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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Wednesday June 5th, 2024. This is the

excerpt. Today Hunter Biden's trial has moved to witness testimony.

Plus President Joe Biden issues a directive on the border and we look at how more

young adults are living with their parents.

The first witness in Hunter Biden's felony gun trial, Special Agent Erica Jensen,

started her testimony yesterday.

That kicked off the presentation of evidence in the historic case

featuring the first criminal charges against a president's child.

I caught up with USA Today, Justice Department correspondent Bart Janssen for the latest. Bart, thanks for making the time.

Thanks for having me.

So Bart, Hunter Biden's gun trial has begun this week.

Before we get to witness testimony,

did anything catch your eye during jury selection and opening arguments?

During jury selection of course the challenge was how do you find anyone in Delaware

a relatively small population state who doesn't know the Biden's's. So can you find an impartial jury to judge his son and

whether he bought a gun in 2018 while either using or being addicted to illicit drugs and they were able to

ask enough questions to shake out a jury of 12 six men and six women. They did have a little bit of a fuss early Tuesday in that one of the jurors said that she was not able to actually attend the trial. They excused one of the jurors before testimony began, but they had four alternates,

four women, and so one of the alternates was able to take the place. So opening arguments went off as planned on Tuesday.

Prosecutor Derek Hines basically just recited that Hunter Biden bought a revolver in October

2018. He had to fill out a form at that time asking whether he was using illicit drugs or was an addict and he put an X for no and he allegedly lied to the gun dealer the guy that gives him the form and then he

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