Hunter Biden to plead not guilty to gun charges

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US President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, will plead not guilty to three criminal charges relating to a gun purchase he made in 2018, his lawyer has said.

In a letter to the judge, attorney Abbe Lowell confirmed the intended plea while asking that the initial court appearance be held remotely.

Mr Biden was indicted last week for possessing a gun while he was an illegal drug user and lying to buy it.

If convicted, he could face up to 25 years in prison.

The 53-year-old "will waive reading of the indictment, which is merely a few pages and could easily be read at a video conference", Mr Lowell wrote in the two-page court filing on Tuesday.

"Mr Biden also will enter a plea of not guilty, and there is no reason why he cannot utter those two words by video conference," he said.

 

The attorney added that seeking a video hearing was not a case of the president's son "seeking any special treatment".

Instead, he said, it would "minimize an unnecessary burden on government resources and the disruption to the courthouse and downtown areas" from the Secret Service detail accompanying Mr Biden.

Mr Biden's legal team initially asked last week for their client to be allowed to appear remotely. Prosecutors opposed the request.

 

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[Tug]

The magganuts won’t be happy they want a perp walk and a show hopefully hunter can avoid that it’s not necessary except to titaliate the trump supporters 

[RichardColeman]

3 hours ago, Social Media said:

"Mr Biden also will enter a plea of not guilty,

Course he will - even though he is totally guilty of it - Daddy is the pres after all ! Totally corrupt family. I'm no fan of democrats but sheesh surely they can find a family better than these two. 

[Nickcage49]

This guy is a mess.

 

Billy Carter lives again.

[Hanaguma]

25 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Course he will - even though he is totally guilty of it - Daddy is the pres after all ! Totally corrupt family. I'm no fan of democrats but sheesh surely they can find a family better than these two. 

Got it. Hunter aint guilty, but his girlfriend at the time (AKA his sister-in-law) is. After all, SHE is the one who threw the gun that wasnt there into the trash can. 

[JCauto]

20 minutes ago, Nickcage49 said:

This guy is a mess.

 

Billy Carter lives again.

Billy didn't commit felonies did he? He was just trying to graft a legit business for being in proximity to his famous bro. Billy Beer! 

[candide]

From the BBC article:

 

"Legal analysts have said, however, that the basis of the gun charges against Mr Biden may be subject to a constitutional challenge.

Mr Biden has no prior criminal record. He had the weapon for fewer than two weeks and never used it. Few people matching that profile face such charges, let alone prison time, say legal analysts."

[Cory1848]

13 minutes ago, candide said:

From the BBC article:

 

"Legal analysts have said, however, that the basis of the gun charges against Mr Biden may be subject to a constitutional challenge.

Mr Biden has no prior criminal record. He had the weapon for fewer than two weeks and never used it. Few people matching that profile face such charges, let alone prison time, say legal analysts."

What really funny about this is Republicans getting all excited about prosecuting someone on gun charges, and not very serious ones. If it were absolutely anyone else, they’d crying about Second Amendment rights.

[Srikcir]

Investigated for five years by Special Counsel Weiss, this case is only about three lies on a gun application. Hunter was a relatively harmless firearm applicant and didn't do anything with the firearm after purchase, has no prior record of violence, no intent to commit a crime with the firearm, etc. Remember in a US court of law there must be facts to support prosecution beyond a reasonable doubt, not what-ifs, not hearsay, "coulda, shoulda, woulda."

The charges by themselves are rather innocuous, maybe due a fine and probation.

Hunter's lawyer will argue unlawful vindictive prosecution.

One of the gun charges may also be unconstitutional wherein felons might retain their 2nd Amendment rights. Where is NRA and GOP protesting Hunter's loss of his 2nd Amendment rights? 

[impulse]

3 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

Where is NRA and GOP protesting Hunter's loss of his 2nd Amendment rights? 

I think the NRA and GOP both see this as a diversion, the only charge that Hunter faces that can't be tracked back to the President.  (Unless they start charging him for smoking crack while shipping hookers all over the country, which probably can't be traced back to Joe, either).

 

And I don't remember ever, the NRA or GOP supporting guns in the hands of crack addicts.  But I stand to be corrected.

 

Most of us don't give a rat about these charges.  But he did lie on an affidavit that specifically says (right on the page- I read it each time when I signed mine) that lying can end you up in jail.  Even if you don't lose your gun in a trash can somewhere in public.

 

[rice555]

37 minutes ago, candide said:

From the BBC article:

 

"Legal analysts have said, however, that the basis of the gun charges against Mr Biden may be subject to a constitutional challenge.

Mr Biden has no prior criminal record. He had the weapon for fewer than two weeks and never used it. Few people matching that profile face such charges, let alone prison time, say legal analysts."

As long as you use the bbc, you'll get the wrong info.

He lied when he filled out the "form" to purchase the gun being a drug addict. 

He did not tik the box on the form, that is the crime.

I have filled out that "form" more than 50 times in the past, again he lied when

filling out the "form"!   

I think that its the ATF form #1 you fill out when you want to purchase a firearm,

1 gun- 1 form each purchase plus waiting period, it's been 30 years since I filled

out the "form", I would be in hunters shoes for filling out the "form" now.

You should be able to find a picture of the ATF form on google and look and see

the box that he didn't tik.

[candide]

1 hour ago, rice555 said:

As long as you use the bbc, you'll get the wrong info.

He lied when he filled out the "form" to purchase the gun being a drug addict. 

He did not tik the box on the form, that is the crime.

I have filled out that "form" more than 50 times in the past, again he lied when

filling out the "form"!   

I think that its the ATF form #1 you fill out when you want to purchase a firearm,

1 gun- 1 form each purchase plus waiting period, it's been 30 years since I filled

out the "form", I would be in hunters shoes for filling out the "form" now.

You should be able to find a picture of the ATF form on google and look and see

the box that he didn't tik.

Have you really read my post?

Neither me nor the BBC claimed that what Hunter did was not illegal (and I couldn't care less in case he would be charged).

The comment was that other people have rarely been charged in similar cases, and also that one of the charge may not be constitutional.

 

A jury will ultimately make a decision, and that's fine for me.

Edited September 20, 2023 by candide

[khunjeff]

4 hours ago, rice555 said:

He lied when he filled out the "form" to purchase the gun being a drug addict. 

He did not tik the box on the form, that is the crime.

The facts of what he did aren't in dispute - what his lawyers intend to argue is that a 2022 Supreme Court decision rendered the law under which he's charged unconstitutional. It's not a far-fetched notion, either; multiple cases under that statute have been thrown out by district and appeals courts using precisely that reasoning.

[Tug]

In my humble opinion this whole dog and pony show is at the behest of one Donald j trump and please spare me the fake outrage it’s a distraction nothing more just another way to try to slander Joe Biden through his son.it speaks to the desperation in the Republican Party.real gutter politics 

[EVENKEEL]

Looks like the judge wants hunter there in person.