Gordon Cleveland, the gun store clerk, was the first of six witnesses called by the prosecution, and their evidence would be brief, Derek Hines informed the judge after the jurors were gone. According to him, the prosecution might decide to rest its case on Thursday. The prosecution would like to know which witness or witnesses the defense would call, he added, if that is the case.
Defense attorney Abbe Lowell didn’t indicate who his first witness might be once the government rests its case.
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WHY CLEVELAND WAS THE ‘WHALE HUNTER’
Former gun store clerk Gordon Cleveland said Hunter Biden did not express interest in a particular model of a handgun when he came into the store.
Cleveland said he explained the attributes of various models on display to him.
Abbe Lowell, Hunter Biden’s defense attorney, then asked Cleveland if he was familiar with the phrase “whale hunter.”
“That’s what they called me because I sold high-end guns to customers,” Cleveland explained.
“I’m a salesman,” he added. “That’s just what I did.”
But he said he didn’t have a profit motive to upsell customers on more expensive merchandise because he was paid a flat salary and didn’t make commissions. In fact, he said he refused to accept the leftover $13 as a tip when Biden paid $900 for his purchases.
Cleveland said Biden ultimately was responsible for deciding what to purchase.
“Everything he bought, he ultimately decided on,” he said.
Cleveland said he met twice with federal authorities in advance of his testimony. He testified that he didn’t initially recognize that his customer that day was Hunter Biden. Neither Lowell nor the prosecutor asked him to specify when he learned that his customer was the president’s son.
DEFENSE TEST GUN CLERK’S RECOLLECTION OF HUNTER BIDEN’S ARRIVAL
On cross-examination, the defense tested former gun store clerk Gordon Cleveland’s recollection of Hunter Biden’s arrival.
Abbe Lowell, Hunter Biden’s defense attorney, asked Cleveland whether he might have been mistaken when he testified that he saw Hunter drive up to the store, rather than perhaps walking to the store from nearby.
“That’s what they called me because I sold high-end guns to customers,” Cleveland explained.
“I’m a salesman,” he added. “That’s just what I did.”
But he said he didn’t have a profit motive to upsell customers on more expensive merchandise because he was paid a flat salary and didn’t make commissions. In fact, he said he refused to accept the leftover $13 as a tip when Biden paid $900 for his purchases.
Cleveland said Biden ultimately was responsible for deciding what to purchase.
“Everything he bought, he ultimately decided on,” he said.
Cleveland said he met twice with federal authorities in advance of his testimony. He testified that he didn’t initially recognize that his customer that day was Hunter Biden. Neither Lowell nor the prosecutor asked him to specify when he learned that his customer was the president’s son.
DEFENSE TEST GUN CLERK’S RECOLLECTION OF HUNTER BIDEN’S ARRIVAL
On cross-examination, the defense tested former gun store clerk Gordon Cleveland’s recollection of Hunter Biden’s arrival.
Abbe Lowell, Hunter Biden’s defense attorney, asked Cleveland whether he might have been mistaken when he testified that he saw Hunter drive up to the store, rather than perhaps walking to the store from nearby.
“100% sure he drove up,” Cleveland said. “I noticed the car as soon as it pulled into the third parking spot.”
FORMER GUN CLERK DESCRIBES SELLING HUNTER BIDEN AMMUNITION
Fellow gun store employee Jason Turner started the background check process, Gordon Cleveland testified in Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial.
Cleveland spoke to Hunter about accessories such as a speed loader, practice ammunition and hollow-point ammunition, which he said was preferable to full metal jacket cartridges for self-defense.
“He went with the hollow-point,” Cleveland said.
The former store clerk said Hunter paid in cash, giving him $900 and telling him to keep the change, which amounted to about $13. Cleveland said he didn’t keep the change but put it in an envelope next to the register.
Direct questioning of Cleveland ended and the defense began cross-examining him.
CLEVELAND DESCRIBES HUNTER BIDEN FILLING IN THE GUN PURCHASE FORM
Former gun store clerk Gordon Cleveland testified that he watched as Hunter Biden entered his name, address and other personal information on the gun purchase form.
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