Hunter Biden's ex-wife and an ex-girlfriend testified about the strong addiction and expenses of the son of the president of the United States, who has been on trial since this week for claiming that he was not addict on federal form for the purchase of a firearm in 2018.
Kathleen Buhle, who was married to Joe Biden's son for nearly 25 years and with whom she had three daughters, recalled the shocking moment when discovered a crack pipe used in an ashtray, in July 2015, and the response of her then husband when she confronted him, who admitted his addiction to that drug.
She also detailed that she would search her husband's vehicle for crack before allowing her daughters to use it to ensure that ““They weren't in a car with drugs.”
After her testimony, the 12 jurors also heard from Zoe Kestan, ex-girlfriend of Joe Biden's son, who referred to Hunter as a charming spendthrift who liked money. good party life in New York, according to The New York Times.
Hunter Biden met Kestan at a men's club in 2018 in New York and, according to the dancer, they “connected” immediately.
Kestan assured when questioned by the Prosecutor's Office that he tried to help him many times to get him sober, and even that he saw him smoke crack repeatedly, breaking small crystals from a huge rock of crack that was the size of a ping-pong ball.
The defense of Biden's son tried to undermine the credibility of the witness by pointing out that although she encouraged him to stay clean, on other occasions she introduced him to drug traffickers and allowed him that vice.
Gordon Cleveland, the employee of the armory where Biden He bought the weapon in 2018, also occupied the witness chair and assured that he did not hesitate to answer with a “no” to the question of whether he was an illegal user or addicted to marijuana or any stimulant, narcotic or any other controlled substance. . That question is key in this trial that began Monday in Delaware.
The Prosecutor's Office showed the jury the gun, which was in an open box.
What is Hunter Biden accused of?
The charges against Hunter Biden are the result of an investigation that was opened in 2018 during the Donald Trump Administration (2017-2021) and that the former president himself, a future Republican candidate for the November elections, has used to attack his opponent Biden.
The president's son has another pending trial in California in which he is accused of having evaded the payment of 1.4 million dollars in taxes.