Hunter Biden’s gun trial in Delaware nearing its end

The gun trial for Hunter Biden will likely wrap up early next week as the prosecution rested its case on Friday. The defense expects to call about two to three witnesses, including an employee of the gun store at which Hunter purchased a firearm while allegedly being an active drug abuser, Hunter’s uncle James Biden and Hunter’s daughter Naomi Biden.

Naomi took the stand Friday afternoon and testified that her father seemed “hopeful” in October 2018, the month he purchased the gun, and that she did not personally observe any drug paraphernalia or other signs of abuse in her father’s car. She had previously visited Hunter at a rehab facility in the summer of 2018 and told him she was “proud” of him. Under cross, the prosecution got Naomi to admit she had never seen her father use drugs and would not be able to tell whether or not he was actively using.

However, Naomi’s testimony stands in stark contrast to witnesses brought forth by the prosecution, which aims to prove that Hunter is guilty on three federal charges related to firearm possession while using narcotics. A DEA agent testified to the “coded language” Hunter used in text messages to refer to drugs around the time he purchased the firearm, including “baby powder,” “party favor,” “Fenten” and “chore boy.” Hunter also texted in October 2018 that he was lying on top of a car “smoking crack.” There was also cocaine residue found in the leather pouch where Hunter stored the gun, according to a forensic chemist.

Hunter’s ex-wife, Kathleen Buhle, testified that she would often search his car for drugs after she discovered he was addicted to crack. Hunter’s sister-in-law turned affair partner, Hallie Biden, revealed that she found drug remnants and paraphernalia in Hunter’s truck at the same time she discovered the firearm in October 2018.

The star of the trial, at least on social media, was gentleman’s club dancer Zoe Kestan. She said she met Hunter in December 2017 when he booked her and another woman for a private dance, during which he played the band Fleet Foxes on his phone and smoked crack. Kestan said she found Hunter “charming” even though he smoked crack “every twenty minutes or so,” and stated that there was not a noticeable difference in Hunter’s behavior when he was high. The pair had numerous encounters after their initial meeting, with Kestan saying, “I felt really safe around him.”

Initial reports from the trial seem to suggest that few witnesses have faced the kind of badgering that took place at Trump’s criminal trial in New York, with the exception of a gun store employee who Hunter’s attorney Abbe Lowell tried to pin down on the timeframe between when Hunter filled out a background check form and when the gun purchase was complete. “You’re trying to set a time frame — that’s not gonna happen,” the employee said, adding that the sixteen-minute gap came from him filling out the rest of the form: “I write slow.”

The employee also accused the defense team of being a “mess” that “can’t be on time for nothing.”

List of things in Delaware named after Joe Biden
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This article lists things named after Joe Biden, the 46th and current president of the United States (2021–present). Holding various political offices over the last 50 years, he previously served as a New Castle County councilman in Delaware (1971–1973), a seven-term United States senator (1973–2009), and a two-term vice president under the 44th president, Barack Obama (2009–2017).

Educational institutions
<><>In 2017, Biden established the Biden Institute, a policy center at his alma mater, the U of Delaware.
<><>The U of Delaware renamed its public policy school the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy & Administration in 2018.
<><>In 2017, the U of Pennsylvania established the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, which is based in Washington, D.C.

Other facilities
<><>The Biden Welcome Center, a welcome center along Interstate 95 in Christiana, Delaware, was named after the Biden family in 2018 by a state legislative resolution.
<><>Also in 2017, the pool in Brown-Burton-Winchester Park in Wilmington, Delaware was renamed the Joseph R. Biden Jr. Aquatic Center. Previously been known as the Prices Run Pool. Biden himself served as the only white lifeguard there in the summer of 1962. Biden has said he took the job at the pool, which is in a predominantly black neighborhood, to try to learn more about the black community.
<><>The Joseph R. Biden Jr. Railroad Station, an Amtrak and SEPTA Regional Rail station in Wilmington, Delaware, was renamed in Biden’s honor in 2011.

There’s also Pennsylvania streets
<><>Biden Street in Scranton, Pennsylvania, renamed from Spruce Street in 2021
<><>Joe Biden Way, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, renamed from North Washington Avenue in 2020
<><>President Biden Expressway in Scranton, Pennsylvania, renamed from Central Scranton Expressway in 2021.

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