{"id":2039505,"date":"2023-09-20T21:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T01:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-to-appear-in-person-for-arraignment-on-gun-charges\/"},"modified":"2023-09-20T21:38:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T01:38:34","slug":"hunter-biden-to-appear-in-person-for-arraignment-on-gun-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-to-appear-in-person-for-arraignment-on-gun-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden to attend arraignment for gun charges."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhunter-biden-to-appear-in-person-for-arraignment-on-gun-charges%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2039505&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hunter Biden, son of \u200bU.S. \u200bPresident Joe Biden, departs \u200bthe \u200bJ. Caleb Boggs Federal Building and United States Courthouse on July 26, 2023 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo by Mark Makela\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>6:30 PM \u2013 \u2064Wednesday, September 20,\u200c 2023<\/h2>\n<p>United States Magistrate Judge from the District \u200dof Delaware, Christopher Burke, has declared that Hunter Biden, 53,\u00a0must not receive \u201cspecial treatment\u201d regarding\u200d his request to\u200b appear virtually \u200cfor his first court hearing on \u2062federal gun charges.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden, son of President Joe\u2063 Biden, was charged by Special Counsel David Weiss with \u200bmaking an \u2064untrue statement during his purchase of a firearm and\u2063 making a false statement regarding information required to be kept by \u2064a federal licensed gun dealer. He was additionally\u2064 charged with one count of possession of a firearm by a person \u2062who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled \u200csubstance. <\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Hunter\u2019s lawyers explained to the court \u200bthat he\u2064 will not be\u2062 pleading guilty, while\u2062 asking for his\u200b first court \u200bappearance to take place virtually. This was something that\u2064 Weiss\u2019 team\u2063 was opposed to in\u200b a filing on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hunter \u200cBiden is going to now plead \u200bnot guilty to a gun charge \u2064that he had\u200b previously made a deal to plead guilty to <\/p>\n<p>He was \u2062very clear \u200bpublicly that he had been an active \u2062drug user when he lied on the background form to buy a gun<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanspicer\/status\/1704553059714580560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, \u20642023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Therefore, the Magistrate Judge announced on Wednesday afternoon that\u200b he will\u200d not\u200d be allowing Hunter to appear in court by video conference. He also explained \u200dthat the president\u2019s son should not be \u200breceiving special treatment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIn the end, the \u200bCourt agrees with both the Defendant and the \u2062Government, \u200cthat Defendant should not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sheriff-tiger-woods-didnt-get-different-treatment-after-car-crash\/\" title=\"Sheriff: Tiger Woods Didn\u2019t Get \u2018Different Treatment\u2019 After Car Crash\">receive special treatment<\/a> in this matter \u2014 absent some unusual \u200dcircumstance, he should be treated just as would any other\u2062 defendant in our Court,\u201d \u2062Burke stated in\u200c the filing. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The 53-year-old\u2019s in-person court appearance has been scheduled for October 3<sup>rd<\/sup> at 10 a.m. in\u200b Delaware. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>In Weiss\u2019 opposition filing, it was stated that there are \u201cserious felony \u2062gun charges at issue in this case.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ultimately, the federal \u200dfirearm charges are the first charges Weiss has \u200dbrought against Hunter since \u200cbecoming\u200d a \u200cpart of\u2063 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-ag-bill-barr-to-merrick-garland-appoint-a-special-counsel-already\/\" title=\"Former AG Bill Barr To Merrick Garland: Appoint A Special Counsel Already\">special counsel status<\/a>. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cHunter Biden possessing an unloaded gun for 11 \u200cday [sic] \u2063was not\u200b a threat to public safety, but \u2062a\u2063 prosecutor, with\u2062 all\u200b the power imaginable, bending to political\u200b pressure presents\u200c a grave threat to our system of justice,\u201d Hunter Biden\u2019s\u200b attorney Abbe Lowell expressed in a statement\u200d earlier this\u2062 week. \u2062\u201cWe believe these charges \u2062are barred by the agreement the \u2064prosecutors made with Mr. Biden, the recent rulings \u2062by several federal courts that this statute is unconstitutional, and the facts that \u200che did not violate\u2064 that \u2064law, and we \u2063plan to demonstrate all of that in court.