© Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images/FileHunter Biden
According to the Department of Justice, the president's son took "multiple photographs" of his alleged drug use in November and December 2018.
Tuesday's filing showed photos and text messages from Hunter's iPhone of exchanges with his drug dealer.
"Prior to October 12, 2018 (the date of the gun purchase), the defendant took photos of crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia on his phone," the documents said. '"Also prior to his gun purchase, the defendant routinely sent messages about purchasing drugs."
The correspondents show Hunter asking for "baby powder" and "the really soft stuff."
The filing also revealed that Hunter talked about his drug use with his then-girlfriend, Hallie Biden.
"You have lost your mind hunter. I'm sorry I handled it poorly today but you are in huge denial about yourself and your reality that I just want you to be safe. You run away like a child and blame me for your s---," messages from Hallie said. "It's to be expected that you go, you prove repeatedly that you can't stay and really do work on yourself," she said. "It's easier for you to avoid looking within and cowardly to constantly point the blame on me."
© Department of JusticePhotos on Hunter Biden's iPhone showed images of cocaine, crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia.
The DOJ showed the images in court to prove that Hunter was allegedly addicted to drugs when he answered "No" to drug use.
© Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty ImagesA recent column from New York Times columnist Frank Bruni claimed that the media and Biden allies ignoring the Hunter Biden scandal and other Biden administration corruption are being "dishonest" and "dangerous."
He previously acknowledged that he struggled with a crack cocaine addiction during a period in 2018, but his attorneys said he did not break the law.
Hunter Biden has since said he has stopped using drugs and is working to turn his life around.
Hunter Biden was charged with making a false statement in the purchase of a firearm; making a false statement related to information required to be kept by a federal firearms licensed dealer; and one count of possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance.
© Kent Nishimura/Getty ImagesHunter Biden, son of President Biden, departs a House Oversight Committee meeting at Capitol Hill on Jan. 10, 2024.
The indictment also states that "on or about October 12, 2018, through on or about October 23, 2018, in the District of Delaware, the defendant Robert Hunter Biden, knowing that he was an unlawful user of and addicted to any stimulant, narcotic drug, and any other controlled substance... did knowingly possess a firearm, that is, a Colt Cobra 38SPL revolver with serial number RA 551363, said firearm having been shipped and transported in interstate commerce."
Fox News' Brooke Singman and Greg Wehner contributed to this report.
What is the narrative? Hunter is bad because he did drugs as shown on his phone and lied on his purchase of a gun. Wow, bad, bad, bad.
What is the intent? How old was Hallie? What about all of the other SH*t on the laptop indicating fraud, bribery, treason, criminal money laundering, all involving the Vice President.
This is classic misdirection, look here not there. The DoJ is doing their job, right?