A gun, a memoir and the trial of Bidens son
In Hunter Biden\u2019s 2021 memoir, \u201cBeautiful Things,\u201d he writes: \u201cI\u2019ve bought crack cocaine on the streets of Washington, DC, and cooked up my own inside a hotel bungalow in Los Angeles. I\u2019ve been so desperate for a drink that I couldn\u2019t make the one-block walk between a liquor store and my apartment without uncapping the bottle to take a swig.\u201d
Federal prosecutors this week used these words and other excerpts from Biden\u2019s memoir against him, as they attempted to convince a jury that he lied about his drug use when purchasing a firearm in Delaware in 2018.
The president\u2019s son faces three felony charges related to the gun purchase.
Today on \u201cPost Reports,\u201d Justice Department reporter Perry Stein and host Martine Powers break down the charges Biden faces in his federal trial, why the prosecution is using his memoir as evidence and what impact the case could have on his father\u2019s reelection campaign.
Today\u2019s show was produced by Peter Bresnan, with help from Rennie Svirnovskiy. It was edited by Monica Campbell and mixed by Sean Carter.
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