美国总统乔·拜登的儿子亨特·拜登于2011年12月15日在特拉华州受审三项重罪指控与他在2018年涉嫌吸毒时试图获得枪支有关。
年轻的拜登拒不认罪去年10月被特别顾问魏红星起诉后，否认了这些指控。在任总统的儿子从未面临过刑事审判。
该审判紧随前总统唐纳德·特朗普之后进行重罪指控定罪与2016年封口费为提高他在2016年总统选举中的选举前景而支付的款项有关。
6月6日凌晨5点02分
检方最早可能于周四结束诉讼
在辩护律师阿贝·洛威尔的交叉询问下，枪支商店店员戈登·克利夫兰就2018年10月12日的一系列事件作证，当时他向亨特·拜登出售了案件核心的手枪-克利夫兰和洛威尔有时会在细节上争吵，比如亨特·拜登开车进入商店停车场时他的车辆的方向。
克利夫兰将在周四上午继续诉讼时回到证人席。
检察官德里克·海因斯在庭审结束前告诉法官，他预计最早将于周四结束诉讼。他说，政府还有六名简要证人。
洛威尔说，如果政府在周四结束前停止诉讼，他将准备在周五早上传唤他的第一位证人。
6月6日凌晨3点49分
职员称亨特·拜登在毒品问题上没有表现出困惑
枪支商店店员戈登·克里夫兰作证说，他在“大约两英尺”远的地方看到亨特·拜登在2018年购买手枪的过程中填写了4473表格，并检查了询问申请人是否是活跃的吸毒者的方框。
亨特·拜登选择购买柯尔特眼镜蛇后，克里夫兰说他要求他填写4473表格，他告诉他这是“每一次购买枪支”所必需的克里夫兰作证说，他指示亨特·拜登填写他的个人信息并回答以下问题，“并慢慢回答这些问题，”他说。
克里夫兰作证说，他看着亨特·拜登回答表格上的几个问题，然后才回答关于吸毒的问题11.E。
“你看见他在箱子上打了个X?“检察官德里克·海因斯问道。
“是的，”克利夫兰说。
“他似乎没有因为这个问题而感到困惑?“海因斯问道。
“不，”克利夫兰说。
6月6日凌晨3点40分
陪审团在案件中心看到了枪
枪支商店员工戈登·克利夫兰站在证人席上，陪审团成员看到了亨特·拜登于2018年10月12日在特拉华州威尔明顿的StarQuest Shooters从克利夫兰购买的柯尔特·眼镜蛇。38特别版。
检察官德里克·海因斯说，法警确保了装有枪支的安全，并要求法官允许他带着武器靠近。
他首先把枪带到证人席，在那里克里夫兰大声念出序列号，然后把枪带到陪审团席，陪审员们在那里看到了这把枪，检察官认为亨特·拜登是通过在联邦表格上撒谎非法获得的。
然后检察官继续询问克里夫兰关于4473表格的问题，这是亨特·拜登购买枪支时填写的表格。
6月6日凌晨3点09分
前女友说买枪时他们没有联系
辩护律师阿贝·洛威尔在盘问亨特·拜登的前女友佐伊·凯斯坦时，试图再次证明亨特·拜登在2018年10月没有主动吸毒，强调凯斯坦当时没有和他联系，也不会知道。
凯斯坦作证说，从9月23日他们一起在马里布开始，她就没有和亨特·拜登联系过，直到11月他把她叫到马萨诸塞州，当时他正在尝试一个新的氯胺酮疗法项目。
因此，凯斯坦作证说她“不知道”他已经回到特拉华州，也不知道他当时在做什么。
“那么你在那两次约会之间没有见过他?”洛厄尔问道。
“不，”她说。
洛厄尔还试图将凯斯坦塑造成一个让亨特上瘾的人。
“你帮他弄毒品?”洛厄尔问道。
“是的，”凯斯坦回应道。
检察官强调了他们之间的巨大年龄差距，反驳了这一论点:交往时，凯斯坦24岁，而亨特·拜登48岁。
“年龄是我的两倍，”她作证说。
凯斯坦随后结束了作证，走下证人席。检察官随后准备传唤2018年向亨特·拜登出售枪支的枪店员工戈登·克里夫兰出庭作证。
Hunter Biden gun trial: Prosecution could rest Thursday
President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden is on trial in Delaware onthree felony chargesrelated to his efforts to obtain a firearm in 2018 while allegedly addicted to drugs.
