Hunter Biden’s Laptop and Explosive Allegations Highlight Federal Gun Trial

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Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial has already seen a slew of dramatic moments, with his infamous laptop making an appearance as evidence and his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, engaging in a heated exchange with a former Trump White House aide. This trial marks the first criminal case against the son of a sitting president, drawing intense public and media scrutiny.

 

Federal prosecutors introduced the controversial MacBook Pro 13 early in the proceedings. The laptop, whose contents were widely publicized shortly before the 2020 election, allegedly after Hunter Biden left it at a Delaware repair shop in 2019, is central to the prosecution's case. The laptop’s emails and messages have been a point of contention, with claims that they document Hunter's drug use during the period he purchased the firearm in question.

 

FBI agent Erika Jensen testified about the laptop's contents, presenting messages from April 2018 to July 2018 that allegedly detail Biden’s drug use. One message showed a photo of white powder on a scale, with another asking, “You want 10 grams?” This evidence is crucial as Hunter Biden, 54, faces three charges related to his October 2018 federal form, where he allegedly lied about not being addicted to drugs to purchase a $5,000 gun.

 

During the introduction of the laptop, Melissa Cohen Biden, visibly upset, shook her head and whispered to a lawyer beside her. Earlier that day, Cohen Biden had an explosive confrontation with former Trump aide Garrett Ziegler. According to an NBC reporter, she called Ziegler a “Nazi piece of shit” when he attempted to enter the courtroom during a break. Ziegler, whom Hunter Biden sued last year for allegedly publishing leaked emails from the laptop, later described the outburst as “sad,” emphasizing his presence at the trial for prudence and denying any Nazi affiliation.

 

 

Assistant U.S. Attorney Derek Hines, in his opening remarks, underscored the gravity of the case, asserting, “No one is above the law. It doesn’t matter who you are, or what your name is. We would not be here today if he was just a drug addict.” Hines revealed that Hallie Biden, the widow of President Joe Biden’s late son, Beau Biden, would testify for the prosecution. Hallie Biden is expected to discuss finding and disposing of the gun and her shared drug use with Hunter during their relationship.

 

Hunter Biden’s memoir, in which he describes his extraordinary ability to locate crack cocaine, was also referenced in court. Defense attorney Abbe Lowell argued that Hunter may not have knowingly broken the law, highlighting his state of denial about his addiction in 2018. Lowell stressed that the gun was never loaded or used and pointed out that it was found in a pouch belonging to Hallie Biden, who later discarded it near a grocery store.

 

 

Lowell's opening statement seemed to resonate with at least one juror, who was seen dabbing her eyes with tissues. He emphasized that the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Hunter knowingly violated the law.

 

Melissa Cohen Biden did not publicly comment on her confrontation with Ziegler. However, Ziegler reiterated that he did not provoke the incident and attended the trial out of due diligence. After the incident, Cohen Biden returned to the courtroom and exchanged a glance with Ziegler before sitting next to First Lady Jill Biden.

 

Credit: TOS 2024-06-06

 

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[Tug]

I’m surprised the laptop is admissible that being said in light of this the trump crowd should see everyone can be put in the hot seat ……trump has only faced the least cases 

[EVENKEEL]

FBI agent Erika Jensen testified about the laptop's contents, presenting messages from April 2018 to July 2018 that allegedly detail Biden’s drug use. One message showed a photo of white powder on a scale, with another asking, “You want 10 grams?” 

 

I'm surprised distributions charges aren't filed. Sounds like he was a drug dealer as well.

 

I predict at some point hunter's will power will fail and just say "fork it" and start the drugs in a massive way.

[JonnyF]

5 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

I'm surprised distributions charges aren't filed. Sounds like he was a drug dealer as well.

 

Absolutely. Offering someone 10 grammes is clearly dealing, not personal use. 

 

But let's not make the mistake of assuming Hunter Biden is a normal person. Or that this is a normal trial. He is the son of the President, and this trial is designed to be used by Democrats as evidence that the Trump conviction wasn't politically motivated to discredit the opposition, which of course it was. 

 

I would expect a conviction on the most minor charges, followed by an incredibly light sentence (maybe some community service and some rehab). They want to point to (ostensible) impartiality, but they don't want the son of the President to actually pay for his crimes like an ordinary citizen would.   

[JonnyF]

5 hours ago, Social Media said:

According to an NBC reporter, she called Ziegler a “Nazi piece of <deleted>” when he attempted to enter the courtroom during a break.

 

Good to see she's a fully paid up member of the #bekind club. 😃

 

Wouldn't expect any less...

