Hunter Biden’s request for a delay in his federal gun trial was denied by a district judge on Tuesday. As a result, the case will proceed to trial in June.
U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika rejected defense attorneys’ request to postpone the trial until September, which Biden’s legal team contended was necessary to gather witnesses and analyze the prosecution’s evidence, according to The Associated Press.
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The judge’s decision came a week after the United States Circuit Court of Appeals denied the president’s son’s plea to dismiss the federal firearms charges, declaring that it lacked jurisdiction in the case. Biden had requested the court reverse Noreika’s prior ruling that the matter should proceed to trial.
Last month, Noreika rejected the president’s son’s appeal, citing unfair political targeting against him. Biden’s attorneys, according to Noreika, had not provided specific evidence to support their claims that external factors influenced the special counsel’s decision to pursue the issue.
Last September, special counsel David Weiss filed three gun-related charges against the president’s son: two counts of lying about drug usage on paperwork to buy a gun and one count of unlawfully possessing a firearm for approximately 11 days while knowing he was a drug user.
Biden pleaded not guilty to all counts after an agreement with the government broke down. Biden has admitted to struggling with drug addiction during that time in 2018, but his attorneys claim he did not break the law.
