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Hallie Biden describes immediate fallout after Hunter Biden realizes she threw out the gun
From CNN's Holmes Lybrand and Marshall Cohen at the courthouse
Hallie Biden described the immediate fallout after Hunter Biden realized that she threw out his gun.
“He was angry with me,” she testified.
Their frantic texts from that day – which are being shown to the jury – show a scramble to deal with the matter.
“The f*cking FBI, Hallie, its hard to believe anyone is that stupid,” Hunter Biden texted.
“I’m sorry, I just want you safe. That was not safe,” she replied in the text.
All of these text messages from the day Hallie Biden trashed the gun were found by investigators on Hunter Biden’s laptop, they say.
The prosecution has finished questioning Hallie Biden and Hunter Biden’s defense team has begun their cross-examination after the court took a short break.
Hallie Biden to Hunter Biden in 2018: "I’m afraid you are going to die"
From CNN's Holmes Lybrand and Marshall Cohen at the courthouse
Prosecutors showed the jury some very personal messages from the critical period when Hunter Biden owned the gun.
“I’m afraid you are going to die,” the text said, from Hallie Biden to Hunter Biden on October 4, 2018.
Prosecutor Leo Wise asked if she was afraid of him dying from an “overdose.”
“Maybe. Suicide. I didn’t know,” she said, haltingly.
Hallie Biden describes throwing away the gun she found in Hunter Biden’s car and then going back to find it
From CNN's Holmes Lybrand and Marshall Cohen at the courthouse
Hallie Biden said that she decided to get rid of the gun and found a gift shopping bag but realized that the gun was too visible and started looking for something to use in Hunter Biden’s case.
In his truck, Hallie Biden said she found a pouch to put it in and said Hunter Biden would use the pouches for different items, including drugs.
Prosecutors say that a white powder was analyzed in 2023 from the pouch and tested positive for cocaine. Defense attorney Abbe Lowell suggested in opening statements that the pouch was Hallie Biden’s.
Hallie described throwing out the gun.
“I took it to a grocery store up the road and I threw it away ... into a trash can,” she said.
Prosecutors played surveillance footage of her in the supermarket parking lot throwing out the gun.
“I was so flustered,” she said. “I realize it was a stupid idea now.”
They also showed footage of her inside the store, called Jansen’s.
Hallie Biden said she later went back to the grocery store to look for the gun she thew out.
The jury was shown security footage of Hallie Biden hurriedly looking through trash bins outside, going back and forth between different bins five times.
Hallie Biden said she went inside to ask employees if the trash had been taken out and later filed a police report.
Hallie Biden describes finding gun and drugs in Hunter's car in 2018: "I didn’t want him to hurt himself"
From CNN's Holmes Lybrand and Marshall Cohen at the courthouse
On October 23, 2018, Hallie Biden says she went to clean out Hunter Biden’s truck while he was asleep and found drugs and a gun.
“I did find some remnants of crack cocaine” and drug paraphernalia, she said.
“Oh, and the gun, obviously,” Hallie Biden said, chuckling.
Hallie Biden said this was the first time she ever saw a gun up close.
Presented the gun by prosecutors and asked if it was the one she found, Hallie Biden said she “can’t know, but that looks like it.”
She described her first reaction upon discovering the gun and bullets: “I panicked and wanted to get rid of them.”
“I didn’t want him to hurt himself” or for her kids to hurt themselves, she testified.
“I was afraid to kinda touch it. I didn’t know if it was loaded,” she said.
The defense argues the gun was never loaded at any point in time.
Hallie Biden testifies that Hunter Biden introduced her to crack in 2018
From CNN's Holmes Lybrand and Marshall Cohen at the courthouse
Hallie Biden testified that Hunter Biden introduced her to crack in 2018, and she abused the drug.
“It was a terrible experience that I went through. I'm embarrassed, and I'm ashamed and I regret that period of my life,” she said.
She said she quit in August 2018.
This admission came moments after Hallie Biden described visiting Hunter Biden in Los Angeles in June 2018 at the Roosevelt Hotel. She saw him using crack there on a “frequent” basis.
Hallie Biden details conversations between 2017 and 2018 where she confronted Hunter over drug use
From CNN's Holmes Lybrand and Marshall Cohen at the courthouse
Hallie Biden also testified that she had conversations with Hunter Biden between 2017 and 2018 about his drug use, telling him “this can’t go on, we can’t do this.”
Hunter Biden’s responses would vary, sometimes saying, “leave me alone, I’m fine” and other times saying he was an addict and that I’ll figure it out my way,” she testifies.
In court, Hunter Biden has been watching Hallie Biden diligently as she testifies.
Asked to describe Hunter Biden, Hallie Biden said “he’s my brother-in-law.”
Regarding their romantic relationship, which began after Beau Biden died in 2015, Hallie Biden said “it was gradual.”
Hallie Biden said she “occasionally” saw Hunter Biden with very large crack rocks that were the size of a ping-pong ball.
Hallie Biden says she first found Hunter Biden’s drugs sometime after 2015
From CNN's Holmes Lybrand and Marshall Cohen at the courthouse
Hallie Biden said she found Hunter Biden'’s drugs when they were dating sometime in 2015-2016 after Beau Biden died.
“I found it, and I googled it,” she testified, because she didn’t know what it was. She said it was the first time she saw crack cocaine.
Hunter Biden admitted to her that it was crack.
Hallie Biden also said she “occasionally” saw Hunter Biden with very large crack rocks that were the size of a ping-pong ball.
Asked to describe Hunter Biden, Hallie Biden said “he’s my brother-in-law.”
Regarding their romantic relationship, which began after Beau Biden died in 2015, she said, “it was gradual.”
Hallie Biden called to testify in Hunter Biden trial
From CNN's Holmes Lybrand and Marshall Cohen at the courthouse
Hallie Biden, the widow of Hunter Biden’s late brother, Beau, has been called to testify by prosecutors.
Prosecutors have said Hallie Biden — who dated Hunter during the time he purchased the firearm – will testify about when he owned the firearm and how she took it from his car and tossed it in a dumpster outside of a grocery store in Wilmington, Delaware.
Gun shop employee’s testimony solicits objections from prosecutors about potential issues with the ATF form
From CNN's Holmes Lybrand and Marshall Cohen at the courthouse
Gordon Cleveland was about to say something on the stand about potential problems with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) paperwork, which could’ve opened the door for the defense to bring up the fact that the gun employees later altered the form.
Prosecutors objected several times, and the judge sustained their objections, cutting off Cleveland from answering Abbe Lowell’s questions.
More context: The store’s tampering with the form – in 2021, years after the sale – is important to the defense. But the judge has previously limited their ability to delve into the issue in front of the jury.