[Purdey]

Interesting that an online betting company believes he will not be jailed but doesn't say why.

https://www.newsweek.com/hunter-biden-drugs-guns-trial-betting-odds-1908753

 

[thaipo7]

TUG - Showing your bias again.  Keep in mind that if Trump had never been President, we would have never know just how corrupt Biden, Hillary, the Justice Dept. and the FBI and all the other governmental departments are.  Is there any member of the Biden family over 18 who is not corrupt?  How about the 51 CIA officials signing the letter that the laptop was Russian disinformation?  Biden has opened the can of worms that will now allow Trump to do to them what they have been doing to Trump. One thing will be different.  Trump will have REAL cases brought up, not made up charges that have to be tried in Democrat controlled areas by DAs and AGs that ran on the platform that they would get Trump if elected.  Any of this sinking in?  Did not think so.  What everyone is afraid of is that if Biden falls, how far behind him is Obama?  Their job is to take the fall for Obama.

[placeholder]

Can you please share with us what criminal acts Joe Biden  has committed? James Comer and company tried their best and failed to come up with sufficient evidence to get enough of their Republican colleagues to support impeachment. In fact, the allegations all fell apart.

And typical of Trumpistas, you emulate your leader in getting facts wrong. Those were  intelligence officials. Not all, or even nearly all were from the CIA. What's more, none of them who signed were government employees at the time. All were retired from govt service. Moreover they did not assert that the laptop was Russian disinformation.

"While the letter’s signatories presented no new evidence, they said their national security experience had made them “deeply suspicious that the Russian government played a significant role in this case” and cited several elements of the story that suggested the Kremlin’s hand at work. 
“If we are right,” they added, “this is Russia trying to influence how Americans vote in this election, and we believe strongly that Americans need to be aware of this.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/19/hunter-biden-story-russian-disinfo-430276

And keep in mind that even after the Justice Dept Inspector General said there was no evidence of a conspiracy against Trump in the Justice Dept, William Barr went ahead and got himself another special prosecutor, John Durham, to try and prove otherwise. . Durham, despite his best efforts and extremely strong support from Barr, came up with nothing to prove that and had to concede as much.

[candide]

23 minutes ago, thaipo7 said:

TUG - Showing your bias again.  Keep in mind that if Trump had never been President, we would have never know just how corrupt Biden, Hillary, the Justice Dept. and the FBI and all the other governmental departments are.  Is there any member of the Biden family over 18 who is not corrupt?  How about the 51 CIA officials signing the letter that the laptop was Russian disinformation?  Biden has opened the can of worms that will now allow Trump to do to them what they have been doing to Trump. One thing will be different.  Trump will have REAL cases brought up, not made up charges that have to be tried in Democrat controlled areas by DAs and AGs that ran on the platform that they would get Trump if elected.  Any of this sinking in?  Did not think so.  What everyone is afraid of is that if Biden falls, how far behind him is Obama?  Their job is to take the fall for Obama.

Lol! Trump and the Republicans have been trying to get Joe or Hillary for years. Which evidence have they found? Zero, zilch, nada, waloo!

 

BTW, you are just as uninformed as your pal who claimed they were 51 FBI officials (lol! You should at least agree together on lies before publishing them on AN). They were not CIA officials, and they stated it had all the earmarks of Russian disinformation!

[charleskerins]

explosive allegations        sure

[digger70]

14 hours ago, Social Media said:

The laptop, whose contents were widely publicized shortly before the 2020 election, allegedly after Hunter Biden left it at a Delaware repair shop in 2019, is central to the prosecution's case. The laptop’s emails and messages have been a point of contention, with claims that they document Hunter's drug use during the period he purchased the firearm in question.

I don't care if he's guilty or not, that laptop shouldn't be allowed as evidence in my opinion, It's the Repairman that is guilty to Betray peoples Trust and should be in jail. 

what's the world turn int that one can't trust  a Repairman or anyone to do their job without shouting to the world What they  have done.

It's same as Doctor Patient confidentiality. 

[theblether]

3 hours ago, digger70 said:

I don't care if he's guilty or not, that laptop shouldn't be allowed as evidence in my opinion, It's the Repairman that is guilty to Betray peoples Trust and should be in jail. 

what's the world turn int that one can't trust  a Repairman or anyone to do their job without shouting to the world What they  have done.

It's same as Doctor Patient confidentiality. 

 

This is a ludicrous argument and you clearly haven't thought it through.

