Hunter Biden's defense is trying to evoke sympathy from the jury: Phil Holloway

Former assistant District Attorney Phil Holloway joined Harris Faulkner on the Faulkner Focus on the Fox News Channel on Friday to discuss the latest developments in the federal gun crime trial of Hunter Biden, and how his defense team is trying to "evoke sympathy" from the jury.

"I think if the jury is paying attention to the presentation that the prosecutors are putting on, the presentation that's occurring in the front of the courtroom, these witnesses did a lot of damage to Hunter Biden," said Holloway.

"[I]t's obvious that at the relevant time when he bought that gun, he was both addicted to drugs and he was also an unlawful user of drugs, particularly I think crack cocaine being the big one," he continued.

"But here's the thing, Harris. There's another presentation that's taking place in that courtroom, and it's for the benefit of the jury. The presence of the First Lady, the presence of the rest of the Biden family, all that stuff is there for the jury to see. The defense has orchestrated it for the benefit of the jury," he said.

"They're trying to evoke sympathy. This is in the Biden's backyard. There's bound to be people on that jury who have great affection for at least some of the Bidens," he added.

"So this is an effort to get jury nullification which is of course when the jury says okay, maybe he's he's guilty, the evidence is there, but we're gonna give him a pass anyway, that's they have the power to do it. The lawyers cannot directly ask for it, but they're doing it in the way that you see playing out in the courtroom," he said.