Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, and his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, arrive at the federal courthouse during his trial on criminal firearms charges in Wilmington, Delaware, June 5, 2024 .
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Hunter Biden will be sentenced for his crimes gun case in Delaware on Nov. 13, eight days later in 2024 President election,A federal judge said Friday.
Hunter Biden, the president’s only surviving son Joe BidenIn June, a jury in U.S. District Court in Wilmington convicted him of three criminal counts related to his purchase and possession of a revolver while he was illegally high on drugs.
The 54-year-old is the first child to sit America president Forever found guilty.
Hunter Biden could face up to 25 years in prison, but Judge Marilyn Noreka could impose a much lighter sentence under federal sentencing guidelines.
Hunter Biden will face another criminal trial in September in federal court in Los Angeles. He was charged with nine counts for allegedly failing to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes over several years.
On July 18, his attorneys asked judges in the Delaware and Los Angeles cases to dismiss the charges.
Hunter Biden’s lawyers cited in motion new opinions go through United States Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas questions the Justice Department’s authority to appoint special counsels as prosecutors and related matters dismiss Criminal secret documents case against former president Donald Trump In federal court in Florida.
minister of justice Merrick GarlandThe head of the U.S. Department of Justice appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware David Weiss as a special prosecutor in August 2023 to oversee the investigation of Hunter Biden and prosecute him if necessary.
Garland also appointed Jack Smith as a special counsel to investigate Trump’s handling of classified documents after leaving the White House and his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden.
Smith received grand jury indictments in both cases against Trump and is appealing a Florida federal judge’s decision last month to dismiss the classified documents case. The judge, Aileen Cannon, found that Smith’s appointment as special prosecutor was unconstitutional and cited Thomas’ recent opinion in her ruling.
Hunter Biden’s legal troubles and promiscuous past have drawn widespread attention as his father runs for re-election against Trump, who appointed Noreka and Cannon to judicial seats.
President Biden dropped out of the race on July 21, diminishing his son’s role as a political weapon for the Republican Party.
President approves Vice President Kamala Harris He will become Trump’s replacement on the same day he withdraws from the race.
On Friday, Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison said Harris had won enough delegate votes to secure the party’s nomination, but the results have not yet been officially announced. The results are due to be officially announced on Monday.
This spring, Trump became the first former president to be convicted. He is awaiting sentencing in the case, in which a New York state court jury found him guilty of falsifying business records related to a 2016 hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
In addition to the criminal election interference case in Washington, D.C., Trump has been charged separately in state court in Atlanta with crimes related to his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden in Georgia.
