The mix-up "sounds more like a storyline from one of the 1980’s Police Academy comedies than what should be expected in a high-profile prosecution,” Biden’s attorney wrote.
Federal prosecutors mistakenly claimed in a court filing that a photo of sawdust they found while searching Hunter Biden’s electronics was cocaine, attorneys for the president’s son said Tuesday.
The sawdust picture was used in a court filing detailing incriminating information that prosecutors said they turned up while executing a search warrant of Biden’s laptop and electronics, but his legal team said in court papers that the picture was sent to their client by his then-psychiatrist as inspiration.
The picture shows three lines of yellow dust on a piece of wood near some other dust. The psychiatrist sent the picture to Biden in 2018, saying it was "lines of sawdust sent to me by a master carpenter who was a coke addict.”
Biden’s attorneys said the message and picture were “meant to convey that Mr. Biden, too, could overcome any addiction” and used the apparent mix-up to mock prosecutors.
“Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, this is a photo of the accused butt crack. This definitely proves that he is addicted to crack cocaine.”
The picture from the article.
Yes, that’s a table saw in the mirror. (Edit: or is that a picture frame? Whatever the picture has a table saw.)
Just saw a clip on Kimmel of Hannity after the sawdust thing came out still insisting that it is cocaine. Because “it’s arranged in perfect little lines.”
He actually asks, “does that look like sawdust to you?”
That’s how much they gaslight.
And it looks like sawdust. Damn that is dense.
If I were a prosecutor, I’d be pressing that question too – not a hard question to ask in the context of everything else on that laptop: admissions of smoking crack, videos of smoking crack while speeding etc.
Sorry… you still think that isn’t sawdust?
Have you ever seen cocaine? Even in a movie? How about that prosecutor?
Do you know what prosecutors do?
And that’s why you’re not a prosecutor, just like those guys are just about to not be. And that’s not a joke, a mistake like this and your career is done. Who the fuck’s gonna want the sawdust cocaine guys
You do realize part of their job is to instill doubt, right? It’s not a mistake to push a narrative in a trial.
Do those prosecutors think cocaine is light brown?
Considering the anti-drug propaganda they send to schools? Quite possibly.
Just wait until they get to the bag of oregano.
When are we going to rid ourselves of these russian agents? Have we not suffered enough damage at their hands?
I want to know how much fucking money repubs are spending on this wild goose chase. Completely ridiculous.
Well into the millions at this point, I wouldn’t say all be surprised if it is already fiscally equal to the whitewater kerfuffle (52 million).
As much as it takes, the cruelty is priceless.
Dude still wrote an autobiography about how he was smoking a bunch of crack during the time he bought the gun.
Like, he snitched on himself.
I don’t understand why this being sawdust is so newsworthy it keeps getting reposted
- The picture clearly is a sawdust though on a carpentry machine with plenty of it on the floor as well
- I don’t think autobiography can be used as evidence as generally everyone bends truth a little to make the book more interesting. It is not a sworn statement
Yeah, obviously that one was.
But more importantly it was a picture sent to him, he didn’t take it. And the context is the person who sent it was a medical professional helping him with addiction.
That’s what I mean.
There is a shit ton of other evidence, hell, there’s pictures of him literally smoking crack.
And he has been incredibly public about his crack addiction.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/02/politics/hunter-biden-book-memoir-addiction/index.html
During which he bought at least one gun.
Why the fuck is everyone acting like there’s a single chance he won’t be found guilty except his access to some of the best lawyers and media connections in America?
He broke federal gun laws. It’s pretty clear cut that he deserves the same punishment as anyone else.
Because Government officials are expected to operate at a higher standard. Submitting very clearly erroneous evidence is indicating that they are not operating at that higher standard.
Now does that mean the case altogether is bunk? No, of course not. But it allows defenders to sow mistrust in the presentation by the prosecutor. That’s the entire point. And that’s why it’s important for officials to do things “by the book”. When they start going off rails that technically allows defense to ask “what else did you mess up?”
Good lawyers go after every advantage they can offer their client. When prosecutors mess up, defense lawyers are allowed to file with the judge the question of “Hey they made a mistake, may I be allowed to inform the jury of this mistake?”
It’s up to the judge to allow that or not. But good lawyers file these kinds of motions. Now will it have major ramifications on the case as whole? Who knows? But the entire point is this, bringing a case to court needs to be airtight and things like this are reasons why. Same reason why folks like Matt Gaetz seems to continually avoid prosecution. If it’s not airtight small mistakes can completely derail getting a guilty verdict. You just need one juror out of twelve to be sympathetic on some sticking point, and mistrust of the government is a good sticking point for some people.
I get where you’re coming from, but shit, I’ve seen people walk free on more damming evidence simply because defense was able to sway on some particular mistrust.
And that’s why it’s important for officials to do things “by the book”. When they start going off rails that technically allows defense to ask “what else did you mess up?”
Which is also why the prosecution in Trump’s various trials are taking their time to get things right, and giving him as much latitude as possible.
They know he is going to appeal, no matter what they do, so they’re making sure that appeal won’t be sucessful.
