A panel of appellate judges has dismissed Hunter Biden’s appeal in his gun charges case on Thursday.
A panel of judges dismissed Hunter Biden’s appeal in his gun charges case on Thursday.
The panel was from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia, which includes Judge Cindy Chung, who was appointed by President Joe Biden.
Hunter Biden, who is the president’s only living son, was indicted in September 2023 in Delaware on three felony counts relating to a gun purchase in 2018 where he allegedly lied about his drug use. Hunter has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
In April, U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika rejected several motions filed by Hunter’s lawyers in an effort to throw out the case.
Some of the failed arguments made included attacks on the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Special Counsel David Weiss, a Donald Trump-nominated U.S. attorney who is prosecuting the case, claiming that the Democratic president’s son was being subjected to selective prosecution at the behest of Republicans, and claiming that a previous plea deal that fell apart still holds.
