and evidence they intend to present to establish that Hunter Biden committed three felonies in 2018. These charges stem from the accusation that he obtained a firearm while under the influence of drugs.
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Buhle and Hallie Biden are not specifically named in the filing, but their identities are easily discernible from the descriptions provided.
According to prosecutors, the first witness was formerly married to the defendant. Although they got divorced in April 2017, she would occasionally inspect his vehicle in 2018 to ensure their children were not exposed to drugs.
Prosecutors identified Witness 3 as a lady who “was in a romantic relationship with the defendant in October 2018 and before and after.”
“Witness 3 will also establish that the defendant possessed the gun and discarded it in an outdoor trash receptacle at the Janssen’s Market in Wilmington, Delaware, after removing it from his vehicle,” prosecutors stated.
ABC News earlier claimed that Hallie Biden discovered the Cobra 38SPL pistol and abandoned it in a trash can.
A third unidentified lady, whom prosecutors intend to call, “was previously in a romantic relationship” with Biden and “observed the defendant using crack cocaine frequently—every 20 minutes, except when he slept.”
Prosecutors in Weiss’ office have also signaled that they plan to rely heavily on passages from Hunter Biden’s 2021 book, “Beautiful Things,” in which he discusses his addiction. They also intend to introduce into evidence multiple communications proving his addiction at the time of his gun purchase on October 12, 2018.
The trial is set to begin on June 3 in Wilmington, Delaware, before Judge Maryellen Noreika.
Hunter Biden filed an appeal on Monday after Noreika denied his petition to dismiss the accusations. A panel of federal appellate judges has already rejected a similar attempt. Noreika has consistently rebuffed Biden’s attempts to postpone the trial.
Prosecutors claim Biden misled on a federal document regarding his drug use when he purchased a Colt Cobra 38SPL revolver in 2018, despite later admitting in his memoir, “Beautiful Things,” that he was hooked on drugs at the time. According to his attorneys, he held the pistol for 11 days but never shot it.
Biden was indicted by Special Counsel Weiss in September.
