Who is the judge in Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial?

Hunter Biden is now on trial in Wilmington, Delaware,for gun-related federal charges – and it’s a Donald Trump appointee overseeing his case.

District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika, 57, was initially assigned to the case, brought by special counsel David Weiss, back in June 2023.

At the time, the president’s son was expected to take aplea deal after striking an agreement with prosecutors to plead guilty to lesser tax charges and avoid the gun charges altogether.

But the federal judge was thrust into the spotlight when she suddenly rejected the deal in the 11th hour – calling it “not standard.”

Judge Noreika’s decision caused Biden’s cases to be split, leading to a three-count indictment on gun-related charges in Delaware and a nine-count indictment on federal tax charges in Los Angeles.

Now, the judge continues to preside over Biden’s case in Delaware where he is accused of lying about his previous drug use on a federal firearm purchasing form.

So who is the judge overseeing this historic first trial of President Joe Biden’s son?

Appointed in 2017, Judge Noreika serves as one of the four judges for Delaware’s single-federal district court.

Though she was nominated by former president Trump, her nomination was recommended and supported by Delaware’s two Democratic senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons.

At the time, Carper called her a “high-respected, sought-after attorney.”

Judge Noreika graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lehigh University in 1988 and earned a master’s degree in biology from Columbia University in 1990. She obtained her law degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1993.

After graduating, she practiced corporate and commercial law in Wilmington focusing on intellectual property law.

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