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☆ Hunter Biden criminal gun case sentencing set for Nov. 13, after presidential election
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden arrive at the federal court during his trial on criminal gun charges in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 5, 2024. Hunter Biden will be sentenced in his criminal gun case in Delaware on Nov. 13, eight days after the 2024 presidential election, a federal judge said Friday. The 54-year-old is the first child of a sitting U.S. president ever to be convicted of crimes. Biden faces another criminal trial in September in Los Angeles federal court. His lawyers on July 18 asked the judges in both the Delaware and L.A. cases to dismiss the charges.

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☆ Hunter Biden won’t be sentenced on gun charges until after presidential election
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Katelyn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Hunter Biden is set to be sentenced on his gun crime convictions days after the 2024 election. Federal Judge Maryellen Noreika has scheduled the sentencing proceeding in Delaware’s federal court for November 13, according to an order from the court on Friday. Hunter Biden faces a maximum sentence of up to 25 years in prison and a fine of up to $750,000 at sentencing. He also faces an upcoming second federal criminal trial, on tax charges in California, that could complicate his sentencing. In Delaware’s federal court, a jury unanimously voted to convict Hunter Biden in June on three felony gun charges intended to prevent drug addicts from possessing firearms.

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☆ Hunter Biden officially seeks new trial in gun case, citing supposed procedural hiccup
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Tierney Sneed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Hunter Biden is requesting a new trial in his federal gun case, with his lawyers claiming that there was a procedural issue in the timing of the early June trial that resulted in a guilty verdict against him. His lawyers claim that the trial court did not have jurisdiction over his case because of appeals that he had filed challenging his prosecution. The defense team says that the conviction must be wiped away because, even though the appeals court had rejected the appeals by the time the trial started, it had not issued what’s known as a “mandate” – the procedural maneuver that effectively notifies a lower court of ruling made by a higher court in an appeal. Biden’s lawyers are pointing to the absence of a mandate sending the case back to the trial court after the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals handed down rulings rejecting two of his appeals in late May. “The Third Circuit, however, did not then and has not yet issued its mandate as to the orders dismissing either appeal,” his lawyers wrote.

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☆ Opinion: Why Hunter Biden should have just pleaded guilty
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Opinion Dennis Aftergut | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Hunter Biden was charged in September with three counts related to his purchase and possession of a firearm while using illegal drugs. Of course, Hunter Biden had the right to go to trial; it was his liberty at risk. Hallie Biden is the widow of Beau Biden, Hunter’s deceased brother. Testifying about intimate family matters must have been an enormous emotional trauma for her, as well as for Hunter Biden and his family. President Biden told ABC News before the verdict that he would accept the jurors’ decision, whatever it was.

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☆ Hunter Biden was always doomed to lose his trial. His best bet is appealing a 'vindictive prosecution.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Related VideoIn his opening statement at the trial, Biden's lawyer Abbe Lowell urged jurors in the Wilmington, Delaware, federal court to acquit his client. "They know how to put on a tight gun case." Biden's trial was not necessarily a lost cause. Hunter Biden's lawyers have argued this arrangement has perversely allowed Weiss to politicize the proceedings unchecked. This story was updated following the jury verdict in Hunter Biden's gun trial.

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☆ Hunter Biden guilty in criminal gun trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

watch nowA jury convicted Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, of all three counts at his criminal gun trial in Delaware federal court on Tuesday morning. Hunter Biden looked straight ahead at the jury and nodded slightly as three guilty verdicts were read, eight days after the trial began and after only about three hours of jurors deliberating. Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs from the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 3 2024, in Wilmington, Delaware. President Biden is due to speak about gun control at an event on Tuesday afternoon. Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden and U.S. first lady Jill Biden leave the federal court after the jury finds him guilty on all three counts in his trial on criminal gun charges, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 11, 2024.

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☆ Live updates: Hunter Biden will not testify at gun trial as jury deliberations loom
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden arrive at the federal court for his trial on criminal gun charges, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 10, 2024. The criminal gun trial of Hunter Biden resumed Monday morning with his lawyers revealing that the son of President Joe Biden will not testify in Wilmington, Delaware, federal court. Biden is charged with three crimes related to possessing a handgun while being a drug user. Biden's lawyer Abbe Lowell effectively said he would not take the witness stand during a morning hearing with Judge Maryellen Noreika on proposed jury instructions. Lowell told Noreika to leave the phrase "did not testify" — referring to Biden — in those instructions.

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☆ What’s next in the Hunter Biden trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —As the second week of the federal gun trial against Hunter Biden begins Monday, the main question looming over the day’s proceedings is whether the defense will call the president’s son to testify, a gamble in almost any trial. Hallie Biden, the widow of Beau Biden who later dated his brother Hunter, told the jury she saw what she believed was drug residue in Hunter Biden’s truck, where she says she found the pistol days after others testified he bought the gun in October. Hunter Biden’s daughter Naomi Biden testified on Friday, saying he looked well in August 2018 and she was “hopeful” about her father’s recovery in October 2018. What’s nextBefore breaking early Friday afternoon, Lowell told Judge Maryellen Noreika that the defense had yet to decide whether Hunter Biden would testify — a decision they are set to announce Monday. If Biden does testify, prosecutors say they may put on a rebuttal case with more witnesses, which could extend the trial further into the week.

