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Hunter Comes Up A Donut Short of a Defense in Delaware

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the New York Post on the conviction of Hunter Biden in Delaware and how his nullification strategy may have backfired. Here is the column: The conviction of Hunter Biden on all of the federal gun counts created a surprising new precedent in Delaware … for Hunter Biden. It is, again, an open-and-shut case.

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Rahimi and the Second Amendment: How The Supreme Court Intercepts Hunter Biden’s Hail Mary Pass

JonathanTurley

Hunter and his legal team were counting on the Court striking down the federal gun law at issue in the case of United States v. Hunter was just convicted by a unanimous jury in Delaware for false statements on a gun form and possession of a firearm as a drug addict. Heller, 554 U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. It almost worked.

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Did the Defense Make Prison More Likely for Hunter Under the Sentencing Guidelines?

JonathanTurley

It was Weiss who allowed the most serious tax offenses to lapse under a statute of limitations (despite reportedly having an agreement to extend the period). The hope was that Wilmington is Bidentown and no local jury would convict the son of the favorite son of Delaware. It didn’t work out that way.

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DOJ: Hunter Deal on Gun Charge is Dead

JonathanTurley

Bray, the Chief United States Probation Officer for the District of Delaware, never signed off on the agreement. He was convicted of the lawful possession of a firearm due to his drug use and sentenced to four years in prison. Some of those crimes were allowed to expire under the statute of limitations.

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Is Hunter Biden Pursuing a Jury Nullification Strategy?

JonathanTurley

At another, he adopted an argument of the National Rifle Association challenging the underlying statute. Unlike Donald Trump in Manhattan, Delaware is Biden country. Even if he cannot secure acquittal, the combination of political and social elements at play in Delaware could produce a hung jury.

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

The litigation over last year’s lettuce recall has only just started due to the statute of limitations. The cases from injuries last year are just now being filed under the statute of limitations, but it has been another bumper crop of Thanksgiving torts. The Delaware Guest Statute, 25 Del. Source: Pantagraph. __.

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Hunter Biden Goes Full Trump in a Flurry of Court Filings

JonathanTurley

attorney for Delaware. During the recent Trump appeal in Washington, there was also a claim that Special Counsel Jack Smith’s work was unconstitutional, though the challenge was based on the absence of an authorizing statute.

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