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By Kaitlin Lewis
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Hunter Biden has filed a new round of appeals in a call for dismissal of his federal gun indictment, which is scheduled for trial early next month.
Court proceedings are set to begin June 3, as the 54-year-old Biden, President Joe Biden's only living son, faces three felony counts tied to a gun purchase he made in 2018. Prosecutors say Biden lied about his drug use when he bought the firearm in Delaware. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges and claims he was only in possession of the gun for 11 days.
Biden's attorneys have made several attempts to have the case dismissed or delayed, although all such requests have been rejected by U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika. On Monday, the defense called for a federal appeals court to rehear arguments pushing for the indictment against Biden to be thrown out, asking the court to pause all trial proceedings while the appeal is considered.
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A three-judge panel at the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals previously rejected Biden's appeal of Noreika's ruling, saying earlier this month that the court did not have the jurisdiction to review the request. Monday's filing asks that the appeal be reviewed by the full 3rd Circuit Court.
Biden's team also filed a separate appeal on the same day, arguing that his actions related to the indictment were protected by the Second Amendment. Noreika rejected a motion to dismiss Biden's charges on Second Amendment grounds earlier this month.
Newsweek reached out to Biden's attorney, Abbe Lowell, via email for comment Monday evening.
Biden is also facing tax-related charges in California, where prosecutors have accused the president's son of failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes from 2016 to 2019. Eight separate requests by Biden's attorneys to dismiss the charges were rejected by U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi in April, and the case is scheduled to begin trial June 20.
Both cases arrive in the shadows of President Biden's reelection campaign. Hunter Biden's defense attorneys have argued that the charges are politically motivated. Both indictments against the president's son were led by Special Counsel David Weiss—an appointee of former President Donald Trump—who was later promoted under Attorney General Merrick Garland. The charges mark the first time that the child of a sitting U.S. president has faced criminal prosecution.
In the felony gun case, prosecutors have alleged there is ample evidence that Biden was actively using drugs when he purchased the firearm, including traces of cocaine found inside the pouch where the weapon was stored. Biden's attorneys argued that the substance was sawdust.
Biden has also been thrown into the spotlight by House Republicans in recent months, who allege that the president benefited from his son's foreign business dealings while serving as vice president in the Obama administration. An impeachment inquiry into the accusations, however, has yet to prove that President Biden was ever directly involved in his family's business while in office.
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