A judge shot down Hunter Biden’s second request that his tax charges be dismissed over David Weiss’s special counsel appointment after the first son used recent developments in former President Donald Trump’s cases to try to revive his argument.
U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi wrote in an order Monday night that Biden’s request was untimely and contained no new legal theories to support the claim that Attorney General Merrick Garland improperly appointed Weiss as special counsel.
“There is no reason to revisit the Court’s decision now,” Scarsi wrote after previously denying a similar request from Biden in April.
Biden, whose trial for nine tax charges is set to begin in three weeks, had asked the court in July to reconsider the argument that Weiss’s designation as special counsel violated the appointments clause of the Constitution. Biden argued his charges should be…
