Chemist testifies about substance on gun's pouch
Chemist Jason Brewer, testifying as an expert witness for the prosecution, told the jury that a brown leather pouch that contained Hunter Biden's gun at the time the weapon was retrieved by authorities tested positive for cocaine.
Brewer said there were "minimal amounts of white powder" on two locations on the pouch, which he combined and tested.
On cross-examination, Hunter Biden's attorney sought to raise doubts about how that white powder got there and who put it there -- emphasizing it could have been old, dating back to before Hunter Biden purchased the gun.
"You can't date when it got there?" defense attorney David Kolansky asked.
"I cannot," Brewer said.
Kolansky also emphasized that five years went by from the time the pouch was collected in October 2018 to when it was tested in October 2023 -- after the indictment in this case was already filed.
He emphasized the importance of the "chain of command," which Brewer conceded was "very important."
Earlier, Hunter Biden's former girlfriend Hallie Biden testified that she put the gun in the pouch, which she found in Hunter Biden's vehicle, after she discovered the weapon in the vehicle and before she disposed of it in a trash container.
