Hunter Biden is in court (Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
However, there is another version of the form — a physical version — that was filled out at a gun store. It was revealed in court Friday a gun store employee, Gordon Cleveland, helped Biden fill out the physical form that day.
Cleveland is likely to be called to the stand, and Noreika suggested the government would likely ask him to testify that Biden filled out the form and signed it.
JUDGE BARS PROSECUTORS FROM USING SOME SALACIOUS EVIDENCE IN HUNTER BIDEN'S GUN TRIAL
An evidence photo shows Hunter Biden’s signature certifying he was eligible to buy a gun in Wilmington, Del., Oct. 12, 2018. (U.S. Department of Justice)
Lowell responded, "We now know that they tampered with that form. … Cleveland accepted an ID he shouldn’t have, and [Ron] Palmieri [the gun store owner] changed the form."
"What matters is what your client put on the form," said Judge Noreika.
Lowell again suggested it is all "subject to examination."
HUNTER BIDEN ATTENDS PRE-TRIAL HEARING IN DELAWARE COURT ON FEDERAL GUN CHARGES
A courtroom sketch depicting Hunter Biden in a federal courtroom in Wilmington, Del. July 26, 2023. (Courtesy William J. Hennessy, Jr.)
Noreika said she would rule later on whether the physical form would be allowed into evidence but seemed to agree that the gun store employees could be examined.
"Why can’t he question his credibility?" she asked.
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The trial will begin with jury selection June 3, and both sides agreed it would run until approximately June 14, or possibly into the next week.
As he left the courtroom, Hunter Biden, who wore tangerine-colored reading glasses at times during the proceeding, patted sketch artist Bill Hennessy on the back and asked, "How’s it coming?"
Jake Gibson is the Fox News Department of Justice and Federal Law Enforcement Producer.
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