Cocaine found on Hunter Biden’s gun pouch: federal prosecutors

According to a court filing from special counsel David Weiss, investigators removed the sealed Colt Cobra 38SPL revolver from a state police vault to photograph the firearm last year and found white powder on the pouch that held the weapon.

The 52-page court filing revealed that an FBI chemist determined that the residue was cocaine, stating, "To be clear, investigators literally found drugs on the pouch where the defendant had kept his gun.”

Prosecutors asked a judge on Tuesday to reject the first son’s attempts to have the gun charges dismissed after investigators found cocaine residue on the pouch used to hold his gun.

Prosecutors stated that "the strength of the evidence against him is overwhelming," and rejected Biden’s claims that he was being targeted for political reasons.

President Joe Biden’s son previously discussed his drug use in a 2021 memoir “Beautiful Things” in which, according to prosecutors, he “made countless incriminating statements about his years-long drug usage.”

Additionally, prosecutors stated that Hunter Biden proceeded to write the book even after he found out that authorities had recovered the weapon after girlfriend Hallie Biden, Hunter’s brother Beau’s widow, discarded the weapon in a trash can near a school and it was found by an elderly man who was sorting recyclables.

Hunter also wrote the book knowing there was an ongoing federal investigation into the incident.

Hunter Biden has pleaded not guilty to charges of lying on a firearm purchase form about his drug use. The president’s son also has three felony and six misdemeanor counts pending against him for allegedly evading $1.4 million in taxes.