Hunter Biden asks to push back gun sentencing a few weeks
Hunter Biden, the president’s son, on Tuesday asked the judge overseeing his criminal gun case to push back his upcoming sentencing by a few weeks.
Biden asked to move the scheduled Nov. 13 date to late November or early December, citing overlap with his other cases.
Biden’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, noted that he is scheduled to appear in California to represent his client in one of his civil lawsuits just one day prior to the current sentencing, which will take place in Delaware.
“Such a postponement will accommodate both counsel and those working with counsel to prepare the necessary presentencing materials and memoranda, and to allow lead counsel to participate at the hearing,” Lowell wrote in his request.
Prosecutors are opposing the delay attempt, court documents show.
"We oppose. We don't think a continuance is appropriate,” Senior Assistant Special Counsel Derek Hines wrote in an email to Biden’s attorneys.
A jury convicted Biden in June on all three felonies for possessing a gun while being addicted to drugs and lying about his drug use on a firearm background check form. It marked the first-ever criminal conviction of a sitting president’s child.
He was set to face a second criminal trial this month in California on nine tax charges but pleaded guilty as the trial was kicking off. His sentencing in that case is scheduled for Dec. 16.
Lowell cited overlap in presentencing tasks for the two cases, saying the delay would avoid duplication.
He also signaled that some possible witnesses at the upcoming sentencings are involved in the ongoing campaign, saying they “may not be available until after November 5 and the events that could occur right after that date.”
The gun crimes sentencing is scheduled for just days after the election.
“Several people who plan to submit letters to both Courts as part of sentencing memoranda for Mr. Biden are short of time because they are presently involved in government work and travel with the current Administration, or are involved in the 2024 presidential campaign,” Lowell wrote.
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