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Updated: 1:47 PM EDT May 14, 2024
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The three count indictment by the justice department stems from *** gun. Hunter Biden bought and possessed for about 11 days in 2018. The charges according to the indictment lying on an ATF form and to *** federally licensed gun dealer by falsely swearing he wasn't using or addicted to any illegal drugs though he was struggling with addiction to crack cocaine at the time and illegally possessing *** gun while addicted to drugs. Earlier this summer, Hunter Biden went to federal court planning for *** plea deal where he would plead guilty to two federal tax misdemeanors and the gun charge would eventually be dropped if Hunter Biden passed regular drug tests and stayed out of legal trouble. The deal collapsed when *** judge overseeing the case questioned it after that Attorney General Merrick Garland elevated the US attorney overseeing the probe. David Weiss to special counsel status. Getting Hunter Biden on the gun charge is like getting Jeffrey Dahmer on littering. I as *** democrat am saying that if Hunter Biden, the president's son committed crimes, he should be held accountable for them. You don't hear any Republican saying that if Donald Trump committed crimes, he should be held accountable for them. President Joe Biden, speaking about the economy in today did not address the indictment. Hunter Biden's lawyer issued *** statement saying in part, Hunter Biden possessing an unloaded gun for 11 days was not *** threat to public safety, but *** prosecutor with all the power imaginable bending to political pressure presents *** grave threat to our system of justice. It's unclear when Hunter Biden will make his initial appearance on the charges in court. I'm Emily Schmidt reporting.
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Hunter Biden’s federal gun case will go to trial next month, a judge said Tuesday, denying a bid by lawyers for the president’s son to delay the prosecution.U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika rejected Hunter Biden’s request to push the trial until September, which the defense said was necessary to give the defense time to line up witnesses and go through evidence handed over by prosecutors.President Joe Biden’s son is accused of lying about his drug use in October 2018 on a form to buy a gun that he kept for about 11 days.Hunter Biden, who has pleaded not guilty, has acknowledged struggling with an addiction to crack cocaine during that period in 2018, but his lawyers have said he didn’t break the law.His attorneys have argued that prosecutors bowed to pressure by Republicans, who claimed the Democratic president’s son was initially given a sweetheart deal, and that he was indicted because of political pressure.But the judge overseeing the case last month rejected his claim that the prosecution is politically motivated along with other efforts to dismiss the case. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week said the case could move forward to trial.Hunter Biden was supposed to plead guilty last year to misdemeanor tax charges and would have avoided prosecution on the gun charges had he stayed out of trouble for two years. It was the culmination of a yearslong investigation by federal prosecutors into the business dealings of the president’s son, and the agreement would have dispensed with criminal proceedings and spared the Bidens weeks of headlines as the 2024 election loomed.But the deal broke down after the judge who was supposed to sign off on the agreement instead raised a series of questions about it.Hunter Biden was indicted on three gun firearms charges in Delaware and was charged separately in California, where he lives, with tax crimes.He’s charged in the Delaware case with two counts of making false statements, first for checking a box falsely saying he was not addicted to drugs and second for giving it to the shop for their federally required records. A third count alleges he possessed the gun for about 11 days despite knowing he was a drug user.In California, Hunter Biden is charged with three felonies and six misdemeanors over at least $1.4 million in taxes he owed during between 2016 and 2019. Prosecutors have accused him of spending millions of dollars on an “extravagant lifestyle” instead of paying his taxes. The back taxes have since been paid.
WILMINGTON, Del. — Hunter Biden’s federal gun case will go to trial next month, a judge said Tuesday, denying a bid by lawyers for the president’s son to delay the prosecution.U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika rejected Hunter Biden’s request to push the trial until September, which the defense said was necessary to give the defense time to line up witnesses and go through evidence handed over by prosecutors.
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President Joe Biden’s son is accused of lying about his drug use in October 2018 on a form to buy a gun that he kept for about 11 days.Hunter Biden, who has pleaded not guilty, has acknowledged struggling with an addiction to crack cocaine during that period in 2018, but his lawyers have said he didn’t break the law.His attorneys have argued that prosecutors bowed to pressure by Republicans, who claimed the Democratic president’s son was initially given a sweetheart deal, and that he was indicted because of political pressure.But the judge overseeing the case last month rejected his claim that the prosecution is politically motivated along with other efforts to dismiss the case. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week said the case could move forward to trial.
Hunter Biden was supposed to plead guilty last year to misdemeanor tax charges and would have avoided prosecution on the gun charges had he stayed out of trouble for two years. It was the culmination of a yearslong investigation by federal prosecutors into the business dealings of the president’s son, and the agreement would have dispensed with criminal proceedings and spared the Bidens weeks of headlines as the 2024 election loomed.
But the deal broke down after the judge who was supposed to sign off on the agreement instead raised a series of questions about it.Hunter Biden was indicted on three gun firearms charges in Delaware and was charged separately in California, where he lives, with tax crimes.He’s charged in the Delaware case with two counts of making false statements, first for checking a box falsely saying he was not addicted to drugs and second for giving it to the shop for their federally required records. A third count alleges he possessed the gun for about 11 days despite knowing he was a drug user.In California, Hunter Biden is charged with three felonies and six misdemeanors over at least $1.4 million in taxes he owed during between 2016 and 2019. Prosecutors have accused him of spending millions of dollars on an “extravagant lifestyle” instead of paying his taxes. The back taxes have since been paid.
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