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☆ Hunter Biden may be doomed to lose his trial. His best bet is appealing a 'vindictive prosecution.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

"They know how to put on a tight gun case." Biden's trial is not necessarily a lost cause. This arrangement has perversely allowed Weiss to politicize the proceedings unchecked, Hunter Biden's lawyers argued. There's no evidence that Biden even loaded or used the gun before his brother's widow, Hallie Biden, threw it out. "Obviously, the conduct that the government ought to be addressing is whether somebody is on drugs and high while they're shooting a gun," Levin said.

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☆ Jill Biden has attended each day of Hunter Biden's trial so far. Melania Trump missed every day of Donald Trump's.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Laura Italiano | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

First Lady Jill Biden walks into federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, on the first day of Hunter Biden's gun trial. "Happy Birthday," Hunter Biden was overheard telling the first lady at one point, according to The Washington Post. Hunter Biden and wife Melissa Cohen Biden enter federal court in Wilmington, Delaware for opening statements in his gun trial. Both the Biden trial and Trump hush-money trial featured testimony that close family members could find difficult to sit through. NEW POTUS statement as son Hunter Biden’s trial gets underway.

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☆ Hunter Biden to Go on Trial in Gun Case, Days After Trump Was Convicted
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Glenn Thrush | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Hunter Biden will go on trial on gun charges on Monday in Delaware within walking distance of his father’s campaign headquarters in Wilmington, less than a week after former President Donald J. Trump’s felony conviction in New York. But a plea deal, which offered him some immunity from prosecution and did not include prison time, imploded in July. Still, it is the son — not the father — who will be on trial twice during an election year. On Monday, he is set to report to the fourth-floor courtroom of Judge Maryellen Noreika when jury selection begins at 9 a.m. in a trial expected to last three to five days. The other, set to begin in September, involves a series of tax offenses related to his failure to file returns for a number of years.

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☆ Federal judge makes key rulings ahead of Hunter Biden’s trial on gun charges in June
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Marshall Cohen | Tierney Sneed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Wilmington, Delaware CNN —The judge in Hunter Biden’s gun case issued a series of pretrial rulings Friday, handing wins to both sides and setting the contours of the upcoming trial. Federal Judge Maryellen Noreika sided with prosecutors on a key question about what they need to prove about Biden’s drug use when he bought a gun in 2018. Prosecutors said in court that they only want to introduce a small slice of the laptop material at trial. Lawyers said the trial could last up to two weeks, including jury selection, with the potential to go longer. She also limited what references prosecutors could make at trial to his lavish spending habits at the time of the gun purchase, narrowing such evidence to spending connected to drug use.

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☆ Special counsel plans to use infamous Hunter Biden laptop as evidence at gun trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Marshall Cohen | Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Special counsel David Weiss plans to introduce Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop as evidence against him at his upcoming trial on felony gun charges. Republican officials and right-wing outlets have seized on the laptop’s embarrassing emails and images to attack Biden, the son of President Joe Biden. Hunter Biden’s lawyers have said the files were manipulated, and even sued a computer repair shop owner who publicly released the material. In their own court filings earlier this week, Hunter Biden’s lawyers said they want to contest the authenticity of the materials from the laptop if Weiss brings it up at trial. The testimony, prosecutors say, is “an attempt to substitute the testimony of an expert for the testimony of” the defendant.

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☆ Hunter Biden tries again to delay gun trial two weeks before start date
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Hunter Biden is once again trying to delay his fast-approaching trial on felony gun charges, which is scheduled to begin in two weeks. In addition to the gun case, Biden is facing a federal tax indictment in California. He is also pursuing appeals in that case and trying to delay that trial, which is scheduled to begin in late June after the expected conclusion of the gun trial. The saga put President Biden in an uncomfortable spot, and he publicly acknowledged his granddaughter for the first time last summer. In addition, they want to ask whether potential jurors have ever bought a gun and how they feel about various restrictions on gun possession.

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☆ Federal judge refuses to postpone Hunter Biden’s June 3 trial in gun case
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Jack Forrest | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Wilmington, Delaware CNN —The federal judge overseeing Hunter Biden’s gun case in Delaware refused on Tuesday to delay the June 3 trial date despite pleas from lawyers for the president’s son who said they would not be prepared in time. “I trust everyone can get done what needs to be done,” US District Judge Maryellen Noreika said during a status conference in Wilmington. Hunter Biden’s lawyer Abbe Lowell argued the defense team would not be able to accomplish all that needs to be done in under three weeks. “I don’t need to be your scheduling secretary,” Noreika said, telling Lowell to work out new filing deadlines with the prosecution ahead of the trial date. Tuesday’s decision from the judge came after Hunter Biden’s latest attempts to throw out the case were rejected in back-to-back rulings last week from the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals and Noreika.

