Hunter Biden pushes for trial delay and evidence exclusions in California

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Hunter Biden pushes for trial delay and evidence exclusions in California
By
Ashley Oliver
May 22, 2024 11:31 am
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Hunter Biden will ask a judge at a hearing on Wednesday to delay his tax trial in California, marking the latest request from the first son to push off his legal proceedings as he juggles two criminal cases.

Biden’s scheduled appearance comes on the heels of his attorneys also filing a slate of requests Tuesday evening to restrict special counsel David Weiss from using certain evidence at trial.

Biden’s attorneys requested Judge Mark Scarsi prohibit the government from introducing any references to Biden’s “extravagant” lifestyle, including “any salacious details about money purportedly spent on certain personal expenses, including, but not limited to, reference to sex workers, adult entertainment, a sex club membership, pornography, and strip clubs.”

Biden’s attorneys claimed the information would be unnecessarily prejudicial to a jury and that it was irrelevant to his charges, which include tax evasion, failure to file taxes, and filing false returns. Weiss alleged Biden spent exorbitant amounts of money on frivolous expenses, including strippers and pornography, while neglecting his taxes.

“Unnecessary salacious details — especially relating to collateral alleged sexual conduct — is exactly the type of prejudicial, inflammatory evidence that makes a conviction more likely because it provokes an emotional response in the jury,” Biden’s attorneys wrote.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3012869/hunter-biden-pushes-trial-delay-california/

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Hunter's too busy being ferried about by his daddy to fundraisers to waste his time showing up in court.

Hunter waits in the car for Joe Biden arriving in Boston for a night of glitzy fundraising. Hunter’s Sugar Daddy is broke, Hunter needs a job.

https://twitter.com/jj_talking/status/1793351072754614525

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Judge grants Hunter Biden’s bid to delay tax trial until September
By
Ashley Oliver
May 22, 2024 3:58 pm
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A judge on Wednesday granted Hunter Biden’s request to delay his tax trial in California, moving it from its scheduled date of June 20 to Sept. 5.

Upon issuing the decision, Judge Mark Scarsi, a Donald Trump appointee, made Biden attorney Abbe Lowell vow to file no further delay requests, according to a CNN report from the courtroom.

Biden is facing nine charges brought by special counsel David Weiss over allegations he evaded taxes, failed to file taxes, and filed false returns during a four-year period beginning in 2016.

The small victory for the first son in his tax trial comes after his legal team had been scrambling to ask for delays and dismissals of his charges in both California and his separate criminal gun case in Delaware.

The trial in Delaware is scheduled to begin on June 3, and Judge Maryellen Noreika, another Trump appointee, denied Biden’s attempt this month to delay it. Biden’s attorney Abbe Lowell had asked the judge at a hearing to push it out until at least July, citing a pending Supreme Court ruling that could affect the case and Lowell’s struggle to obtain expert witnesses who could testify for the defense.

Biden also filed a slew of requests to toss out his charges in both cases earlier this year, but Noreika and Scarsi denied the requests.

Biden then turned to the appellate courts, but in both cases three-judge panels found Biden’s appeals were premature. In Delaware, Biden asked this week for the appellate court there to reconsider one of his appeals.

This story is developing.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3013572/judge-grants-hunter-bidens-bid-delay-tax-trial/