{"id":2291452,"date":"2024-07-09T19:31:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T23:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-bidens-legal-team-gives-up-push-for-new-trial-admits-embarrassing-gaffe\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T19:33:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T23:33:01","slug":"hunter-bidens-legal-team-gives-up-push-for-new-trial-admits-embarrassing-gaffe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-bidens-legal-team-gives-up-push-for-new-trial-admits-embarrassing-gaffe\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden&#8217;s Legal Team Gives Up Push for New Trial, Admits Embarrassing Gaffe"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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-bidens-legal-team-gives-up-push-for-new-trial-admits-embarrassing-gaffe%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=2291452&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 article discusses Hunter Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-key-points-from-trump-campaign-press-conference-on-challenges-to-election-results\/\" title=\"9 Key Points from Trump Campaign Press Conference on Challenges to Election Results\">legal team<\/a> abandoning a call for a \u2064new trial on gun \u200bcharges after admitting that \u2064one\u2062 of their reasons was invalid. Hunter\u2063 Biden was convicted\u200c of \u200bfelonies related to lying on a handgun application \u2064in\u200c 2018. Despite dropping the bid for a new trial, the \u200beffort\u200c to appeal the ruling continues. Hunter Biden&#8217;s lawyers are now focusing on his Second Amendment rights and claim that he should not have been found guilty. The article also mentions that Hunter Biden faces a September trial on tax charges and has not yet received a sentencing date for his \u200dgun charge \u200bconvictions.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 9, 2024 at 3:31pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>After admitting one of its reasons was bogus, Hunter Biden\u2019s legal team has formally abandoned a call for a new trial on the gun charges against him.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden was convicted last month of three felonies in connection with his application for a handgun in 2018, when he lied on the form and said he was not addicted to drugs.<\/p>\n<p>The decision does not end efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hunter-bidens-new-white-house-involvement-causes-staffers-ask-h-happening-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeal<\/a> the ruling, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/09\/politics\/hunter-biden-gun-trial\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden\u2019s attorneys had claimed that U.S. District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika\u00a0did not have authority to conduct the trial because she did not have jurisdiction to do so.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hunter Biden \u2013 who Joe says is the smartest guy he knows and who is Joe\u2019s new gatekeeper at the White House \u2013 did this:<br \/> \u201cHunter Biden withdraws bid for new trial in gun case after feds blast him for \u2018failure to read\u2019 orders\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wHKKf8E9e4\">https:\/\/t.co\/wHKKf8E9e4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Israel &#038; USA United (@IsraelandUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsraelandUSA\/status\/1810746018037891431?\">July 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, a filing from the prosecution showed that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/durham-questions-clinton-campaigns-privilege-claims-demands-court-review-them\/\" title=\"Durham Questions Clinton Campaign\u2019s Privilege Claims, Demands Court Review Them\">documents issued<\/a> by an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-churches-finally-got-help-from-scotus-and-it-was-a-huge-blow-to-gavin-newsom\/\" title=\"CA Churches Finally Got Help from SCOTUS and It Was a Huge Blow to Gavin Newsom\">appellate court<\/a> that threw out Hunter Biden\u2019s appeals aimed at stopping the trial did give her the OK for the trial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe defendant\u2019s motion is meritless and is based on his apparent misunderstanding of appellate practice and his failure to read the Third Circuit\u2019s Orders,\u201d prosecutors wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut both dismissal orders are plainly stamped \u2018Issued in Lieu of Mandate\u2019 and provide no basis for this Court to reconsider its earlier rulings with respect to jurisdiction when non-appealable orders are appealed,\u201d the filing said,\u00a0according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/09\/us-news\/hunter-biden-withdraws-bid-for-new-trial-in-gun-case-after-feds-blast-him-for-failure-to-read-orders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the defendant repeatedly insisted before trial that his appeals divested this Court of jurisdiction, this is the first time he has spun this laughable tale of the mystery of the missing mandates,\u201d the filing continued.<\/p>\n<p>The Monday filings were followed by Tuesday\u2019s decision by Hunter Biden\u2019s lawyers to drop the bid for a new trial.<\/p>\n<p>A separate set of filings from Hunter Biden\u2019s legal team is still alive.<\/p>\n<p>His attorneys claim that a Supreme Court ban on guns for people under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-senators-reach-gun-control-agreement-that-focuses-on-9-points\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Senators Reach Gun Control Agreement That Focuses On 9 Points\">domestic violence restraining orders<\/a> should mean that because Hunter Biden was not covered by such a ban, his Second Amendment rights are intact, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/hunter-biden-reverses-course-gun-trial-1922863\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His lawyers said that because Hunter Biden never \u201cterrorized anyone with a gun in public, or anywhere else, or used it dangerously in any way,\u201d he should not have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-conservatives-issue-warning-minutes-hunter-biden-verdict-dont-fall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found guilty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rep. Comer: Hunter Biden is reportedly Joe\u2019s \u2018gatekeeper\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USElections?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USElections<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USpolitics?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USpolitics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/POTUS?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#POTUS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Democrats?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Democrats<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Biden?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Biden<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Trump?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Trump<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DonaldTrump?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DonaldTrump<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MAGA?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MAGA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Parkinsons?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Parkinsons<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JamesComer?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JamesComer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HunterBiden?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HunterBiden<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JimBiden?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JimBiden<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WkJGtnDm2L\">https:\/\/t.co\/WkJGtnDm2L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 uspolitics (@us_politics_cnl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/us_politics_cnl\/status\/1810790827947422175?\">July 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hunter Biden faces a September trial on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-campaign-releases-statement-hunter-biden-verdict-calls-biden-crime-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tax charges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>No sentencing date has been set for his gun charge convictions.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/apnorc.org\/projects\/about-half-believe-trump-should-serve-prison-time-for-his-felony-conviction-in-the-hush-money-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AP\/NORC<\/a> poll last month found that overall, 57 percent of those surveyed believed Hunter Biden should face prison time for his convictions. 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His lawyers are now arguing that his Second Amendment rights should not have been violated because he was not covered by a Supreme Court ban on guns for those under domestic violence restraining orders. Hunter Biden is also facing tax charges in September, with no sentencing date set for his gun charge convictions. A poll showed that a majority of respondents believe he should face prison time for his convictions. 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