Lawyers for Hunter Biden have requested subpoenas for Donald Trump, William Barr and other Justice Department officials from the federal judge overseeing his gun case.
The motion seeks evidence that the probe into his crimes related to firearm possession while on illegal drugs were politically motivated.
Attorneys for President Biden's 53-year-old son argue political pressure from Trump and others somehow tainted the investigation. In the filing, they claimed Hunter was a victim of “incessant, improper, and partisan pressure.”
The Hill has more:
The demands for documents, which must be approved by a judge, also extend to former Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue and former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen.
“Mr. Biden seeks specific information from three former DOJ officials and the former President that goes to the heart of his defense that this is, possibly, a vindictive or selective prosecution arising from an unrelenting pressure campaign beginning in the last administration, in violation of Mr. Biden's Fifth Amendment rights under the Constitution,” Biden's attorneys wrote in court filings.
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He is accused of unlawfully possessing a firearm while addicted to a controlled substance and failing to disclose drug use when seeking to buy a weapon. Biden, who has acknowledged his struggles with addiction, pleaded not guilty.
Republicans have long criticized the investigation into Biden, portraying his now-defunct plea agreement as a “sweetheart deal” and lambasting prosecutors for not charging him with additional crimes in their subsequent indictment.
Biden admitted to two tax offenses and illegal possession of a weapon as part of his now-defunct plea.
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