 

Many people have been jailed as repairmen have discovered child sex abuse images on their laptops. The most famous example was Paul Gadd aka Gary Glitter, who spent a lot of time in Thailand. 

 

And you are suggesting that some type of doctor/patient confidentiality should come into play? 

 

I strongly suggest you engage your brain before posting. Read the link: 

 

https://www.eclecticblue.org.uk/remember-me-this-way/

[theblether]

17 hours ago, Tug said:

I’m surprised the laptop is admissible that being said in light of this the trump crowd should see everyone can be put in the hot seat ……trump has only faced the least cases 

 

You are surprised that the laptop verified by Biden's DoJ and FBI has been admitted as evidence, even though it's full of incriminating evidence and deals directly with the period related to the charges?

 

Biden's DoJ, Biden's FBI - remember that when you post.  

[shdmn]

It's entertaining to watching the convicted felon worshippers trying using someone who never has and never will hold public office to distract from the convicted felon acting like a loser again.  It's like, seriously, that's the best you got??? 

 

At least we don't have to listen to them endlessly talk about locking Hillary up, although the convicted felon did mention that oldie but goody again recently.  I think the loser has even started mentioning locking up Biden and Obama now.   Anything to distract from what a loser he is.

 

 

[EVENKEEL]

On 6/5/2024 at 2:57 PM, Tug said:

I’m surprised the laptop is admissible that being said in light of this the trump crowd should see everyone can be put in the hot seat ……trump has only faced the least cases 

The famous laptop has very much been validated by the FBI as very real. I guess biden's fake outrage at the debates where he referenced the letter signed by former FBI agents saying the laptop was Russian Disinformation has been revealed.

[impulse]

12 hours ago, placeholder said:

James Comer and company tried their best and failed to come up with sufficient evidence to get enough of their Republican colleagues to support impeachment.

 

With Dems in the majority in the Senate, they could have videos of Biden walking across the White House lawn with a severed head in one hand and a bloody machete in the other, and impeachment trial would be a non-starter.  The purpose of the impeachment investigation is to compel evidence to show the voters just how corrupt the Biden crime family is, and has been for decades.

 

Then you have the Hur report that concluded that Biden did commit crimes, willfully and with full knowledge that they were crimes.  But he's basically incompetent to stand trial.

 

[EVENKEEL]

Hunter is looking rough, wonder if he's on the booze.

[impulse]

11 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

Hunter is looking rough, wonder if he's on the booze.

 

I don't know why he'd be worried.  All his lawyers have to do is keep him out of jail past election day so his father (or Kamala) can pardon him with impunity. 

 

Surely, in Delaware, they can stretch it out a few months.

 

[stoner]

8 hours ago, shdmn said:

It's entertaining to watching the convicted felon worshippers trying using someone who never has and never will hold public office to distract from the convicted felon acting like a loser again.  It's like, seriously, that's the best you got??? 

 

At least we don't have to listen to them endlessly talk about locking Hillary up, although the convicted felon did mention that oldie but goody again recently.  I think the loser has even started mentioning locking up Biden and Obama now.   Anything to distract from what a loser he is.

 

 

 

so what you are saying is that trump is a convicted felon ? 

[Hanaguma]

Hunter is guilty as sin. And this is an actual felony- gun charges are serious. Something that everyone need remember. Not to mention how Hunter's troubles left Joe extremely vulnerable to extortion. Not to mention taking a crackhead on Air Force 2, letting him attend White House events, etc.   

[rocket3rider]

I suspect that Hunter will be found guilty, given a relatively short custodial sentence and that Joe (the Democrats) will withdraw from the presidential race. (Excuse)

 

It's their out.

[JonnyF]

13 hours ago, digger70 said:

I don't care if he's guilty or not, that laptop shouldn't be allowed as evidence in my opinion, It's the Repairman that is guilty to Betray peoples Trust and should be in jail. 

what's the world turn int that one can't trust  a Repairman or anyone to do their job without shouting to the world What they  have done.

It's same as Doctor Patient confidentiality. 

 

Nonsense.

 

What if a repairman found child porn on Trump's laptop. Would you still suggest he stay quiet? Jail the repairman for blowing the whistle?

 

Of course not. 

[pomchop]

15 hours ago, thaipo7 said:

TUG - Showing your bias again.  Keep in mind that if Trump had never been President, we would have never know just how corrupt Biden, Hillary, the Justice Dept. and the FBI and all the other governmental departments are.  Is there any member of the Biden family over 18 who is not corrupt?  How about the 51 CIA officials signing the letter that the laptop was Russian disinformation?  Biden has opened the can of worms that will now allow Trump to do to them what they have been doing to Trump. One thing will be different.  Trump will have REAL cases brought up, not made up charges that have to be tried in Democrat controlled areas by DAs and AGs that ran on the platform that they would get Trump if elected.  Any of this sinking in?  Did not think so.  What everyone is afraid of is that if Biden falls, how far behind him is Obama?  Their job is to take the fall for Obama.

