Now to Wilmington, DE where prosecutors called on Kathleen Buell,
Hunter Bidens first wife and the mother of three of
his five children to testify today.
Hunter Bidens ex-girlfriend Zoe Keston,
took the stand after an FBI special agent and the
man who sold a gun to Hunter Biden back in
2018 also testified today.
Scott McFarland with CBS is outside the courthouse in Wilmington,
DE Scott, great to see you.
What were the prosecutors seeking to accomplish in calling some
of these personal associates?
Of Mr. Biden to the stand.
They're not just trying to paint a picture,
Bob. They're trying to paint a calendar into the minds
of jurors.
What they're alleging in this case,
the charges are that Hunter Biden knowingly possessed a gun
in October 2018 while using or addicted to drugs and
made false statements filling out the paperwork to get that
gun. What they have through their witnesses today is a
timetable leading up to October 2018.
Zoe Kestin, with whom Hunter Biden was romantically involved in
2018.
Testified that not only did Hunter Biden frequently buy and
use crack cocaine.
That he did so as close to that gun purchase
date as September 2018.
Within weeks of the gun purchase,
he also called Bidens ex-wife Kathleen Buell to testify about
how she found a cracked pipe in their Washington,
DC home before their divorce in 2015.
She also testified Bob that Hunter Biden refused her initial
request that he go into rehab and that she searched
the family car to ensure the kids who drove the
car frequently didn't find drugs themselves.
Scott, the man who sold the gun at the center
of this trial,
he took the stand and will return to the stand
tomorrow.
In the view of the prosecution,
how important is his testimony in this case?
That man is Gordon Cleveland of Wilmington,
DE. They're trying to put some meat on the bones
at that key accusation that there was a form Hunter
Biden filled out and gave to court in Cleveland store
in which he didn't mark,
as required in the federal background check,
that he was a user or addict of drugs.
And the entirety of this trial is the Department of
Justice special counsel trying to prove Hunter Biden not only
was addicted to using drugs,
but that he knew he was and made false statements
filling out that gunshot form.
There are about six more witnesses left.
Bob, the prosecution could rest this thing tomorrow and give
it to the defense.
If you blink, you miss big chunks of this trial.
It's on quite a fast track.
Scott McFarlane, thank you. We appreciate it.