Judge Bats Away Hunter Biden’s Bid to Use Trump Ruling in His Own Case

Hunter Biden’s defense team has raised eyebrows after playing a literal Trump card at a recent court hearing in California.

Lawyers representing President Joe Biden’s son had appealed for U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi, a Donald Trump appointee, to throw out tax charges leveled at the Republican Party bugbear ahead of his trial next month, on the basis that a separate case against Trump himself had been tossed on similar grounds.

The Associated Press reports that the claim related to Florida proceedings against the former president over his alleged mishandling of classified documents. Trump’s defense had successfully argued that the Justice Department illegally appointed Jack Smith as special counsel in the case, which resulted in it being dismissed last month.

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