The younger Biden, whopleaded not guiltylast October after being indicted by special counsel David Weiss, has denied the charges. The son of a sitting president has never before faced a criminal trial.
The trial comes on the heels of former President Donald Trump'sconviction on felony chargesrelated to a 2016 hush money payment made to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election.
Jun 06, 5:02 AM
Prosecution could rest its case as early as Thursday
Under cross-examination by defense attorney Abbe Lowell, gun store clerk Gordon Cleveland testified about the sequence of events on Oct. 12, 2018, when he sold Hunter Biden the handgun at the center of the case -- with Cleveland and Lowell at times squabbling over details as granular as the direction of Hunter Biden's vehicle when he drove into the store's parking lot.
Cleveland will return to the stand Thursday morning when proceedings continue.
Prosecutor Derek Hines told the judge before court concluded for the day that he anticipated resting his case as soon as the end of the day on Thursday. The government has six brief witnesses remaining, he said.
Lowell said that if the government rests its case by the end of the day Thursday, he would be prepared to call his first witness on Friday morning.
Jun 06, 3:49 AM
Clerk says Hunter Biden showed no confusion over drug question
Gun store clerk Gordon Cleveland testified that he watched from "about two feet" away as Hunter Biden, in the course of purchasing a handgun in 2018, filled out Form 4473 and checked the box asking applicants whether they were active drug users.
After Hunter Biden selected the Colt Cobra for purchase, Cleveland said he asked him to fill out Form 4473, which he told him was required for "every gun purchase." Cleveland testified that he instructed Hunter Biden to write in his personal information and answer the questions below, "and to take your time answering them," he said.
Cleveland testified that he watched as Hunter Biden answered several questions on the form before he approached question 11.E., which asked about drug use.
"You saw him strike that box with an 'X'?" prosecutor Derek Hines asked.
"Yes," Cleveland said.
"He didn't seem to express any confusion by that question?" Hines asked.
"No," Cleveland said.
Jun 06, 3:40 AM
Jury sees gun at center of case
With gun store employee Gordon Cleveland on the witness stand, members of the jury saw the Colt Cobra .38 Special that Hunter Biden purchased from Cleveland on Oct. 12, 2018, at StarQuest Shooters in Wilmington, Delaware.
Prosecutor Derek Hines said the encased gun was rendered safe by marshals and asked the judge to allow him to approach with the weapon.
He first brought the gun to the witness stand where Cleveland read aloud the serial number, and then took it to the jury box, where jurors saw the gun that prosecutors argue Hunter Biden obtained illegally by lying on a federal form.
Prosecutors then moved on to question Cleveland about Form 4473, the form that Hunter Biden filled out when he purchased the gun.
Jun 06, 3:09 AM
Ex-girlfriend says they weren't in touch at time of gun purchase
Defense attorney Abbe Lowell, cross-examining Hunter Biden's former girlfriend Zoe Kestan, sought to renew his argument that Hunter Biden was not actively using drugs in October 2018 by emphasizing that Kestan wasn't in contact with him at that time and would not know.
Kestan testified that she wasn't in touch with Hunter Biden from Sept. 23, when they were in Malibu together, until November, when he summoned her to Massachusetts while he was trying out a new ketamine therapy program.
As such, Kestan testified she had "no idea" that he had gone back to Delaware, or what he was doing at that time.
"So you didn't see him between those two dates?" Lowell asked.
"No," she said.
Lowell also sought to cast Kestan as an enabler of Hunter's addiction.
"You helped him get drugs?" Lowell asked.
"Yes," Kestan responded.
Prosecutors pushed back on that argument by highlighting their significant age gap: Kestan was 24 at the time of the relationship, while Hunter Biden was 48.
"Twice my age," she testified.
Kestan subsequently concluded her testimony and stepped down from the witness stand. Prosecutors then prepared to called to the stand Gordon Cleveland, the gun shop employee who sold Hunter Biden the firearm in 2018.
