Prosecutors oppose Hunter Biden’s bid to delay sentencing in gun case – Washington Examiner
Prosecutors are opposing Hunter Biden’s request to postpone his sentencing in a gun possession case. Special Counsel David Weiss filed a response against Biden’s motion, which argued for a delay due to scheduling conflicts with another legal case in California. Biden recently pleaded guilty to multiple tax charges to avoid a trial that might reveal damaging testimony regarding his past. He has been convicted of lying on a gun purchase application, and is set to be sentenced on November 13. Biden’s legal team has asked for the sentencing to be moved to late November or early December to prepare adequately. Weiss’s opposition did not specify reasons, while Biden’s defense attorney argued that denying the delay could affect Biden’s right to a fair sentencing process.
Prosecutors oppose Hunter Biden’s bid to delay sentencing in gun case
Special counsel David Weiss opposes Hunter Biden’s request to delay his sentencing in a case involving illegal gun possession after Biden’s attorneys filed a motion on Tuesday seeking to push the hearing back by several weeks.
Lawyers for President Joe Biden‘s son cited scheduling conflicts with his other legal case in California as the reason for the requested delay, according to an eight-page motion. The first son recently pleaded guilty to nine tax charges to avoid a Golden State trial that would have dredged up potentially embarrassing testimony from witnesses, including his ex-girlfriends, about his behavior at a time when he was addicted to crack cocaine.
Biden, who was separately convicted in June of lying on a gun purchase application and unlawfully possessing the firearm for 11 days, is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 13. The first son’s legal team has asked the Delaware judge to move the sentencing hearing to late November or early December to allow more time to prepare presentencing materials.
However, Weiss, through a response filed by senior assistant special counsel Derek Hines, opposed the delay. No specific reasons were given for the opposition.
Defense lawyer Abbe Lowell reasoned that Weiss may believe the first son “should have brought the motion sooner,” but nonetheless said that denying the request to delay sentencing would “jeopardize Mr. Biden’s right to a fair sentencing hearing.”
Biden’s motion also argued that postponing the sentencing would accommodate both counsel and those assisting with presentencing tasks. The request points to a pretrial conference for a civil case on Nov. 12 and a Dec. 16 sentencing hearing for his federal tax case, complicating the availability of his lead trial counsel.
Former President Donald Trump, who was running against the president before his sudden withdrawal from the campaign this summer, was recently granted a delay of his own sentencing hearing, which was initially scheduled for this week. Trump is now slated to be sentenced over his New York hush money conviction on Nov. 26, after the Nov. 5 election between him and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Hunter Biden’s gun-related charges carry a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison and $750,000 in fines, but first-time offenders typically receive less severe sentences. The president has said he will not pardon or commute his son’s sentence.
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