Feds rip Hunter Biden over ‘stunt’ appeal ‘to delay’ California tax fraud trial

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 Feds rip Hunter Biden over ‘stunt’ appeal ‘to delay’ California tax fraud trial
By Social Links for Priscilla DeGregory
Published May 8, 2024
Updated May 8, 2024, 1:00 p.m. ET

Federal prosecutors in first son Hunter Biden’s California tax fraud case have accused him of pulling “a stunt to delay his trial” by making a frivolous appeal, new court papers show.

President Biden’s son, 54, is attempting to appeal his lost bid to toss the case accusing him of failing to pay at least $1.4 million in federal income taxes for the years 2016 through 2019.

Prosecutors in special counsel David Weiss’ office said in papers filed in Los Angeles federal court Tuesday that the first son improperly filed the notice of appeal as a “stunt” in order to push back his June 20 trial date.

The younger Biden has “decided, unilaterally, that he can ignore the schedule set by the court,” the feds charge.

Even if the appeals court rules quickly to reject Biden’s appeal, “he will likely claim he needs more time to prepare” and ask to postpone the trial further, prosecutors allege.

“The court should reject the Defendant’s attempt to put himself above the law and game the system,” prosecutors wrote in asking a judge to force Biden to honor all pretrial deadlines.

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https://nypost.com/2024/05/08/us-news/feds-rip-hunter-biden-over-stunt-appeal-in-california-tax-fraud-case/

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Hunter Biden’s appeals to dismiss gun charges denied ahead of June trial
By
Ashley Oliver
May 9, 2024 2:18 pm
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An appellate court on Thursday denied Hunter Biden‘s requests that his gun charges be dropped, clearing the way for a trial to begin in less than one month.

A three-judge panel in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals did not entertain the merits of Biden’s appeals but instead said none of the challenges the first son raised were appealable before the trial, according to a court order.

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.

Special counsel David Weiss alleged in an indictment last year that Biden lied on a gun 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 a hard drug user around the time he purchased the firearm in October 2018.

Weiss 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.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/2998019/hunter-biden-appeals-gun-charges-denied/