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The prosecution is expected to call six more witnesses to testify in the Hunter Biden gun trial on Thursday, including his brother Beau's widow Hallie Biden—with whom he also had a relationship.
Hunter Biden, 54, will appear for the fourth day of his trial in Delaware for felony charges related to a 2018 gun purchase. Prosecutors argue that he lied on federal documents about his drug use, which would have barred him from legally obtaining a firearm. If convicted, he could face up to 25 years in prison. The trial, expected to last one to two weeks, delves deeply into whether Hunter Biden's drug use influenced his ability to lawfully purchase the firearm.
But starting out Thursday morning, gun store clerk Gordon Cleveland returns to the stand to finish his testimony. He witnessed the president's son complete the paperwork to purchase a gun in October 2018.
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As for Hallie Biden, she will testify under an immunity agreement about using drugs with Hunter Biden and her finding and discarding the gun in question at a Delaware grocery store in October 2018. The school counselor was married to Beau Biden from 2002 until he died of brain cancer in 2015. A year later, she and Hunter Biden started a romantic relationship, and were still together at the time of the gun purchase.
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Hallie Biden, according to prosecutors, will testify that she and her children found drugs and paraphernalia in Hunter Biden's bags and cars—a similar sentiment to what his ex-wife Kathleen Buhle testified on Tuesday.
James Biden, his uncle, could also take the stand. The president's brother helped Hunter Biden through his rehab stints.
'He went with the hollow-point'
During Wednesday testimony, Cleveland recalled the day Hunter Biden walked into his gun store on October 12, 2018 to purchase a firearm. The president's son wanted to buy a gun but didn't have a specific model in mind. After showing him a few options, the gun store clerk talked with Hunter Biden about accessories such as a speedloader, practice ammunition and hollow-point ammunition.
"He went with the hollow-point," Cleveland testified on Wednesday during Hunter Biden's federal gun trial in Delaware.
Biden paid $900 for a Colt Cobra .38 revolver and told Cleveland to keep the $13 as a tip.
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Abbe Lowell, Hunter Biden's defense attorney, then asked Cleveland if he was familiar with the phrase "whale hunter."
"That's what they called me because I sold high-end guns to customers," Cleveland explained.
"I'm a salesman," he added. "That's just what I did."
But he said he didn't have a profit motive to upsell customers on more expensive merchandise because he was paid a flat salary and didn't make commission.
In a humorous moment that got a chuckle from the courtroom, Cleveland said he always recommended ammo to go with purchased firearms, otherwise, "What are you going to do with it? Throw it at somebody?"
Cleveland, adhering to store policy, refused Biden's tip and placed the change in an envelope by the register.
The explosive testimony from exes
Hunter Biden's ex-wife Buhle also took the stand on Wednesday.
She talked about how she never saw Hunter Biden using drugs, and how she would consistently search his cars for drug paraphernalia so that their daughters wouldn't get caught with it when they borrowed the cars.
Buhle told the court that she found drugs multiple times in 2018, while she also made other discoveries over the course of their relationship.
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"I found a crack pipe... on an ashtray on the side porch of our home," she said, speaking of an incident in 2015.
Direct examination of Buhle by Lowell lasted around 15 minutes, when she admitted she never saw the defendant use drugs.
Buhle, 55, and Hunter Biden, 54, married in 1993. The couple, who have three children—Naomi, 30, Maisy, 23, and Finnegan, 23—divorced in 2016.
Hunter Biden's ex-girlfriend Zoe Kestan provided a vivid recounting of her 2018 week-long getaways with the president's son, during which he frequently smoked crack and drank alcohol. She described Hunter Biden's habit of carrying his crack pipes in sunglasses cases, a toolbox, and leather totes, and admitted to assisting him in purchasing drugs and paraphernalia.
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