Hunter Biden’s defense team suggested that federal prosecutors may benefit from attending Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous meetings to understand his “struggles.”
The latest filing picks on claims that Hunter Biden is somehow the target of politically motivated attacks.
The defense said Hunter Biden’s 2021 book: “Beautiful Things: A Memoir,” was not a confession to using drugs while owning a firearm but a cautionary tale meant to help those struggling with addiction.
The defense also suggested prosecutors should attend A.A. and N.A. meetings to understand Hunter’s “struggle.”
Defense attorney Abbe David Lowell wrote:
“Perhaps the prosecution should visit an Alcoholics or Narcotics Anonymous meeting, where they will find that the sort of stories Mr. Biden recounts in his memoir are common.”
“These stories are not told to gloat. Acknowledging the depraved actions that they have taken while in the throes of addiction and acknowledging responsibility for them is part of the healing process.”
“It shows others who are coming to terms with their addiction that they are not alone, that there are others who understand them, and that there is a path forward.”
“Mr. Biden wrote his memoir as a cautionary tale to show that even a child born into great privilege can succumb to addiction and, perhaps more importantly, to show people that no matter how far you may have fallen, you can still pick yourself back up.”
“Mr. Biden has been proudly sober four years now – a fact the prosecution conveniently omits when it revels in discussing the more salacious details of his history of drug use.”
The filing comes after prosecutors said Hunter Biden’s claims that he is the victim of political attacks in his Delaware gun case were “absurd.”
Hunter blamed his father’s political rivals and former President Donald Trump for his predicament.
Hunter now claims the government is out to get him.
As the Centre Square reported:
“Prosecutors, led by special counsel David Weiss, indicted Hunter Biden in September 2023 in federal court in Delaware on three counts tied to the possession of a gun while using drugs. Two of the counts involve allegations that he allegedly lied on a form attesting that he was not using illegal drugs when he bought a Colt Cobra 38SPL revolver in October 2018. The third count alleges that he possessed a firearm while using illegal drugs. Prosecutors previously said those claims don’t withstand scrutiny, especially with his father sitting in the White House. In court filings, Weiss and his team have laid out more details about the evidence they plan to use against the president’s son.”
Prosecutors revealed they had evidence outside of Hunter Biden’s 2022 book: “Beautiful Things: A Memoir,” which detailed his drug use while he owned a Colt Cobra revolver at the center of the charges.
Investigators also found cocaine in the gun pouch.
“After the defendant’s then-girlfriend discovered and discarded his gun, and after he became aware that local authorities had seized his gun, speed loader, and ammunition, and after the defendant announced his awareness of a federal investigation of him in 2020, the defendant chose to author and sell a book in 2021 in which he made countless incriminating statements about his years-long drug usage, including during the period he purchased and possessed the gun,” prosecutors wrote.
“He recounted his interaction with a drug dealer who pointed a gun at him during a drug deal before he decided to buy his own gun.”
“Investigators also obtained messages from his Apple iCloud account in which he discussed buying thousands of dollars’ worth of crack while also taking videos of himself weighing crack and smoking it.”
“Furthermore, a chemist was able to confirm the presence of cocaine residue on the brown leather pouch in which defendant stored his firearm.”
Hunter Biden’s attorney has said Republican interference at the U.S. Department of Justice prompted the gun charges against President Biden’s son.
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