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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Hunter Biden lawyers say prosecutors confused photo of sawdust for cocaine

Hunter Biden in Washington DC on 10 January.
Hunter Biden in Washington DC on 10 January. Photograph: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images

Lawyers for Hunter Biden have claimed that a picture government prosecutors are using to support a tax fraud case against him shows neatly arranged lines of sawdust from a carpentry shop – and not cocaine as the government contends.

Joe Biden’s son is facing tax evasion charges for failing to disclose millions in foreign income and a charge for failing to disclose he was a drug addict on gun licensing forms. He claims that use of the picture shows that prosecutors’ evidence against him should not be taken at face value.

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