{"id":2258446,"date":"2024-06-03T10:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T14:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-gun-trial-begins-in-delaware\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T10:43:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T14:43:07","slug":"hunter-biden-gun-trial-begins-in-delaware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-gun-trial-begins-in-delaware\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial of Hunter Biden&#8217;s gun case commences in Delaware"},"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%2Fhunter-biden-gun-trial-begins-in-delaware%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=2258446&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 set\u200c to appear \u200bin Delaware as a defendant for the \u200cstart \u2064of a trial on\u2062 felony charges \u200brelated to a 2018 gun purchase. This trial marks\u200c the first time \u2064a sitting president&#8217;s son faces such charges. Special counsel David Weiss\u200b alleges Biden lied about drug use to buy\u2063 a revolver and possessed it unlawfully. The trial, presided over by Judge Maryellen Noreika, could \u2062last two weeks, with jury selection focusing on bias and impartiality. Noreika denied \u200dBiden&#8217;s \u2063defense requests, and evidence regarding drug use is expected to be presented.  <\/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> will appear in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/delaware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Delaware\">Delaware<\/a> on Monday as a defendant for the first day of a trial in which he is facing felony <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3021588\/son-of-a-gun-hunter-biden-firearm-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>charges<\/a> over a 2018 gun purchase.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s appearance will mark the first time the son of a sitting president has stood trial as a criminal defendant.<\/p>\n<p>Special counsel David Weiss, who is leading the prosecution, has alleged Biden lied on a federal form about his drug use to purchase a revolver and that he then kept the firearm in his possession for 11 days.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Maryellen Noreika, a Donald Trump appointee, is presiding over the case and estimated the trial could last up to two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The trial will begin with jury selection, and Noreika plans to ask <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rittenhouse-judge-warns-jurors-against-trusting-media-vast-amount-of-reporting-sloppy-deliberately-biased\/\" title=\"Rittenhouse Judge Warns Jurors Against Trusting Media: \u2018Vast Amount\u2019 Of Reporting \u2018Sloppy,\u2019 \u2018Deliberately Biased\u2019\">prospective jurors<\/a> who have been summoned to the Wilmington federal courthouse a series of questions to weed out bias.<\/p>\n<p>The questions, according to court filings, involve gauging prospective jurors\u2019 views about the Second Amendment and drug addiction. The judge also plans to ask them if their views on the 2024 election would affect their impartiality and if they believe Biden being the son of a president has caused him to be prosecuted more or less than what is fair.<\/p>\n<p>The day before the trial, Noreika dealt blows to Biden\u2019s defense team, including denying his request to allow one of his expert witnesses, a psychiatrist, to testify about drug addiction, according to court orders.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s attorneys had wanted the doctor to testify that addicts commonly are in a \u201cstate of denial\u201d about their addiction, which would help them argue Biden thought that when he allegedly said on the gun form that he was not an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-bidens-wrist-slap-on-gun-tax-crimes-is-a-complete-smokescreen\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden\u2019s Wrist Slap On Gun, Tax Crimes Is A Complete Smokescreen\">illegal drug user<\/a>, he was being truthful.<\/p>\n<p>Weiss has indicated he plans to introduce evidence at trial that shows investigators tested a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/special-counsel-rips-hunter-biden-attempt-to-dismiss-gun-charges-we-found-drugs-on-his-gun-pouch\/\" title=\"Special Counsel finds drugs on Hunter Biden's gun pouch, dismisses attempt to drop charges\">leather gun pouch<\/a> they retrieved in 2018 for drugs and found evidence of cocaine on it.<\/p>\n<p>For a second expert witness, Biden\u2019s attorneys asked to call a toxicologist to the stand to dispute the chain of command of the pouch. They said they expect the witness to testify that the drug test was performed five years after the pouch was obtained and that the test included no dating information. Noreika said she would reserve judgment on whether to allow the witness to testify.<\/p>\n<p>Noreika also denied Biden\u2019s attorneys\u2019 request to permit evidence of a second version of the gun form Biden allegedly filled out that included updated information on it. The attorneys planned to incorporate the form into their defense by saying the second form on record with the gun shop was \u201cdoctored.\u201d The judge called this \u201cunsupported rhetoric.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The trial is also expected to be highly personal for Biden, as prosecutors have said they plan to call his ex-wife and two ex-girlfriends to the stand to serve as witnesses to his alleged drug abuse in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutors also said they will present excerpts from Biden\u2019s memoir <em>Beautiful Things<\/em>, in which the first son vividly detailed how he battled for years with an addiction to crack.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, who said he became sober in 2019, has pleaded not guilty to three gun charges he is facing. If convicted, he could face up to 25 years in prison, though receiving the maximum penalty is highly unlikely.<\/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 also attempted to have his case dismissed on several grounds, including that a Supreme Court ruling in recent years that relaxed gun regulations rendered the charges unconstitutional. Noreika denied the request but said he could raise it again after the trial.<\/p>\n<p>While his father has, as president, advocated stricter gun laws, the first son\u2019s case is one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/az-state-and-local-agencies-are-barred-from-implementing-bidens-gun-control-agenda\/\" title=\"AZ State And Local Agencies Are Barred From Implementing Biden\u2019s Gun Control Agenda\">gun rights activists<\/a> see as an opportunity to shape gun regulation in their favor.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter Biden is set to appear as a defendant in Delaware on Monday for the start of his trial on felony charges related to a 2018 gun purchase. This trial marks the first instance of a sitting president&#8217;s son facing criminal charges in court. 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