(24 May 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington – 23 May 2024
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press:
"Hunter Biden is set to go on trial on June 3 on federal firearms charges in a case that accuses him of lying about his drug use on a federal form when he bought a gun in October 2018. He had the gun for about 11 days."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington – 28 February 2024
2. STILL of Hunter Biden and his attorney Abbe Lowell
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ARCHIVE: Wilmington, Delaware – 3 October 2023
3. Hunter Biden arrives with members of his legal team, walks inside courthouse
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Washington – 23 May 2024
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press: ++COVERED++
"Hunter Biden has pleaded not guilty and has his lawyers pushed unsuccessfully to dismiss the charges. In his memoir Beautiful Things Hunter Biden describes in detail struggling with a drug addiction around this time period, but his lawyers say he didn’t break the law. The trial, which is going to happen in Delaware federal court, is expected to last about 3 to 6 days."
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New York – 29 March 2024
5. STILL of Hunter Biden
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Wilmington, Delaware – 3 October 2023
6. Hunter Biden leaves courthouse with members of his legal team
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Washington – 23 May 2024
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press: ++COVERED++
"Prosecutors have said they plan to show jurors portions of his memoir as they try to prove that he lied when he marked on the form that he wasn’t a drug user. This is all happening against the backdrop of his father’s reelection campaign against former President Donald Trump. Republicans are likely to seize a new on embarrassing details that emerge from the trial to attack President Biden, even as Trump himself is facing criminal charges in four separate cases."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington – 23 May 2024
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press:
"Hunter Biden was supposed to stand trial in a separate case later in June in California on federal tax charges, but the judge recently agreed to push that trial back to September 5th."
STORYLINE:
Hunter Biden is set to go on trial on June 3 on federal firearms charges in a case that accuses him of lying about his drug use on a federal form when he bought a gun in October 2018. He had the gun for about 11 days.
President Joe Biden’s son is due in court on Friday for the final hearing before he’s expected to stand trial on federal firearms charges in Delaware as his father’s reelection campaign unfolds.
Hunter Biden is charged with lying about his drug use in October 2018 on a form to buy a gun that he kept for about 11 days in Delaware. He has acknowledged an addiction to crack cocaine during that period, but his lawyers have said he didn’t break the law and the case is politically motivated.
The two sides have been arguing in court documents about evidence in the case, including contents from a laptop that he allegedly dropped off at a Delaware repair shop. Defense attorneys question the authenticity of the laptop’s data in court documents, but prosecutors say there’s no evidence the data has been compromised and that a drawn-out fight over it at trial would be a waste of time. The laptop has been the source of controversy for years after Republicans accessed and disseminated personal data from it.
Defense attorneys argue prosecutors are cherry-picking evidence from the book and want to also include more information they chose.
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