LOS ANGELES — Hunter Biden is scheduled to stand trial on federal tax charges in September after a judge on Wednesday granted his request to delay the California trial that had been approaching next month. U.S.
District Judge Mark C. Scarsi agreed to delay the trial until Sept. 5, citing the “needs of the defendant” to prepare for the trial.
President Joe Biden’s son is still scheduled to stand trial beginning June 3 on federal gun charges in a separate case in Delaware. He has pleaded not guilty to both indictments, which his lawyers have claimed are politically motivated. Both cases are being overseen by judges who were nominated to the bench by then-President Donald Trump, a Republican who is running to unseat the Democratic president in November.
The trials will add to an already acrimonious presidential election as Trump’s allies again seize on embarrassing details from the younger Biden’s troubled life to attack his father, even as Trump faces his own legal problems. Trump is charged in four criminal cases, including a hush money trial underway in New York. Hunter Biden’s lawyers told the judge they cannot adequately prepare for both trials at the same time, and they noted the “uniquely challenging and high-profile nature” of the prosecution.
Prosecutors opposed the request to push the trial back, saying the heightened press coverage does not impact the defense’s preparation for what they described as a “straightforward tax case.” “He is not ab.
