{"id":2039954,"date":"2023-09-21T12:03:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-shuts-down-hunter-bidens-big-request-saying-he-should-not-receive-special-treatment\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T12:05:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:05:04","slug":"federal-judge-shuts-down-hunter-bidens-big-request-saying-he-should-not-receive-special-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-shuts-down-hunter-bidens-big-request-saying-he-should-not-receive-special-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal judge denies Hunter Biden&#8217;s request, citing no special treatment."},"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\">20<\/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%2Ffederal-judge-shuts-down-hunter-bidens-big-request-saying-he-should-not-receive-special-treatment%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=2039954&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--><h2>Federal Judge Denies Hunter Biden&#8217;s Request for Special Treatment<\/h2>\n<p>Finally, a \u200brefreshing change: Hunter Biden is being treated like any other citizen alleged \u200bto have committed a crime. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/20\/politics\/hunter-biden-special-counsel\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>, federal Magistrate Judge \u2064Christopher\u2062 J. Burke denied \u2062a defense request for the president\u2019s son to appear virtually to enter \u2063a \u2063plea in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-demands-explanation-hunter-biden-attempts-avoid-appearing-court-gun-charges-arraignment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal firearms violation<\/a> case when he\u2019s arraigned on Oct. 3.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arraignment \u2064Date Pushed Back<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The initial date for arraignment in the case was supposed to be\u2063 Sept. 26, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2023\/09\/21\/Hunter-Biden-judge-rejects-virtual-arraignment-gun-charges\/8411695268658\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United Press International<\/a>. However, it was pushed back at \u2062the \u2062request of his attorneys.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defense Request Denied<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Abbe Lowell, one of Biden\u2019s many members of counsel, urged the court to let him appear via video link in a Tuesday filing.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNo matter whether in person or virtual, he will waive reading of the indictment, which is merely a few pages\u200b and could easily be read at a video conference,\u201d the filing read.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, special counsel David Weiss pushed\u2062 back on the move, saying it was unprecedented.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHunter Biden\u2062 does not contend he is\u2064 injured \u200cor indigent,\u201d wrote the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/special-counsel-appointed-investigate-hunter-biden-worked-hand-glove-brother-beau-years-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">special counsel<\/a>, \u2064initially a\u200b Delaware U.S. attorney \u2064investigating the Hunter\u200b case, in a court filing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>In-Person Appearance Promotes Public Confidence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Weiss also\u200c said the in-person court appearance would \u201cpromote \u200cthe\u2064 public\u2019s confidence\u201d that the fix wasn\u2019t in for the president\u2019s son.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAn\u2062 in-person hearing \u2063is important to promote the public\u2019s confidence that the defendant is being \u2063treated consistently with other defendants in this District and in other Districts,\u201d Weiss\u2019 team\u200c said in its \u200dcourt filing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoreover, the previous arraignment held in connection with this matter\u2062 was anything but routine \u2062because the defendant and his previous\u200c attorney \u200bwere not prepared to answer the\u2062 Court\u2019s\u2063 questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Judge&#8217;s Ruling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Delaware judge sided with the\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hunter-biden-indictment-coming-soon-special-counsels-court-filing-reveals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">special counsel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn the end,\u2062 the\u200c Court agrees with\u2064 both Defendant \u2026\u200d and the Government \u2026\u200c that 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> \u2064in this matter \u2013 absent\u200c some unusual circumstance,\u2062 he should be treated \u2062just as would any other defendant in \u200bour Court,\u201d Judge Burke wrote in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23986952-ruling-on-hunter-biden-arraignment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruling \u200bon Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny other\u200b defendant would be required to attend