Hunter Biden is asking a federal appeals court to delay his trial on gun charges, which is scheduled to begin next month in Delaware.
An attorney for the president’s son filed the request with the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday — two weeks before the trial began in Wilmington. A three-judge panel has already rejected Biden’s request to overturn the trial judge’s rejection of several requests to dismiss the case.
“There is no urgency to have an immediate trial for Robert Hunter Biden, but the district court is moving forward with a trial on June 3, 2024 and imposing all the pretrial burdens that come with that, even before this Court issues its order returning jurisdiction to the district court,” Biden attorney Abbe Lowell wrote in Monday’s court filing.
He simultaneously asked the entire 3rd Circuit bench to reconsider Biden’s earlier appeal regarding motions to dismiss the indictment on several grounds.
Biden was indicted in September on federal charges that he had a gun while using narcotics, including allegations that he submitted a form falsely stating that he did not use illegal drugs when he purchased the gun in 2018. He pleaded not guilty in October.
In a separate case, Biden faces federal tax charges. This case will be judged on June 20, in California. Biden has also pleaded not guilty to these charges.
Both cases are being prosecuted by special counsel David Weiss, who was appointed U.S. attorney in Delaware by former President Donald Trump. Attorney General Merrick Garland later appointed Weiss to his current position.
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