Attorneys for Hunter Biden on July 18 moved to dismiss his federal gun case, in which a jury returned a guilty verdict, on June 11, arguing special counsel David Weiss had no jurisdiction to prosecute.
“Mr. Biden brings this motion for lack of jurisdiction to challenge as unconstitutional the appointment and subsequent unlawful funding of these cases,” the motion reads. Defense attorneys are requesting dismissal of the indictment and conviction.
Mr. Biden had previously already filed a motion to dismiss arguing Mr. Weiss was improperly funded before the trial, and is now arguing he was improperly appointed as well, citing new authority.
First, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had questioned, in a concurring opinion in a presidential immunity appeal brought by former President Donald Trump, whether special counsels were funded in line with the appropriations clause of the U.S. Constitution….