his\u200b or her initial appearance in person. So too here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, Defendant\u2019s Motion is DENIED,\u201d the ruling concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Legal Woes for Hunter Biden<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 gun charge could be just the \u2064beginning \u200dof Hunter\u2019s legal troubles, depending\u200c on how serious the special counsel is regarding the tax and gun allegations the\u200b president\u2019s son faces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Complicated Plea Agreement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mind you, this was all supposed to be settled quietly via a plea agreement arranged by the Department of\u2064 Justice in which \u200dHunter would plead\u2063 guilty to the tax and gun\u200c violations so long as he completed a diversionary program designed for offenders who had drug issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Appointment of Special Counsel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika found the\u2063 agreement\u200d dubious, \u2064particularly since 1) it offered Hunter wide immunity for\u200b crimes not even covered under the plea agreement and 2) the prosecution and \u2064defense argued in court over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/inside-3-hour-hearing-destroyed-hunter-bidens-plea-deal-really-bad-everyone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how wide the immunity being offered was<\/a>. She called\u2063 the\u2063 plea \u201cconfusing,\u201d \u201cnot\u2064 straightforward,\u201d \u201cunprecedented\u201d and\u2062 \u201catypical,\u201d refused to\u200d accept the deal,\u2063 and ordered attorneys to go back \u200bto the bargaining table to hash out something more conventional.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Appointment of Special Counsel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It failed, and Weiss was appointed special counsel by Attorney General Merrick Garland. While there has been some \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hunter-biden-special-counsel-wastes-no-time-drops-plea-deal-talks-moves-change-venue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">skepticism\u2064 from Republicans<\/a> about Weiss\u2019 appointment \u2014 he had handled the case previously, after all, including the botched plea agreement \u2014 Weiss \u2062has taken on arguably the easiest case to convict Hunter \u200don, the gun charges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Gun Charges<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Hunter bought a Colt Cobra .38 \u2062Special through a gun dealer. As part\u2063 of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-on-hunter-biden-being-indicted-his-plea-agreement-was-the-deal-of-the-century\/\" title=\"Trump praised Hunter Biden's plea agreement as the best deal ever.\">federal background check\u2063 form<\/a>, he asserted he \u200bwas drug-free, a precondition to legally purchasing a firearm. According to Hunter\u2019s own memoir, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/24-house-republicans-demand-hunter-biden-investigated-allegedly-illegally-buying-gun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he was on a wild drug bender<\/a> at roughly the same time \u2063he purchased the \u200cweapon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Equal Treatment for All Defendants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Suffice it to say, it\u2019s a bit complicated, but the point is that anyone who came across the gun in the\u2064 dumpster could have used it in nefarious ways \u2063\u2014 or Hunter could have, \u2063considering his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hunter-biden-smartest-man-father-knows-says-smoked-parmesan-cheese-resembled-crack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mental state at the time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>White House \u2063Concerns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Apparently, the White House \u2014 and\u200c specifically, the president \u2014 is in \u200da tizzy over the fact the first son is finally being treated like any other person.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Protective of Hunter Biden<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe emotional toll continues to weigh heavily on the president and first lady, who approach the most \u2064sensitive family matters as a father and mother above all else, according to a source familiar with their\u200b thinking,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/joe-biden\/biden-allies-worry-hunter-indictment-strain-presidents-2024-focus-rcna105385\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> reported Saturday. \u201cBut the recent shift in their outlook has been dramatic, the source said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael LaRosa, Jill Biden\u2019s \u2062former press secretary, told the network, \u201cEvery day, \u200bthis president wakes\u2062 up and thinks about his\u2062 deceased son \u200band probably cries every day. And the weight of [Hunter\u2019s legal troubles] is equally\u2063 emotionally taxing.