Hunter Biden’s attorneys had a difficult Wednesday in California federal court, where they faced numerous rejections to requests they made regarding the first son’s upcoming tax trial.
Biden’s lead defense attorney in the case, Mark Geragos, argued to Judge Mark Scarsi that prosecutors for special counsel David Weiss wanted to “slime” Biden, according to a courtroom report from CNN.
“It’s actually a form of character assassination,” Geragos said.
Parties in the case had filed a slate of motions in preparation for the trial, which is set for Sept. 9. Biden is facing nine tax charges, including failure to pay taxes and filing false returns. The purpose of the hearing was to sort through pretrial motions, which primarily centered on what could and could not be introduced as evidence at trial.
Throughout the hearing, Scarsi was “largely siding with prosecutors,” CNN…
