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... Why it matters: Some legal experts argue that the level of personal details in the filings ahead of Hunter Biden's criminal trials are meant to embarrass rather than prosecute, a feeling shared by many people close to the president's family.
- - - The revelations are particularly painful for a family that prefers family matters to be guarded and can quickly exit people who break the code.
- - - Hunter's ex-wife Kathleen Buhle wrote in her 2022 memoir when instructing her mother not to reveal that Beau Biden was sick: "After twenty years with the Bidens, I knew that everything in the family was meant to stay private."
In court filings this week and the original indictments, the special counsel's office said the upcoming trials would include materials from:
- - - Hunter's divorce from Buhle
- - - Text messages with family members including his daughter
- - - Pictures and videos of him smoking crack cocaine
- - - Receipts of money spent on clothes and "various women"
- - - Tax documents from Lunden Roberts, a woman with whom Hunter had a child, and then he initially denied he was the father.
Zoom in: The trial in Wilmington set for June 3 about lying about his drug use on a gun form will include testimony from Buhle, his sister-in-law and ex-partner Hallie Biden, and potentially Roberts, according to the filings.
Weiss also includes texts from Hunter at the depths of his ad ...
