Biden campaign's 2020 narrative about Hunter's laptop collapses after Biden DOJ enters into trial evidence The "Russian information operation" narrative that was pushed by dozens of former intelligence officials and amplified by the Biden campaign a couple weeks before the 2020 election took a major blow this week when the federal government entered Hunter Biden’s laptop into evidence for his gun trial. After years of the authenticity of the laptop being downplayed by former intel officials, prominent Democrats, and the White House, Hunter’s laptop was officially entered into evidence by Biden's Department of Justice and is being used to attempt to prove that Biden was addicted to drugs at the time he purchased a gun in 2018, a violation of federal law.
Video of Dems, media rejecting Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story as ‘Russian disinfo’ goes viral after FBI confirms authenticity in court Video clips of Democrats and legacy media journalists dismissing The Post’s scoop on Hunter Biden’s foreign influence-peddling as “Russian disinformation” went viral on Wednesday after the FBI confirmed during the first son’s Delaware criminal trial the laptop containing evidence of dirty deeds was authentic. Network anchors and contributors, ex-US intelligence officials, Democrats in Congress — and then-candidate Joe Biden himself — all denied the accuracy of the report on the contents of the so-called “laptop from hell” in October 2020.
Yet Fox News fails to note that the laptop data entered into the Hunter Biden trial is the ORIGINAL information taken from the image. The laptop image being used in the trial is NOT the data passed via Rudy Giuliani that had the content altered before being published by the right-wing media and placed in the Congressional record by Matt Gaetz. This is why Hunter Biden is suing Rudy Giuliani for manipulating and disseminating the fabricated laptop image. The suit outlines the details -- for example why are there files dated after April 2019 in the "Hunter laptop data"? (Quick Answer: Because people added fake information.) I outlined all of this in my response on the other thread. I suggest you go read it and explore the links with a wealth of detail.
For the purposes of the gun/drug trial -- Yes, the original laptop is damming enough. The pictures of Hunter Biden doing drugs about the time frame that he purchased a gun are legitimate. I will note however that Hunter Biden admitted to his drug use for this trial. The pictures from the laptop really add no value since the point about drug use is not in dispute. Especially since his former partners described his drug use in detail. In terms of technology at the trial, the real items of interest are the phone call records and text messages from Hunter's call phone -- the prosecutors and defense have been sparring over what can be introduced yesterday and today in side-bars in front of the judge.
Day 5 of Hunter Biden's federal gun trial (Live Updates) https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/hunter-biden-trial-06-07-24/index.html
Jurors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial begin deliberating whether he’s guilty of federal firearm charges https://www.wral.com/story/hunter-b...rsonal-testimony-about-his-drug-use/21474436/ WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jurors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial began deliberating Monday to decide whether the president’s son is guilty of federal firearms charges over a revolver he bought when prosecutors say he was addicted to crack cocaine. Hunter Biden is charged with three felonies stemming from the purchase of the gun in 2018. Prosecutors say he lied on a federal form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs. Since the trial began last week in Delaware’s federal court, jurors have heard emotional testimony from Hunter Biden’s former romantic partners, read personal text messages and seen photos of him with drug paraphernalia or partially clothed. He has publicly detailed his struggle with a crack cocaine addiction before getting sober more than five years ago. But the defense sought to show that that he did not consider himself an “addict” when he filled out the form. It’s the first of two trials Hunter Biden faces in the midst of his Democratic father’s reelection campaign. The younger Biden is also charged with failing to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes in a case scheduled to go to trial in September. In closing arguments on Monday, the prosecutor told jurors to focus on the “overwhelming” evidence against Hunter Biden and pay no mind to members of the president's family sitting in the courtroom, including first lady Jill Biden. “All of this is not evidence,” Wise said, extending his hand and directing the jury to look at the gallery. “People sitting in the gallery are not evidence.” Defense attorney Abbe Lowell countered that prosecutors have failed to prove their case. He told jurors the fact that his client has a famous last name does not change the fact that he is presumed innocent — like any other defendant — until proven