Hunter Biden’s appeals to dismiss gun charges denied ahead of June trial

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An appellate court denied Hunter Biden's requests that his gun charges be dropped, clearing the way for a trial to begin in less than one month.

Biden will head to court on June 3, for a one-week trial, during which a jury will decide if Biden is guilty of three felonies stemming from a 2018 gun purchase.form about his drug addiction so that he could purchase a revolver.

Weiss said in court filings that federal investigators obtained warrants for Biden’s computer data several years ago and that the data contained messages of Biden admitting to being aWeiss also revealed that after Biden was indicted, investigators tested a substance on the revolver, which had been stored in the government’s possession as evidence, and that a test showed the substance was cocaine.

Biden’s appeals that were just denied centered on his argument that his charges should be dismissed on three separate grounds: that Weiss was not a lawfully appointed special counsel, that a defunct plea deal gave Biden immunity from prosecution, and that the DOJ violated the separation of powers by caving to congressional pressure to prosecute Biden.

Judge Maryellen Noreika denied all three motions, and while the appellate court’s decision allows those denials to stand for now, Biden could still raise new challenges to them after the trial., has left pending a fourth request from Biden to dismiss his charges based on the argument that they are unconstitutional. It is unclear if the judge will respond to that request before the trial begins.

 

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