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hunter has been in predicaments similar to this case previously. <em>Fox News<\/em> first\u200b reported in 2021 that police had responded \u200cto a case in October 2018, when a firearm\u2063 owned\u200c by Hunter\u200d was found inside a trash \u200dcan outside a market in Delaware.<\/p>\n<p>According to a \u2062 <em>Fox News<\/em> review,\u2062 a firearm transaction \u200dstatement reported that Hunter purchased a firearm earlier\u2063 that month. On the firearm transaction report, Hunter responded negatively when he was asked if he was\u2062 an \u201cunlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, \u200bstimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAn in-person hearing is important to \u200cpromote the public\u2019s confidence that the defendant is being treated consistently with\u200d other \u2064defendants in this \u2064District \u200cand in other Districts,\u201d Weiss\u2019 \u200bteam wrote in \u2062a \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23986713-special-counsel-requesting-hunter-biden-appearance\">letter to the federal Magistrate Judge<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cMoreover, the previous arraignment held in connection with this matter \u2064was anything but \u2063routine because the defendant and his previous attorney were\u2062 not prepared to answer the Court\u2019s questions,\u201d the special counsel added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Burke\u200b initially scheduled the arraignment for September 26<sup>th<\/sup>, but decided to change the\u200b date to October 3<sup>rd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story. Please check back\u200c for updates. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive \u200cbreaking news blasts\u2064 directly to\u2063 your \u200cinbox \u200bfor free.\u2063 Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>AG Merrick Garland testifies before Congress, Hunter is \u2063forced to appear \u200cin court \u2064and the Feds says more of the same.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Iowa State Representative Bobby Kauffman\u2063 explains why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-rep-kauffman-trump-is-taking-nothing-for-granted\/\" title=\"State Rep. Kauffman: Trump Doesn't Assume Anything\">caucus organizing events<\/a> like the one President Trump is attending today are important.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>The \u200bCongressional panel \u200dinvestigating January \u20636th hears \u2064from former Capitol\u2063 Police Chief Steve Sund.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>President Trump attends a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-to-appear-in-person-for-arraignment-on-gun-charges\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden to attend arraignment for gun charges.\">caucus organizing event\u2063 meant<\/a>\u200d to boost support for his 2024\u2062 campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>LONDON (Reuters) -The European\u200c Commission launched an investigation on Wednesday into whether to impose punitive tariffs \u2062to protect European Union automakers against\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) \u2013 ABB is spending $280 million on a new \u2063robotics factory \u2062in Sweden, the Swiss engineering and\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>PARIS (Reuters) \u2013 French Europe Minister \u2063Laurence Boon on Wednesday welcomed an anti-subsidy investigation into \u200cChinese electric vehicles launched by the EU\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>By Mathieu Rosemain and Silvia Aloisi PARIS\u200c (Reuters) \u2013 Apple said on Wednesday its iPhone 12\u200c model was certified by \u2064multiple \u2064international\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> Why did Hunter Biden&#8217;s lawyers request\u200d that\u200b his first court appearance be conducted \u200bvirtually?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200cOn September 20,\u200c 2023, United States Magistrate Judge Christopher Burke made a noteworthy decision regarding Hunter Biden&#8217;s request to appear virtually for his first court hearing on federal gun charges. Biden, the son \u2064of President Joe Biden, was charged with making untrue statements \u2062during the purchase of \u200ca firearm, making false statements\u2063 regarding information required by a federal licensed gun \u200cdealer,\u2063 and possession of a firearm as an unlawful user of a \u200ccontrolled substance.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter&#8217;s lawyers had requested that\u200c his \u2064first court appearance \u2064be conducted virtually, but Special\u2063 Counsel David\u200b Weiss&#8217;s team\u2063 opposed this in a filing \u2063on Wednesday. The Magistrate Judge ultimately declared that Hunter would not be allowed to appear in court via video conference, stating that he should not receive special treatment and should be\u200d treated like any other defendant in court.<\/p>\n<p>The 53-year-old&#8217;s in-person \u2064court\u2062 appearance has been scheduled\u200c for October 3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden, son of President Joe Biden, leaves the federal building in Wilmington, Delaware. Judge Christopher Burke from Delaware&#8217;s District declares Hunter&#8217;s case. 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