Hallie Biden has taken the witness stand. She is the wife of the late Beau Biden, Hunter Biden’s older brother, who died from brain cancer in 2015.
Hunter Biden began a passionate relationship with Hallie Biden and they ended up together at the time that Hunter Biden procured the firearm. During opening statements, prosecutor Derek Hines reported that Hunter Biden texted Hallie Biden the working day immediately after he purchased the gun about conference a drug supplier named “Mookie.” And a working day soon after that, he texted her that he was sleeping on a car smoking crack.
In his opening statements, defense law firm Abbe Lowell pre-emptively pushed again on text messages amongst the few that the prosecution designs to use as evidence. Lowell stated that Hunter Biden’s messages are not able to always be taken at confront price mainly because he in some cases lied to her about his whereabouts due to the fact he didn’t want to see her.
“Hallie will testify about these messages and the other drug messages sent by the defendant during the 11 days he had the gun, in advance of she took it from his truck,” Hines stated. “The defendant earlier launched crack to Hallie, and she turned a drug user, far too, but by Oct 2018, she experienced been clean up for two months and she stays thoroughly clean these days.”
Hallie Biden is envisioned to testify about her crack use, which Hines acknowledged would be “uncomfortable.” He also explained she is testifying under an immunity settlement, so she cannot be prosecuted for what she states on the stand.
The prosecutor reported that Hallie Biden identified Hunter Biden’s gun in his motor vehicle, and took the gun, pouch, pace loader and ammunition in a reward bag to a grocery store in the suburbs of Wilmington and threw them out powering the retail outlet.
Hallie Biden has two young children from her marriage to Beau Biden.