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☆ Judge rejects Hunter Biden's bid to delay his June trial on gun charges
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, arrives at the White House December 19, 2023 in Washington, DC. 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. 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 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. Hunter Biden was indicted on three gun firearms charges in Delaware and was charged separately in California, where he lives, with tax crimes.

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☆ Hunter Biden gun case: Appeals court refuses to toss Delaware case
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected a request by Hunter Biden to toss the pending criminal gun case against him, saying that his appeal was premature. The ruling clears the way for Hunter Biden's trial in the case to start on June 3 in U.S. District Court in Delaware. Biden is the son of President Joe Biden. The appeals panel, whose decision was unanimous, did not rule on the merits of Biden's arguments that the indictment should be dismissed. If Biden is convicted at trial, he could renew the arguments for dismissal with the same appeals court that it declined to consider in its order Thursday.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors pushed back Monday against Hunter Biden's move to subpoena documents from Donald Trump and former Justice Department officials in the firearms case filed against the president's son. They argued that Hunter Biden doesn't have enough evidence to support his claims of potential political interference in the criminal investigation against him and urged a judge to reject the subpoena requests. The investigation into Hunter Biden’s taxes and a gun purchase began in 2018, while Trump, a Republican, was still president. The charges against Hunter Biden allege he broke laws against drug users having guns in 2018. No new tax charges have yet been filed, but the special counsel overseeing the case has indicated they are possible in California, where Hunter Biden lives.

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[1/5] U.S. President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, walks to appear in a federal court on gun charges in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., October 3, 2023. Biden wore a dark suit and tie during his appearance at the federal courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware, which lasted 25 minutes. Six men wearing earpieces who appeared to be Secret Service agents sat near Hunter Biden during the court proceedings and escorted him out of the courtroom through a side door. Burke said Hunter Biden submitted to tests for illegal drug use multiple times recently and had tested negative. Reporting by Tom Hals in Wilmington, Delaware; Editing by Andy Sullivan, Scott Malone and Alistair BellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. July 26, 2023. The indictment was secured in September by Special Counsel David Weiss after a plea agreement between Hunter Biden and prosecutors collapsed in August. Many Republican lawmakers who have relentlessly criticized Hunter Biden lauded the Bruen decision. Cases now being litigated will help determine how far the Bruen ruling lets courts go in invalidating gun laws. Even if Hunter Biden gets the possession charge dismissed, there is still the matter of the two counts accusing him of false statements on the background check form.

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Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, will appear in a federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, on Sept. 16 to face gun charges, a judge ordered on Wednesday. Hunter Biden, 53, was indicted last week for allegedly lying on a form to acquire a handgun in 2018 and for being an illegal drug user in possession of the gun. Hunter Biden sought to avoid traveling to Delaware to appear for the hearing in person, arguing it would pose logistical challenges, but U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika rejected his request to appear by video. Reporting by Andrew Goudsward in Washington and Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles; editing by Rami Ayyub and Scott MaloneOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Hunter Biden has been open about his struggles with cocaine addiction at the time. Under that deal, Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and agreed to enter into a "pretrial diversion program" on the gun issue. Given the new charges against Hunter Biden, it's not clear if the case will actually go to court. Republicans claim that Hunter Biden used his family name in shady business dealings, and that President Biden was somehow an active participant or beneficiary. "That's one of about a dozen crimes that Hunter Biden has committed.

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☆ Hunter Biden expected to receive indictment related to gun charges his attorneys hoped to resolve in now scorched-earth plea deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Associated Press | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Federal prosecutors expect to hand Hunter Biden a new indictment before September 29. The indictment will be related to gun charges Biden's attorneys hoped to resolve in July. He has also been under investigation by federal prosecutors for his business dealings. Defense attorney Abbe Lowell said Hunter Biden has kept to the terms of the deal, including regular visits by the probation office. The White House Counsel's office referred questions to Hunter Biden's personal attorneys.

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☆ Prosecutors will seek Hunter Biden indictment on gun charge before Sept. 29
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The gun charge that Weiss indicates he will seek from a grand jury prohibits people who are users of illicit drugs from possessing a firearm. Federal prosecutors plan to ask a grand jury to indict Hunter Biden , the son of President Joe Biden , on gun-related charge before Sept. 29, they revealed in a court filing Wednesday. But Hunter Biden has been under criminal investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Delaware, which Weiss leads, since 2018. Shortly afterward, Weiss said Hunter Biden would likely face trial in either California or Washington, D.C., for the tax crimes. Weiss's office has said the gun agreement is now off the table, and that it is not valid because it was not signed by the U.S.

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☆ US prosecutors to seek Hunter Biden indictment by Sept. 29
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors said in a court filing on Wednesday they will seek an indictment of President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, by Sept. 29 in his tax and firearms case. "The government intends to seek the return of an indictment in this case before that date," Weiss wrote in a status report to U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika. In July, Noreika rejected a proposed plea deal that would have resolved the tax and gun charges, raising concerns over its legality and the scope of immunity it offered Hunter Biden. Republicans in Congress have raised the possibility of impeaching President Biden over his son's business dealings and accuse the Department of Justice of giving him a "sweetheart deal."

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