The ruling all but ensures a trial will move forward this summer.
In this April 18, 2022, file photo, Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, speaks to guests during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, D.C.to an indictment brought by special counsel David Weiss, challenging Weiss' authority to file charges and claiming the indictment came as the result of a selective and vindictive prosecution.
Attorneys for Hunter Biden had rested their hopes for dismissal in large part on their claim that an immunity provision in their plea deal, which ultimately fell apart, was ratified when both parties signed it. But Weiss' office argued that the contract required approval from a probation officer, and the probation officer never signed it.
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