The problem with maga and right wingers who want to prosecute joe biden is after years of BS hearings all you have is a  lot of conspiracy theories and maybes but no EVIDENCE.....believe it or not the criminal justice system requires EVIDENCE ...you know testimony text messages email videos audios etc...like the EVIDENCE that got trump a convicted felon...just like the "stolen election" that magas have been harping on for years the problem is they have no EVIDENCE...its' not complicated....want to indict biden then put away all the tin hat theories and lay some solid corraborated EVIDENCE on the table...otherwise go sit in the corner and whine more about how unfair it is that trump gets convicted by evidence and biden does not...or an PS maybe you should have a few hearings and sniff around how kushner got 2 billion from the saudis and ivanka got very valuable patents from china if you are worried about corrupt kids/family of politicians....why you might even find some evidence where they can be indicted....

[digger70]

12 hours ago, theblether said:

 

This is a ludicrous argument and you clearly haven't thought it through.

 

Many people have been jailed as repairmen have discovered child sex abuse images on their laptops. The most famous example was Paul Gadd aka Gary Glitter, who spent a lot of time in Thailand. 

 

And you are suggesting that some type of doctor/patient confidentiality should come into play? 

 

I strongly suggest you engage your brain before posting. Read the link: 

 

https://www.eclecticblue.org.uk/remember-me-this-way/

I did ,I stick by my post. what you say doesn't make sense.

If i take my car for an Oil change I don't expect the Mechanic to rebuilt the Engine .

there's no need to look at all the files when Fixing a Laptop 

I fixed my Laptop and upgrade it  from 4 to 8 GB  never touched the files .

 

[digger70]

3 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

Nonsense.

 

What if a repairman found child porn on Trump's laptop. Would you still suggest he stay quiet? Jail the repairman for blowing the whistle?

 

Of course not. 

 

The repairman  can fix a computer without going through all the files .

Iff there's porn on the computer than can be for Private viewing /Entertainment .

What is wrong with that spicing up in the bedroom some people need/enjoy that.

[candide]

4 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

Nonsense.

 

What if a repairman found child porn on Trump's laptop. Would you still suggest he stay quiet? Jail the repairman for blowing the whistle?

 

Of course not. 

Which childporn did the repairman find?

[candide]

4 hours ago, pomchop said:

The problem with maga and right wingers who want to prosecute joe biden is after years of BS hearings all you have is a  lot of conspiracy theories and maybes but no EVIDENCE.....believe it or not the criminal justice system requires EVIDENCE ...you know testimony text messages email videos audios etc...like the EVIDENCE that got trump a convicted felon...just like the "stolen election" that magas have been harping on for years the problem is they have no EVIDENCE...its' not complicated....want to indict biden then put away all the tin hat theories and lay some solid corraborated EVIDENCE on the table...otherwise go sit in the corner and whine more about how unfair it is that trump gets convicted by evidence and biden does not...or an PS maybe you should have a few hearings and sniff around how kushner got 2 billion from the saudis and ivanka got very valuable patents from china if you are worried about corrupt kids/family of politicians....why you might even find some evidence where they can be indicted....

MAGAs are so pathetic! They cannot get Joe Biden because they have no evidence, so they lash out at Hunter!

Kind of consolation prize... 😆

[thaibeachlovers]

14 hours ago, theblether said:

 

This is a ludicrous argument and you clearly haven't thought it through.

 

Many people have been jailed as repairmen have discovered child sex abuse images on their laptops. The most famous example was Paul Gadd aka Gary Glitter, who spent a lot of time in Thailand. 

 

And you are suggesting that some type of doctor/patient confidentiality should come into play? 

 

I strongly suggest you engage your brain before posting. Read the link: 

 

https://www.eclecticblue.org.uk/remember-me-this-way/

I thought he was being sarcastic or trying to use satire. There is no confidentiality issue with what is found on a computer.

[JonnyF]

26 minutes ago, candide said:

Which childporn did the repairman find?

 

Missed the point.

 

By miles.

 

[candide]

8 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I thought he was being sarcastic or trying to use satire. There is no confidentiality issue with what is found on a computer.

Sure! Lend me your computer and I will put the content on the Internet! 😃