World: Hunter Biden’s daughter Naomi testifies as key witness in his criminal gun trial

World: Hunter Biden’s daughter Naomi testified Friday about her father’s drug treatment as part of his defense in a criminal trial where he is accused of not disclosing his addiction on his application when buying a gun in 2018. Naomi Biden, 30, told the jury she saw her father in California in the weeks before the gun purchase, describing his treatment for drug addiction and his sobriety. “He seemed really good.” Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, has pleaded guilty to felony counts of failing to disclose his addiction when buying a Colt Cobra revolver and of illegally possessing the weapon for 11 days

He has pleaded not guilty to the charges. During cross-examination, Naomi Biden was shown texting and calling her father and admitting she was unable to contact him. “I can’t stand this,” she texted her father several days after buying the gun. “I miss you so much and I just want to hang out with you.” Prosecutors presented earlier testimony and evidence they said showed Hunter Biden was arranging to buy crack during that time. The jury in the first criminal trial against a U.S. president’s child last five days heard witnesses including Hunter Biden’s ex-wife, ex-girlfriend and sister-in-law testify about his use of crack cocaine.

His sister-in-law, Hallie Biden, spoke out Thursday about finding the gun and throwing it away out of concern for the safety of Hunter Biden and their children. Prosecutors said there was “abundant evidence” that he had used it in the weeks before and after buying the gun in October 2018. Active form He had been using crack since 2005 and lied by answering “no” on a government screening document when asked if he was a drug user. Defense attorney Abbe Lowell has said Biden did not intend to deceive because he did not consider himself an addict when he bought the gun. Hunter Biden told the judge at his 2023 hearing that he has been sober since 2019. Earlier on Friday, prosecutors withdrew their case and Hunter Biden’s team asked the judge overseeing the case to acquit him. His lawyers said the evidence did not support a conviction. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika did not immediately rule on that request, which is routinely filed by defendants and often denied. Lowell called as witnesses an employee and the owner of the gun store who played a role on the day Hunter Biden bought the firearm to try to raise doubts about the accuracy of the background check form at the center of the case.

He said Hunter Biden has not yet decided whether to testify. Criminal defendants rarely testify, because they then have to face cross-examination from prosecutors. The trial follows another historic event — last week’s criminal conviction of Donald Trump, the first sitting U.S. president to be convicted of a felony. Trump is Democrat Joe Biden’s Republican challenger in the Nov. 5 election. Trump and some of his fellow Republicans in Congress have accused Democrats of pursuing that and three other criminal prosecutions to prevent Trump from regaining power in his rematch with the president. Congressional Democrats have pointed to the cases, including the Hunter Biden prosecution, as evidence that Joe Biden is using the justice system to gain political or personal leverage.

Personal motives Joe Biden told ABC News on Thursday that he would not pardon his son if he is convicted. Asked if he would accept the outcome of the trial and ruled out the possibility of a pardon, Biden replied, “yes.” If Hunter Biden is convicted on all charges, he could face up to 25 years in prison, though defendants typically receive lesser sentences, according to the U.S. Justice Department.

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