Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, has pleaded not responsible to a few federal firearm fees filed in opposition to him within the first legal prosecution of a sitting president’s little one.

The 53-year-old is accused of lying about his drug use in October 2018 on a type to purchase a gun, which he stored for round 11 days.

While the president’s son has admitted to struggles with a crack cocaine habit over the interval in query, his legal professionals insist he did not break the regulation.

Abbe Lowell, his lawyer, instructed the courtroom in Wilmington, Delaware, on Tuesday he plans to file a movement to dismiss the case, difficult their constitutionality.

These form of gun fees are uncommon, and an appeals courtroom has discovered banning drug customers from weapons violates the Second Amendment.

In a possible headache for President Biden, the case stays on observe for a doable trial simply because the 2024 election looms.

It comes after a plea deal fell apart at a court hearing in July, which revolved round tax and gun fees, after the District Judge Maryellen Noreika raised a collection of questions concerning the deal.

Federal prosecutors had been wanting into his enterprise dealings for 5 years – however the settlement would have averted legal proceedings earlier than his father was actively campaigning for president in 2024.

Mr Biden’s authorized workforce is suggesting prosecutors bowed to stress by Republicans – who’ve argued the Democratic president’s son acquired a sweetheart deal – and that the fees had been the results of political stress.

Now, nonetheless, a particular counsel has been appointed to deal with the case and whereas no new tax fees have been filed, they may are available in Washington or in California, the place Hunter Biden lives.

On the gun fees, two counts are tied to the president’s son allegedly submitting a type claiming he was not utilizing unlawful medicine on the time he bought a revolver in October 2018.

The third alleges he possessed a firearm whereas utilizing a narcotic.

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The youthful Biden for years has been the main focus of unrelenting assaults by Republicans, led by former President Trump.

Republicans have accused Mr Biden, who has labored as an funding banker, lobbyist, lawyer and artist, of wrongdoing regarding Ukraine and China.

They have additionally made him a spotlight of a congressional impeachment inquiry of Joe Biden.

Hunter Biden, who has publicly mentioned his drug abuse, has by no means held a place within the White House or on his father’s marketing campaign.

The president has mentioned he has not mentioned international enterprise dealings along with his son and has mentioned his Justice Department would have independence in any investigation of a member of his household.

The case stays on observe for a doable trial simply because the 2024 election looms.