Hunter Biden trial live: President's son could testify in the final stages of his gun case after daughter Naomi's emotional testimony

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Hunter Biden returns to court for the final stretch of his federal gun trial, and could take the stand in his own defense.

His legal team is poised to announce if he will testify after his daughter Naomi offered deeply personal testimony after his crack cocaine addiction.

In other legal news, Donald Trump is set to virtually meet with a probation officer ahead of his July 11 sentencing in the hush money case after he was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records.

Peter Neal posted a touching message to wife Naomi Biden after she was ambushed on the witness stand in her father Hunter's federal gun trial and amid speculation she is pregnant.

'I love you,' Neal wrote on his Instagram stories. The text was posted over a picture of Naomi smiling, her back to camera but her head turned to face its lens. Her stomach is not visible.

The duo appear to be on a weekend getaway. Naomi is standing at door with a number on it, appearing to be some kind of hotel room. The next photo in his story is of a peacock standing in front of a hotel room.

The two married in November 2022 in a White House wedding. Peter was in the courtroom this past week to support his wife as Naomi was ambushed with devastating text messages that blew a hole in the her father's defense in the federal gun trial.

Hunter Biden’s daughter Naomi was ambushed with devastating text messages on Friday that blew a hole in her father's defense in the federal gun trial.

First Lady Jill Biden watched from the gallery as her granddaughter testified about interactions with her father at rehab and when he was in the depths of a crack cocaine addiction.

It came on another dramatic day in the trial, where the prosecution wrapped its case after less than a week and Naomi was questioned about life with her father.

At first, questioned by Hunter’s lawyer Abbe Lowell, she painted a rosy picture of Hunter’s sobriety in the lead-up to his October 2018 gun purchase over which he is charged.

Naomi said she visited Hunter with her then-boyfriend Peter in Los Angeles in August 2018, where Hunter had been having a short rehab stint.

‘He seemed like the clearest I’d seen him since my uncle died,’ she said, referring to Beau Biden who died from brain cancer on May 30, 2015.

‘He seemed really great,’ Naomi added. ‘I told him that I was so proud of him and so proud to be able to introduce Peter to him.’

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Former President Donald Trump is scheduled for a virtual probation interview on Monday after a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his 'hush money' trial.

The former president will participate in the hearing from his home at Mar-a-Lago, according to multiple reports. The probation interview is a normal process for Trump's pre-sentencing report.

The interview is the next step in the sentencing process as Judge Juan Merchan is scheduled to sentence the former president on July 11, just days before the Republican National convention begins in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The interview will be conducted by a probation officer with Trump's lawyer Todd Blanche present and will be followed by report delivered to the judge.