A federal judge formally dismissed the gun case against Hunter Biden on Tuesday after President Joe Biden issued a sweeping pardon for his son. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika closed the case the week before Hunter Biden was to be sentenced.
President Joe Biden accompanied by his son Hunter Biden and his grandson Beau leave a book store as they walk in downtown Nantucket Mass., Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. FILE - Hunter Biden steps into a vehicle as he leaves federal court, Sept. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles , after pleading guilty to federal tax charges. President Joe Biden with his son Hunter Biden and his grandson Beau walk in downtown Nantucket Mass., Friday, Nov. 29, 2024.
Prosecutors opposed dismissing the case, arguing in court documents that a pardon shouldn’t wipe away the case “as if it never occurred.” Hunter Biden was convicted on three felonies after he lied on a federal form to purchase a gun in Delaware by saying he wasn’t a drug user in 2018, a period when he has acknowledged being addicted.
The Justice Department special counsel is also opposed to dismissing a case filed in California after he failed to payThe president’s Sunday decision to go back on previous pledges and issue his son a blanket federal pardon for actions over the past 11 years has sparked a political uproar in Washington, drawingHunter Biden was originally supposed to strike a plea deal with prosecutors last year that would have spared him prison time, but the agreementWhitehurst covers the Supreme Court, legal...
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