Hunter Biden is on trial for gun charges, and his wife, Melissa Cohen-Biden, confronted former Trump White House aide Garrett Ziegler outside the courtroom. Ziegler was involved in an effort by Trump allies to make public the contents of a laptop to embarrass Joe Biden’s son in the final days of the 2020 election. Hunter Biden sued Ziegler and the company he founded, Marco Polo, for breaking state and federal laws in an attempt to create a searchable online database with 128,000 emails. Ziegler has been present at Hunter Biden’s trial, where he is accused of lying on a federal form when purchasing a gun by denying he was a drug addict.
During a break in the trial, Cohen-Biden confronted Ziegler in the hallway, accusing him of being a “Nazi piece of s—” and telling him he had no right to be there. Ziegler did not respond to her. The laptop and gun charges brought attention to Hunter Biden’s drug addiction and other embarrassing aspects of his life, with Donald Trump and his allies using them to criticize Joe Biden and his family. The laptop, which was used as evidence in the trial, was obtained via subpoena from a Delaware computer shop where it was said to have been abandoned.
FBI agent Erica Jensen confirmed that the laptop recovered from the computer store matched the serial number provided by Apple Inc. in response to a subpoena. Ziegler, when asked about the hallway confrontation, denied approaching anyone and stated that he had not said anything to Cohen-Biden. Cohen-Biden claimed that Ziegler had used derogatory Jewish slurs towards her in the past and questioned why he had not done the same to Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law. Ziegler dismissed the ongoing litigation with Hunter Biden as “completely frivolous.”
Hunter Biden and Melissa Cohen-Biden were married in 2019, and Cohen-Biden is said to have played a role in helping Hunter Biden achieve sobriety. The trial has attracted media attention due to the involvement of a former Trump aide and the controversy surrounding the laptop’s contents. Hunter Biden’s drug addiction has been a focal point in the trial, with Trump and his allies using it to attack Joe Biden. The trial continues to unfold as the prosecution and defense present their cases.
