A federal judge denied a request from first son Hunter Biden’s legal team on Monday to dismiss charges related to his failure to pay taxes, setting the stage for a criminal trial.
President Joe Biden’s son is currently facing prosecution by the Department of Justice Special Counsel David Weiss on charges related to tax evasion and felony gun possession. U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi of the Central District of California, a Trump appointee, rejected all of Hunter’s arguments to dismiss the charges, stating that the government’s case has significant merit to proceed with a trial.
Hunter Biden’s legal team had requested that the charges against him be dropped based on a previous plea agreement made in June 2023 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. However, a federal judge of that court dismissed this plea agreement.
Additionally, his legal team argued that the prosecution was motivated by political reasons and violated his due process rights and the constitutional separation of powers, but Scarci dismissed these arguments in an 82-page ruling, the Daily Caller reported.
