Judge rejects defense efforts, won't dismiss Hunter Biden's federal gun case

by ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST | Associated PressFirst lady Jill Biden waves as she walks with son Hunter Biden , to board Air Force One at John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport, Friday, March 29, 2024, in New York. A federal judge in Delaware refused Friday to throw out a federal gun case against Hunter Biden , rejecting the president's son's claim that he is being prosecuted for political purposes as well as other arguments.

Hunter Biden's lawyers had argued the case was politically motivated and asserted that an immunity provision from an original plea deal that fell apart still holds. They had also challenged the appointment of special counsel David Weiss, the U.S. attorney in Delaware, to lead the prosecution. Hunter Biden faces separate tax counts in Los Angeles alleging he failed to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes over three years while living an “extravagant lifestyle,” during his days of using drugs. The judge overseeing that case refused to dismiss the charges earlier this month.

The president's son 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 and another nonviolent, first-time offender would not have been charged.

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