Hunter Biden files motion for new trial in federal gun case — then mysteriously cancels it seconds later
By Social Links for Priscilla DeGregory
Published June 17, 2024, 12:02 p.m. ET
Hunter Biden’s lawyers asked Monday for a new trial based on a technicality following the first son’s conviction last week on charges he lied about his drug use to buy a gun — only to scrap the request minutes later.
The 54-year-old’s lawyers initially filed papers in Delaware federal court Monday morning saying trial judge Maryellen Noreika didn’t have jurisdiction over Hunter’s case due to a pending ruling by the Philadelphia-based Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
Noreika had rejected the defense argument that the gun charges should be dismissed on the grounds they violated the first son’s Second Amendment rights.
A three-judge panel upheld Noreika’s ruling, but the appeals court still has not ruled on a request by to have the question reconsidered by the full Third Circuit.
“The Third Circuit [Court of Appeals], however, did not then and has not yet issued its mandate as to the orders dismissing either appeal,” Hunter’s lawyer Abbe Lowell wrote in the filing. “Thus, when this Court empaneled the jury on June 3, 2024 and proceeded to trial, it was without jurisdiction to do so.”
Moments later, however, it appeared that the motion had been rescinded.
“The Motion for a New Trial… has been deleted at the request of counsel,” a note in the court docket said.
It was not immediately clear why the motion was withdrawn.
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