Last Week In Legal: SCOTUS Ruling Affects Everything Edition
Hunter wants his gun conviction overturned but the American people want him in jail, The SCOTUS ruling is affecting every case, and GoldBarsBob's defense rests.
Hunter Biden Legal Troubles
Gun Case
Hunter has sworn to appeal his conviction all the way to SCOTUS if necessary. However, a recent SCOTUS ruling in a similar case, USA v Daniels, makes it clear that Hunter has a rough road ahead of him.
In the Daniels case, Patrick Daniels was pulled over for a traffic violation and subsequently busted with two firearms and a couple of weed roaches in his car. He was found guilty of possession by an unlawful user - the same law used to convict Hunter - and sentenced to 4 years in jail. He fought the case, claiming that the law doesn’t clearly define what constitutes an “unlawful user” and violated due process and his 2A rights. The appeals court ruled that because the police hadn’t done any intoxication tests, the law was unconstitutional, but only as it pertained to this specific case. In the aftermath of the Rahmi case, which more clearly defined due process and gun law, SCOTUS vacated the appeal court ruling and remanded it back for further review.
In other news, a recent poll found that 60% of Americans, including 57% of those who voted for Joe Biden in 2020, say that Hunter Biden deserves jail time for the gun charges.
Tax Case
Lunden Roberts and her lawyer, Clint Lancaster, have been ordered to testify in Hunter’s tax evasion trial coming up in September. In order to comply with the subpoena, Mr. Lancaster has filed a motion in the Arkansas court requesting an exemption from the protective order that prevents both him and Ms. Roberts from talking about Hunter’s financial state.
Meanwhile, Judge Mark Scarsi has ordered Team Biden to meet with the prosecution to resolve the voir dire questions ahead of the next pre-trial hearing.
Other News
Hunter has followed through on a threat he made in April to sue FoxNews over its mock trial TV miniseries.
Conviction 1: The Stormy Daniels Case
Trump filed a letter with Judge Merchan, notifying the judge that they would be filing a motion to vacate the sentencing date and set aside the jury’s decision based on the SCOTUS Presidential Immunity Ruling. Seems that, despite the defense’s best efforts to convince the court otherwise, there was a whole bunch of “official acts” stuff put into evidence that, thanks to the SCOTUS ruling, should not have been. DA Bragg’s office responded, saying that was fine with them and asking for time to respond. Judge Merchan’s answer to both parties agreed to vacate the July 11 sentencing date, rescheduling it to September 18, “if such is still necessary.” In other words, Merchan realizes he screwed up, and this conviction will likely have to be thrown out.
Indictment 2: The Classified Documents Case in Florida
At this point, I’ve lost track of all the various attempts to dismiss this case, but Judge Cannon has not yet ruled on most of them. She did toss out Nauta’s claim of Vindictive Prosecution, in which Nauta claimed that the DOJ was only prosecuting him because he invoked his 5A rights during questioning. Her ruling specifically separated Nauta’s claim from Trump’s claim on the same issue.