Hunter Biden will appear in federal court next month to enter a plea on gun charges after a judge denied a request from the first son’s defense lawyer to let him skip out on an in-person arraignment hearing, new court filings show.
US Magistrate Judge Christopher Burke on Wednesday ordered the president’s son to physically appear in Wilmington, Del., federal court Oct. 3 at 10 a.m., requesting that Hunter and his attorney be present to discuss the charges and potential conditions of release before his trial.
Burke initially ordered Hunter to appear Sept. 26, but pushed the hearing back seven days at the request of the first son’s legal team.
In his initial order, Burke acknowledged the in-person hearing — two months to the day after a plea deal involving the first son collapsed spectacularly in court — would include “some amount of logistical inconvenience” to US Secret Service, but maintained that Hunter “should be treated just as would any other defendant in our Court.”
“Other than during the exigent circumstances of the COVID crisis (when the Court was proceeding under the auspices of the now-expired CARES Act standing order), in 12 years as a judge on this Court, the undersigned cannot recall ever having an initial appearance other than in person,” Burke wrote.
Time to Order Daddy to court on His Charges !!!!!!
America wants MUG SHOTS of them BOTH just like they did to TRUMP & the Republicans !!!!!!