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Judge rejects Hunter Biden’s bid to delay his June trial on federal gun charges

By CLAUDIA LAUER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press
Published: May 14, 2024, 11:25am

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden’s federal gun case will go to trial next month, a judge said Tuesday, denying a bid by lawyers for the president’s son to delay the prosecution.

U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika rejected Hunter Biden’s request to push the trial until September, which the defense said was necessary to line up witnesses and go through evidence handed over by prosecutors.

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