Hunter Biden’s Lawyers Say Feds Mistook ‘Lines of Sawdust’ for Cocaine

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Hunter Biden’s Lawyers Say Feds Mistook ‘Lines of Sawdust’ for Cocaine

AJ McDougall

Tue, February 20, 2024 at 7:37 PM CST·3 min read

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Attorneys for Hunter Biden accused Special Counsel Davis Weiss’ office of mistaking lines of sawdust for cocaine in court documents alleging drug use by the first son—a blunder they argued was unbecoming of the office.

“Mistaking sawdust for cocaine sounds more like a storyline from one of the 1980’s Police Academy comedies than what should be expected in a high-profile prosecution by the U.S. Department of Justice,” Biden’s lawyers snarked in a new filing.

While digging through his electronics, investigators executing a search warrant found photos and videos that Biden had taken of “apparent cocaine, crack cocaine, and drug paraphernalia,” as they described it in an exhibit filed last week as evidence that he had been lying about his drug usage when he bought a gun in Delaware in 2018.

 

One of the images included in the filing showed three lines of a yellow-tinged, powdery substance on a plank.

“The prosecution is flat out wrong—both that Mr. Biden ‘took’ this photograph and in claiming that it depicts ‘cocaine.’” Biden’s attorneys wrote on Tuesday. “Multiple sources have pointed out, and a review of discovery confirms, this is actually a photo of sawdust from an expert carpenter and it was sent to Mr. Biden, not vice versa.”

The filing goes on to explain that the carpenter—in recovery from cocaine addiction himself—set up the gag shot and sent it to Biden’s then-psychiatrist, Dr. Keith Ablow. The doctor sent it on to Biden, telling him he’d told the carpenter he’d have to choose between his art and his drug.

“He sent me the photo and a message that said, ‘Made my choice,’” Ablow wrote. “Hope you do, too.”

The message was meant to inspire Biden, his lawyers wrote, letting him know that he, “too, could overcome any addiction.”

Biden’s attorneys went on to excoriate the Justice Department’s prosecutors for jumping to conclusions, arguing that it had damaged the president’s son’s standing. “The prosecution was reckless in making such a hyperbolic and sensational claim in a public filing, which it surely realized would prejudice Mr. Biden in the public eye,” they said.

The Biden team’s filing did not address two other images included in the Justice Department’s exhibit, one showing small tools in a Hermès box and another a scale weighing grainy white rocks.

Weiss’ office did not immediately return an after-hours request for comment on Tuesday.

Biden was indicted last September on three federal charges related to the 2018 gun purchase. The indictment was handed down after a plea agreement that would have resolved any charges related to the case—as well as further tax-related charges in California—fell apart at the last second. He faces up to 25 years behind bars on the gun charges alone. (In December, he was indicted for allegedly trying to avoid paying $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019.)

He has pleaded not guilty to both indictments and, in December, asked a federal judge to dismiss the gun charges, arguing the case against him is politically motivated. Weiss has denied any right-wing bias in prosecuting Biden. “Stripped of its bluster, the defendant’s theory of vindictiveness is simply not credible,” he wrote last month.

Biden’s Tuesday filing, which seeks to ensure prosecutors have fulfilled their discovery obligations, also references Alexander Smirnov, arguing that his recent indictment proves the case is tainted. A former FBI informant, Smirnov was charged last week with fabricating claims that Biden and his father took bribes from a Ukrainian company.

“It now seems clear that the Smirnov allegations infected this case” as prosecutors resuscitated a “baseless investigation” based on Smirnov’s “ridiculous claims” as they chased Biden, the lawyers wrote.

“The Special Counsel charged Mr. Smirnov with lying and obstruction, but the more interesting part of this story is not that Mr. Smirnov lied,” they added. “It is more remarkable that beginning in July 2023, the Special Counsel’s team would follow Mr. Smirnov down his rabbit hole of lies as long as it did.”

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[creed 1,648]

Was this article from the Globe or National Enquirer magazine? 😉

 

[I_M4_AU 7,961]

Who would mistake saw dust for cocain?  Unreal, now Parmesan cheese is different, right?

[aubiefifty 16,897]

54 minutes ago, creed said:

Was this article from the Globe or National Enquirer magazine? 😉

 

i got it from yahoo.com this morning in fact. there are several articles on this subject. and the insult flew over my head and never landed big shooter.

[creed 1,648]

4 hours ago, aubiefifty said:

i got it from yahoo.com this morning in fact. there are several articles on this subject. and the insult flew over my head and never landed big shooter.

It wasn’t an insult. It was a joke. 

[aubiefifty 16,897]

2 hours ago, creed said:

It wasn’t an insult. It was a joke. 

well i missed it........i have to check.

[DKW 86 7,440]

Hunter admits to being a drug abuser for years and even being in rehab multiple times.

The MSM tells him this never happened. All the pics, videos, doctor's reports, even Hunter's own words be damned.

[AU9377 5,026]

I have seen a drug task force SWAT unit mistake okra for marijuana..... even took pictures with it and declared it was worth millions... lol.   That is some nasty looking cocaine, if the pic is real.,,,, comparing it to what i've seen in the movies ofcourse.

[I_M4_AU 7,961]

Denial is not just a river in Mexico.

[aubiefifty 16,897]

i tried coke back in the day............i loved to put peanuts in the bottle......man it was good.

[auburnatl1 5,015]

Cataract's? 

[CoffeeTiger 5,167]

I knew I picked a bad day to stop huffing saw dust. 

[Son of A Tiger 561]

The point that seems to be ignored is there WAS cocaine on the gun he is charged with possessing so it don't matter what's on the table.

[AU9377 5,026]

18 minutes ago, Son of A Tiger said:

The point that seems to be ignored is there WAS cocaine on the gun he is charged with possessing so it don't matter what's on the table.

He isn't being charged with a drug charge.  He is charged with lying on the application form he filled out before purchasing the gun..... The same form that the far right and the NRA claim in unconstitutional.

[Son of A Tiger 561]

Well it seems that a lot of people are hell bent on any preventing anything getting out that might be detrimental to Hunter.

CBS seizes confidential files of fired reporter pursuing Hunter Biden laptop story in ‘unprecedented’ move: sources (msn.com)

Edited February 23 by Son of A Tiger

[DKW 86 7,440]

18 hours ago, Son of A Tiger said:

Well it seems that a lot of people are hell bent on any preventing anything getting out that might be detrimental to Hunter.

CBS seizes confidential files of fired reporter pursuing Hunter Biden laptop story in ‘unprecedented’ move: sources (msn.com)

 Nothing to see here move along…reporters have their material stolen & get fired everyday…in Nazi Germany. 

Edited February 23 by DKW 86

[Son of A Tiger 561]

3 hours ago, DKW 86 said:

 Nothing to see here move along…reporters have their material stolen get fired everyday…in Nazi Germany. 

 Yep old George Goebbels would love it.

Joseph Goebbels - Wikipedia

Edited February 23 by Son of A Tiger