{"id":2211329,"date":"2024-04-02T12:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T16:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rejects-hunter-bidens-bid-to-dismiss-tax-charges\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T12:02:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T16:02:38","slug":"judge-rejects-hunter-bidens-bid-to-dismiss-tax-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rejects-hunter-bidens-bid-to-dismiss-tax-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Court denies Hunter Biden&#8217;s request to dismiss tax 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\">18<\/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%2Fjudge-rejects-hunter-bidens-bid-to-dismiss-tax-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=2211329&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>A federal judge, Mark Scarsi, denied all motions by Hunter Biden&#8217;s legal team to \u2064dismiss the tax charges against him.\u2063 This decision came after eight motions were filed by Biden&#8217;s team, arguing that \u2063federal prosecutors unfairly targeted him. The judge&#8217;s\u200b 82-page order rejected their claims, signaling a continuation \u2063of the legal\u200b proceedings. Your summary is concise and informative, providing a clear overview of the \u200csituation involving Hunter Biden&#8217;s tax charges and the judge&#8217;s\u2063 decision to deny the dismissal motions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t(Angerer\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>A federal judge on Monday rejected all motions by Hunter Biden\u2019s legal team to have the tax charges against the president\u2019s son dropped. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Judge Mark Scarsi in an 82-page order Monday night denied the eight motions filed by the first son\u2019s legal team to dismiss the tax charges, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/68072494\/67\/united-states-v-biden\/\"><span>refuting<\/span><\/a><span>  their arguments that federal prosecutors have unfairly targeted Biden and that special counsel David Weiss levied extra charges against Biden due to Republican pressure. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Scarsi said the president\u2019s son has &#8220;fail[ed] to present a reasonable inference, let alone clear evidence, of discriminatory effect and discriminatory purpose.&#8221; The judge added there has also been no evidence of the case\u2019s prosecutors caving to pressure from congressional Republicans, noting that &#8220;as counsel conceded at the hearing, just because someone says they influenced a prosecutorial decision does not mean that they did.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biden\u2019s legal team immediately condemned Scarsi\u2019s ruling. &#8220;We strongly disagree with the Court\u2019s decision and will continue to vigorously pursue Mr. Biden\u2019s challenges to the abnormal way the Special Counsel handled this investigation and charged this case,&#8221; Biden\u2019s lead attorney Abbe Lowell <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/amp\/rcna145965\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span>\t<\/p>\n<p><span>The president\u2019s son has been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/hunter-biden-indicted-on-nine-charges-of-tax-evasion\/\"><span>indicted<\/span><\/a><span>  on nine tax evasion charges, and is accused of failing to file tax returns for three years and inflating his business expenses by including his daughter\u2019s tuition as well as payments at luxury hotels and to prostitutes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Scarsi appeared skeptical of the Biden defense\u2019s arguments in a hearing last Wednesday, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/no-evidence-judge-unmoved-by-hunter-bidens-argument-that-prosecution-is-politically-motivated\/\"><span>noting<\/span><\/a><span>  there was &#8220;no evidence [from the defense] that influenced the prosecutors\u2019 decision here.&#8221; Federal prosecutors Derek Hines and Leo Wise also denounced the defense\u2019s assertion that politics played a role in their charges against Biden, with Hines calling it &#8220;absolutely outrageous&#8221; and Wise dismissing it as &#8220;revisionist history.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a ruling on Monday, Federal Judge Mark Scarsi denied Hunter Biden&#8217;s legal team&#8217;s eight motions to dismiss the tax charges against the president&#8217;s son. 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