{"id":2252419,"date":"2024-05-24T18:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T22:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-issues-key-rulings-in-hunter-biden-gun-case-ahead-of-june-trial\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T18:40:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T22:40:08","slug":"judge-issues-key-rulings-in-hunter-biden-gun-case-ahead-of-june-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-issues-key-rulings-in-hunter-biden-gun-case-ahead-of-june-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge makes crucial rulings in Hunter Biden firearm case before June trial"},"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\">24<\/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-issues-key-rulings-in-hunter-biden-gun-case-ahead-of-june-trial%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=2252419&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>The summary of the article is about Judge Maryellen Noreika&#8217;s\u2062 recent\u200c rulings in Hunter Biden&#8217;s \u2063gun trial. The\u200d judge limited special counsel David\u2062 Weiss from referencing \u2064Biden&#8217;s past spending\u200b habits. Certain\u200b exclusions were requested by Biden&#8217;s attorney\u2063 Abbe \u2063Lowell, with some granted. The judge agreed that certain evidence \u2064could\u200c be relevant but cautioned Biden about\u2062 expanding the\u200d scope. The article details Judge Maryellen \u2063Noreika&#8217;s recent rulings in\u200c Hunter Biden&#8217;s gun trial. Special counsel David \u200dWeiss was restricted from mentioning\u200d Biden&#8217;s past spending \u200dhabits.\u200c Biden&#8217;s attorney Abbe Lowell requested exclusions, some of which were approved. The \u2063judge acknowledged relevant evidence but advised\u2063 Biden to \u200dbe cautious \u2063about broadening \u2064the\u200d scope.  <\/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 judge on Friday handed out rulings on evidence attorneys will be able to use in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hunter-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Hunter Biden\">Hunter Biden<\/a>\u2018s gun trial, including limiting the types of references special counsel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/david-weiss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"David Weiss\">David Weiss<\/a> can make to the first son\u2019s past spending habits.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Maryellen Noreika issued the decisions during a hearing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/delaware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Delawar\">Delaware<\/a>, where Biden appeared with his attorney Abbe Lowell and asked the judge to place certain exclusions on the material Weiss could use against him at trial.<\/p>\n<p>Norieika, a Donald Trump appointee, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hunter-biden-gun-case-trial-61ae47f6c9296f02d1462d82b1a47897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>granted<\/a> some of the first son\u2019s requests, known as \u201cmotions in limine,\u201d but she denied others, according to the <em>Associated Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trial-judge-to-decide-if-former-president-violated-gag-order\/\" title=\"Judge to Determine if Trump Breached Gag Order in Trial\">court papers ahead<\/a> of the hearing, Biden\u2019s attorneys asked the judge to prohibit prosecutors from referencing his past \u201cextravagant lifestyle,\u201d including references to \u201clavish\u201d spending or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inside-the-nras-strategy-to-escape-disaster\/\" title=\"Inside the NRA\u2019s Strategy to Escape Disaster\">money spent<\/a> on pornography and strippers. Weiss alleged Biden spent \u201cwildly\u201d on these types of expenses in a separate criminal tax case.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, a recovering drug addict, said such references would be too prejudicial to a jury, but he also acknowledged that any evidence showing drug purchases, cash withdrawals, or the purchase of the revolver at the center of his charges would be fair game.<\/p>\n<p>Noreika largely agreed with Biden but noted that he could open himself up to expanding what evidence becomes relevant should he choose to testify in his own defense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a number of issues that may become more contentious should Mr. Biden testify,\u201d Noreika said.<\/p>\n<p>Weiss has charged Biden with three felonies related to a 2018 gun purchase, alleging he lied on a federal form about his drug use to buy a revolver and that he then illegally possessed the revolver for several days. Biden has pleaded not guilty to the charges.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said in court filings that they plan to use evidence federal investigators extracted from Biden\u2019s computer data against him, but Biden has repeatedly challenged the authenticity of the data as well as raised concerns with the government\u2019s methods of obtaining it.<\/p>\n<p>At the hearing, Noreika signaled she would allow Biden to bring these challenges up during the trial. The judge noted that this could lengthen the duration of the trial to two weeks. The trial is set to begin June 3 and was initially estimated to last up to six days.<\/p>\n<p>In a win for Weiss, Noreika also gave the special counsel some leniency on how he goes about proving Biden was addicted to drugs at the time of his purchase. Against the wishes of Biden\u2019s attorneys, the judge said prosecutors would not have to prove Biden used drugs on the specific day of the gun purchase. The judge also said prosecutors could draw from portions of Biden\u2019s memoir <em>Beautiful Things<\/em>, in which he details his battles with drug addiction.<\/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 is also facing criminal charges brought by Weiss in California over allegations he failed to file taxes and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-indicted-on-criminal-tax-charges-in-california\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden faces criminal tax charges in California\">filed false returns<\/a> during a four-year period beginning in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The first son filed similar requests to exclude evidence in that case, but the judge has not ruled on them and recently postponed the trial from June until September.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a hearing in Delaware, Judge Maryellen Noreika made pivotal rulings on evidence for Hunter Biden&#8217;s gun trial. The judge restricted special counsel David Weiss from referencing Biden&#8217;s past spending habits. 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