Coverage dated February 19, 2024 to February 20, 2024

Hunter Biden claims DOJ mistook sawdust for cocaine

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The legal team for Hunter Biden said the DOJ had mistaken sawdust for cocaine in photos found on his phone and used as evidence.

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Newsweek
Hunter Biden claims DOJ mistook sawdust for cocaine (opens Newsweek)
Published Feb 19, 2024
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The legal team for Hunter Biden said the DOJ had mistaken sawdust for cocaine in photos found on his phone and used as evidence.
Fox News
Hunter Biden lawyer says photo on his phone showed sawdust, not cocaine: ‘prosecution is flat out wrong’ (opens Fox News)
Published Feb 19, 2024
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Hunter Biden's legal team is disputing a picture included in a Special Counsel Filing last week, calling prosecutors "reckless" for mispresenting sawdust as cocaine.
New York Post
Hunter Biden attorneys say ‘reckless’ prosecutors mistook ‘lines of sawdust’ for cocaine in evidence dump (opens New York Post)
Published Feb 19, 2024
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Hunter Biden’s attorneys say federal prosecutors have been “gun-shy” about sharing evidence ahead of the first son’s trial, according to a Tuesday court filing, despite embarrassingly releasing a photo of purported cocaine abuse that is merely showing sawdust in a carpenter’s shop.
The Guardian
Hunter Biden lawyers say prosecutors confused photo of sawdust for cocaine (opens The Guardian)
Published Feb 20, 2024
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President’s son claims use of picture shows prosecutors’ evidence against him shouldn’t be taken at face value
The Daily Caller
‘Lines Of Sawdust’: Hunter Biden’s Attorneys Dispute Cocaine Was Featured In Pic Used For Gun Charge (opens The Daily Caller)
Published Feb 20, 2024
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Attorneys for Hunter Biden claimed in a Tuesday court filing that federal prosecutors mistook sawdust for cocaine in a photo used to justify a gun charge.
NBC News
Hunter Biden's lawyers say prosecutors confused a picture of sawdust with cocaine (opens NBC News)
Published Feb 20, 2024
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Federal prosecutors mistakenly claimed in a court filing that a photo of sawdust they found while searching Hunter Biden's electronics was cocaine, his lawyers said.