{"id":2224154,"date":"2024-04-18T12:56:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T16:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-turns-to-appeals-courts-after-judges-decline-to-drop-charges\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T12:57:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T16:57:24","slug":"hunter-biden-turns-to-appeals-courts-after-judges-decline-to-drop-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-turns-to-appeals-courts-after-judges-decline-to-drop-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden seeks relief from appellate courts following dismissal refusal"},"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%2Fhunter-biden-turns-to-appeals-courts-after-judges-decline-to-drop-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=2224154&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>Hunter Biden is seeking the \u200cdismissal\u200c of tax\u200d and gun charges in his \u200bcriminal cases by appealing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attorneys-for-trailing-democrat-candidate-claim-voting-machine-count-errors\/\" title=\"Attorneys For Trailing Democrat Candidate Claim Voting Machine Count \u2018Errors\u2019\">appellate courts<\/a>. He asked the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals to consider dropping three felonies related to a 2018 gun purchase after a judge in Delaware denied his requests. Despite Biden&#8217;s arguments regarding a plea agreement and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/merrick-garland-announces-special-counsel-has-been-appointed-in-hunter-biden-probe\/\" title=\"Merrick Garland reveals Special Counsel appointed for Hunter Biden investigation.\">special \u2063counsel appointment<\/a>, Judge Maryellen Noreika rejected his appeals.  <\/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<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hunter-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Hunter Biden\">Hunter Biden<\/a> is asking appellate courts in both of his criminal cases to consider dismissing his tax and gun charges, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boeing-agrees-to-2-5b-settlement-over-737-max-crashes\/\" title=\"Boeing agrees to .5B settlement over 737 MAX crashes\">court documents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden asked the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday to hear his arguments for dismissal after a judge in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/delaware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Delaware\">Delaware<\/a> denied Biden\u2019s requests to drop three felonies related to a 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2434955\/hunter-biden-indicted-on-three-gun-charges-by-david-weiss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>gun purchase<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden had argued to Judge Maryellen Noreika that his charges should be dropped by claiming that a since-withdrawn plea agreement was actually active and had immunized him from being charged; that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">special counsel<\/a> David Weiss, who is overseeing Biden\u2019s prosecutions, was inappropriately appointed to his position; and that Weiss violated the separation of powers by charging Biden only after House Republicans demanded that he do so.<\/p>\n<p>Noreika, an appointee of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>, denied Biden\u2019s requests on all three fronts.<\/p>\n<p>Noreika was the judge who initially raised questions about the scope of the proposed plea agreement between Biden and Weiss last summer. She found the agreement unusual and zeroed in on a dispute between prosecutors and defense attorneys about provisions of the agreement, leading to the agreement\u2019s eventual collapse.<\/p>\n<p>Biden argued that a portion of the plea deal, called a \u201cdiversion agreement,\u201d was still in effect, but Weiss countered that it was not because a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">probation officer<\/a> had not signed off on it. Noreika agreed with Weiss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRelevant language unambiguously requires Probation to approve the agreement,\u201d Noreika wrote in a memorandum explaining why she would not dismiss Biden\u2019s charges on those grounds.<\/p>\n<p>Noreika also said the attorney general\u2019s appointment of Weiss to the position of special counsel was done in the same manner as at least six other recent special counsels and was statutorily sound.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, Noreika found that Biden\u2019s separation of powers argument was \u201cnot credible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMembers of the Legislative Branch pressuring Executive Branch officials or the Special Counsel to act is fundamentally different than actually making charging decisions or influencing them,\u201d the judge wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Biden also asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals last week to dismiss nine tax charges he is facing in California, including failure to pay taxes and filing false returns.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biden had made eight requests to Judge Mark Scarsi, another Trump appointee, to drop the charges. The arguments included the same ones he used in his Delaware case, and Scarsi denied all of them.<\/p>\n<p>While the appellate courts now weigh Biden\u2019s requests, the cases are still proceeding on a normal timeline at the district court level, and both trials are expected to take place in June. The scheduling could change if the appellate courts decide to halt the proceedings.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter Biden has turned to appellate courts to seek dismissal of tax and gun charges in his criminal cases. In court documents, Biden requested the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals to consider his arguments for dropping three felonies. 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