guilty. “With my last breath in this case, I ask for the only verdict that will hold the prosecutors to what the law requires of them" — a verdict of not guilty, Lowell said. The defense has sought to show that that Hunter Biden did not consider himself an “addict” when he filled out the form. His lawyers have suggested he was trying to turn his life around at the time of the gun purchase, having completed a detoxification and rehabilitation program at the end of August 2018. Lowell said there's no witness to Hunter Biden's drug use in the 11 days he had the gun. And he suggested his client was lying about where he was in text messages to his brother Beau's widow. The prosecution suggests those texts show drug use and drug deals in the days following the gun purchase. “At any given time, he would lie to her about where he was,” Lowell said. Closing arguments came shortly after the defense rested its case without calling Hunter Biden to the witness stand. He smiled as he chatted with members of his defense team and flashed a thumbs-up to one of his supporters in the gallery after the final witness — an FBI agent called by prosecutors in their rebuttal case. The first lady, the president's brother James and other family members sat in the first row of the Wilmington, Delaware, courtroom. At one point, Hunter Biden leaned over a railing to whisper in his mother's ear. She has sat through most of the trial, missing only one day last week to attend D-Day anniversary events with the president in France. Hunter Biden has pleaded not guilty to three felony charges stemming from the October 2018 purchase of a gun he had for about 11 days. He has accused the Justice Department of bending to political pressure from former President Donald Trump and other Republicans to bring the gun case and separate tax charges after a deal with prosecutors fell apart last year. The case has put a spotlight on a turbulent time in Hunter Biden's life after the death of his brother in 2015. Jurors have heard emotional testimony from Hunter Biden's former romantic partners and read personal text messages. They've seen photos of him holding a crack pipe and partly clothed, and video from his phone of crack cocaine weighed on a scale. His ex-wife and two former girlfriends testified for prosecutors about his habitual crack use and their failed efforts to help him get clean. One woman, who met Hunter Biden in 2017 at a strip club where she worked, described him smoking crack every 20 minutes or so while she stayed with him at a hotel. Jurors have heard him describe at length his descent into addiction through audio excerpts played in court of his 2021 memoir, “Beautiful Things." The book, written after he got sober, covers the period he had the gun but doesn’t mention it specifically. A key witness for prosecutors was Beau's widow, Hallie, who had a brief, troubled relationship with Hunter after his brother died of brain cancer. She found the unloaded gun in Hunter’s truck on Oct. 23, 2018, panicked and tossed it into a garbage can at a grocery store in Wilmington, where a man inadvertently fished it out of the trash. From the time Hunter returned to Delaware from a 2018 trip to California until she threw his gun away, she did not see him using drugs, Hallie told jurors. That time period included the day he bought the weapon. But jurors also saw text messages Hunter sent to Hallie in October 2018 saying he was waiting for a dealer and smoking crack. The first message was sent the day after he bought the gun. The second was sent the following day. Joe Biden said last week that he would accept the jury’s verdict and has ruled out a presidential pardon for his son. After flying back from France, the president was at his home in Wilmington for the day and was expected in Washington in the evening for a Juneteenth concert. He was scheduled to travel to Italy later this week for the Group of Seven leaders conference. Last summer, it looked as if Hunter Biden would avoid prosecution in the gun case altogether, but a deal with prosecutors imploded after the judge, who was nominated to the bench by Trump, raised concerns about it. Hunter Biden was subsequently indicted on three felony gun charges. He also faces a trial scheduled for September on felony charges alleging he failed to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes over four years. If convicted in the gun case, he faces up to 25 years in prison, though first-time offenders do not get anywhere near the maximum, and it’s unclear whether the judge would give him time behind bars
How does it feel to be a 54 year old son and have your mother sit behind you while the court plays audio of your wretched drug and prostitution use....
Good question. Probably doesn't feel very good. Here's one for you. How does it feel to be a demented 78-year-old fat man convicted of 34 criminal charges, with many more indictments in the wings, whose wife and beloved daughter (not the other one) couldn't be bothered to show up in court for moral support?
A Verdict has been reached. I will assume that the verdict is guilty since it was reached quickly. We will see shortly.