Hunter Biden’s lawyers asked Monday for a new trial based on a technicality following the first son’s conviction last week on charges he lied about his drug use to buy a gun — only to scrap the request minutes later.
The 54-year-old’s lawyers initially filed papers in Delaware federal court Monday morning saying trial judge Maryellen Noreika didn’t have jurisdiction over Hunter’s case due to pending rulings by the Philadelphia-based Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
Noreika had rejected multiple motions to toss the charges against Hunter, including the defense argument that the case should be dismissed on the grounds that it violated the first son’s Second Amendment rights.
A three-judge panel upheld Noreika’s rulings, but the appeals court still has not ruled on a request by to have the question reconsidered by the full Third…