\u201d He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wh-aides-walk-around-eggshells-biden-fears-die\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a> that the Bidens are \u201cincredibly protective of Hunter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, and that\u2019s how we got here. Now, the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/corruption-gop-furious-hunter-biden-texts-show-paid-joes-bills-past-11-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enabled prodigal son<\/a> in recent Washington history will have to eat the <a href=\"https:\/\/ferrelljenkins.blog\/2012\/04\/15\/the-pods-that-the-pigs-were-eating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">same carob pods<\/a> the rest of the ordinary swine that go through the legal system \u2063are forced to swallow.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/federal-judge-shuts-hunter-bidens-big-request-saying-not-receive-special-treatment\/\">Federal\u200d Judge Shuts Down Hunter Biden&#8217;s Big Request, Saying He &#8216;Should Not Receive Special Treatment&#8217;<\/a> appeared first \u2062on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> Sident \u2014\u200c had concerns\u200b about\u2063 the\u200c negative publicity surrounding Hunter\u200d Biden&#8217;s case. \u200cThey reportedly wanted \u200dthe arraignment to\u200b be conducted \u200bvirtually\u200b to avoid media attention \u200band \u2062any potential embarrassment for \u200cthe\u2062 administration. However, it\u2064 is refreshing \u2064to see that the judge denied this\u2062 request and upheld<\/p>\n<h2> What potential reasons could the administration have had\u2064 for wanting a virtual arraignment, and how does the judge&#8217;s \u2062decision promote accountability in this context?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  There could be several potential \u200breasons why the administration would\u2064 prefer a virtual arraignment:<\/p>\n<p>1. Convenience and efficiency: Conducting \u2062the arraignment virtually could save time and\u200b resources for both the court system\u200c and \u2063the administration.\u2064 It eliminates the need to transport the defendant from a correctional facility to the courthouse, especially if they are located far apart. This can help streamline the legal \u2062process and enable more cases to be heard in\u200c a \u2064given time.<\/p>\n<p>2. Safety and security:\u2064 Virtual arraignments can reduce risks associated\u200d with transporting defendants, especially in cases where \u200cthe\u2064 individual may \u200cpose a danger or be a flight risk. By conducting\u2062 the arraignment remotely, the court can ensure the safety\u200c of all parties involved and minimize the potential for any disruptive incidents.<\/p>\n<p>3. Access to justice: Virtual arraignments can\u200d help improve access to justice, particularly for individuals who \u2063live\u200c in\u2062 remote\u2062 areas or have mobility issues. \u200bIt eliminates the \u200cneed for defendants,\u200c attorneys, and other court personnel to physically\u2064 be\u2064 present\u2062 in the same location, making\u200d it more\u2064 convenient and \u2063accessible for \u200dall involved parties.<\/p>\n<p>The judge&#8217;s\u200c decision to go \u200bahead with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-shuts-down-hunter-bidens-big-request-saying-he-should-not-receive-special-treatment\/\" title=\"Federal judge denies Hunter Biden's request, citing no special treatment.\">virtual arraignment promotes accountability<\/a> in\u200c this context in several ways:<\/p>\n<p>1. \u200bMaintaining the court&#8217;s functioning: By allowing virtual arraignments, the judge ensures that the court&#8217;s operations continue\u2064 during unforeseen circumstances, such as the absence\u2064 of physical courtrooms \u200cdue to\u2062 a \u200bpandemic or other emergencies. This upholds the \u2062principle of accountability by ensuring the legal system continues\u2062 to\u2064 function, \u2062even under challenging \u2064circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>2. Equal treatment under \u200cthe \u2063law: \u2063Conducting virtual arraignments ensures that defendants \u2062are treated equally, regardless of\u200b their physical location. It prevents any \u2064potential bias or\u2063 disadvantage that may arise from transporting\u200c defendants to a\u2064 particular\u200c court\u200d location, promoting fairness and accountability in the legal process.<\/p>\n<p>3. Maintaining transparency: Virtual arraignments typically incorporate videoconferencing technology, which allows for real-time communication between the defendant, judge, and attorneys. This ensures all parties can participate, ask\u2064 questions, and present their\u200c case effectively, \u200cthereby maintaining transparency and accountability in \u2064the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the judge&#8217;s decision in favor of a virtual arraignment \u200bpromotes \u200baccountability by prioritizing safety, access, efficiency, \u200dand fairness in the legal system.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter Biden is finally facing the consequences like any ordinary citizen accused of a crime. CNN reports that Judge Christopher J. Burke rejected the defense&#8217;s plea for Biden to enter a virtual plea in his federal firearms violation case. 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