Hunter Biden gun case set to begin in June after judge denies latest delay request

United States District Judge Maryellen Noreika denied the request to push the trial to September; the defense argued it needed more time to line up witnesses and go through evidence handed over by prosecutors.

Noreika said she believes “everyone can get done what needs to get done” by the trial’s start date of June 3. Biden is facing charges related to a form he filled out in October 2018 in order to buy a firearm — a gun he kept for approximately 11 days — in which he allegedly lied about his drug use. He has pleaded not guilty, maintaining that while he struggled with an addiction to crack cocaine during that period in 2018, he did not break the law.

“It’s written in his memoir, he was in active addiction,” Hines said. “I don’t know what expert they can find who will say he wasn’t. I think that’s the issue they’re having.”Lowell said they weren’t trying to find an expert to deny Biden’s addiction struggles but someone to discuss how someone can recognize through their struggles that they are indeed an addict.

In the Delaware case, Biden is charged with two counts of making false statements and another count that alleges he possessed the gun for about 11 days despite knowing he was a drug user. He’s facing three felonies and six misdemeanors in the California tax case.

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