Hunter Biden files then withdraws motion for new trial on federal gun charges

Attorneys for Hunter Biden want a new trial for the incumbent president’s son, they argued in a motion filed Monday that a federal court in Delaware did not have jurisdiction to hear the case. The motion, however, was quickly withdrawn by the counsel, leaving open the possibility that it will be re-filed with corrections later.

Hunter Biden, 54, was convicted on all three counts against him after just a short deliberation by jurors last week. He was charged with lying on an application for the purchase of a firearm by omitting his history of drug abuse on the paperwork.

In the original filing of the application, lawyers for the younger Biden argued that the appeals court had not issued the order denying their client’s appellate bid to have the charges dismissed.

Penned by Abbe Lowell, it stated that “the Third Circuit, however, did not then and has not yet issued its mandate as to the orders dismissing either appeal, Thus, when this Court empaneled the jury on June 3, 2024 and proceeded to trial, it was without jurisdiction to do so.”

The Independent has reached out to Hunter Biden’s attorneys for comment.

The effort by Hunter Biden to play legal checkers with his conviction presents yet another awkward situation for the White House and the presidential campaign of Joe Biden, which are confronted by the realities of the conduct of the president’s adult son and his efforts to dodge the repercussions of a deception which many of Biden’s own supporters say that Hunter is obviously guilty of committing. It couldn’t come at a worse time for the incumbent president, who is seeking to distinguish himself from his 2024 opponent Donald Trump and the 34 felony counts on which Trump was just convicted in New York.

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