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

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

Ross O'Keefe

A Delaware judge denied a request by Hunter Biden's lawyers to delay the first
son's federal gun case, setting the stage for the trial next month.

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.

He's also facing tax charges in a California case set to go to trial in late
June.

Hunter Biden's lawyer, Abbe Lowell, justified the request for a delay by saying
the defense is seeking expert testimony, but those who they have approached have
been hesitant to testify due to the high-profile nature of the case. Prosecutor
Derek Hines rejected the idea that national attention is to blame.

"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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