Judge rejects Hunter Biden’s attempt to dismiss tax indictment over role of special counsel
Biden argues that David Weiss was ineligible to be appointed as special counsel and that funding for the probe and prosecution of Biden was not approved by Congress.
A federal judge on Monday rejected a fresh attempt by Hunter Biden to dismiss his indictment on federal tax charges.
U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi said in an order that he would not revisit an argument by the president's son that federal prosecutor David Weiss was ineligible to be appointed as special counsel and that funding for the probe and prosecution of Biden was not approved by Congress.
Biden previously filed a motion to dismiss the charges, with a focus on Weiss' appointment, but he made another attempt recently following a pair of judicial decisions tied to the appointment of a special counsel in cases against former President Donald Trump. The earlier motion was also denied.
“As he concedes in his notice of the motion, Mr. Biden plainly seeks reconsideration of issues already decided upon his February motion," Scarsi wrote.
“The Court declines to reach the merits of the motion because there is no valid basis for reconsideration of the Court’s order denying Mr. Biden’s motion to dismiss the indictment," he added.
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