Posted on 09/19/2023 6:59:50 PM PDT by Libloather
Hunter Biden plans to plead not guilty to federal gun charges according to a new court filing.
The filing Tuesday also said the president's son is requesting to have his first appearance in court remote, conducted via video conference.
Last week, Hunter was hit with three felony charges after allegedly lying about his crack cocaine addiction when buying a gun in 2018 and faces up to 25 years in prison.
If the president's son does not strike a new plea deal with Special Counsel David Weiss' prosecutors he will face a jury trial, which would be a huge political liability for his father Joe Biden's 2024 reelection run.
Attorney Abbe Lowell wrote in a letter Tuesday to Magistrate Judge Christopher Burke saying that Hunter will plead not guilty to the three charges.
He added that Hunter is 'not seeking any special treatment' in making the request for the remote first appearance.
'He has attended and will attend any proceedings in which his physical appearance is required.'
'Mr. Biden also will enter a plea of not guilty, and there is no reason why he cannot utter those two words by video conference,' the letter continues.
'In short, Mr. Biden is satisfied that his constitutional rights will be met by conducting his initial appearance by video conference.'
According to the indictment made public last week, Hunter lied about his drug use when he purchased a gun in 2018.
The First Son purchased a 0.38 Colt Cobra caliber pistol in Delaware, a state that makes any buyer answer a series of questions before they can lay their hands on a weapon.
One from the 2018 application asks if the applicant uses or is addicted to drugs. The box is clearly checked 'no.'
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What about the other 579 crimes that Hunter committed shown on his laptop? Down the toilet apparently. Fake justice system.
Joe Biden has no credibility on Gun Regulation and Tax the Rich schemes. Hey, Joe, make your family ‘pay their fair share’ first! I
I'd love to look at his laptop and check the datestamps on media files showing him smoking crack. Any datestamps from 2018? 2017? This could be a quick trial.
“...he will face a jury trial, which would be a huge political liability for his father Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection run.”
Lunch Bucket Joey isn’t running.
He wasn’t addicted to drugs. He just smoked crack for the taste
“...Delaware, a state that makes any buyer answer a series of questions before they can lay their hands on a weapon.”
It’s Federal Form #4473, for the BATF, not a state form. There may also be a state form, but he lied on the 4473, which gets some long time.
The photos must be fake.
Prove I was or am addicted to something.
Gonna LIE again, is he?
Hard to prove addiction but proving using is much easier .
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We could take him at his word
"Hunter Biden has revealed that at the height of his addiction he found himself picking through rugs, looking for and smoking 'anything that even remotely resembled crack cocaine.'" Link
when will the laptop images with clearly under-age girls become a story?
look what’s happened to Russell Brand in a few days!
meant to say age of consent in UK is 16...and the youngest Brand accuser to date was 16.
His word is legally useless. What did he affirm on the form to buy the gun? If he affirmed he wasn’t using drugs at the time, and nobody did a chain of custody solid drug test to prove he lied, all the freelance storytelling counts for nothing in a court of law. So he made up drug stories? So did Hunter Thompson, the gun nut.
Hunter’s lawyer. ABBE LOWELL LOOKS LIKE A WHORE IN A GUCCI SUIT.
DUH!!
Abbe Lowell is PURE EVIL and needs an Exorcism from his Rabbi!
The "or" doesn't exonerate him.
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