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Today was day one of Hunter Biden’s criminal gun trial and things seem to be moving at a fairly swift pace. He was joined in court today by Jill Biden:
First Lady Jill Biden just arrived at the courthouse in Wilmington ahead of Hunter’s trial pic.twitter.com/1Rhwp70zFT— Joe Khalil (@JoeKhalilTV) June 3, 2024
Ashley Biden, Hunter’s half-sister, was also present. Kevin Morris, the friend who has been paying all of Hunter’s legal bills, was there along with Hunter’s wife.
The entire day was devoted to jury selection. NBC News has done a really good job breaking down the questions that were asked of every potential juror. Combined with the list of the 12 jurors who were seated today, we can get an idea of everyone who will be deciding the outcome of this trial:
There are also four alternate jurors including one who wants more strict controls of gun ownership and one who had previously donated to Barack Obama. The judge in the case, who has repeatedly refused to delay the trial, seemed to be moving things along.
Judge Noreika, an appointee of President Donald J. Trump, tightly controlled her courtroom on Monday, much as she did during the hearing that ended Mr. Biden’s plea agreement last July, and showed every indication of wanting to move things along as quickly as possible.
She swatted down Mr. Lowell’s attempt to disqualify two potential jurors — hours after delivering two small but significant setbacks to Mr. Biden’s defense.
She has also ruled that Mr. Biden’s lawyers cannot refer to the fact that the local authorities declined to prosecute him when the gun was recovered.
