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Among the claims that U.S. District Judge Marc Scarsi rejected
in eight separate motions were that federal prosecutors caved to
pressure from Republicans or that Hunter Biden, 54, had immunity
from a previous plea deal he had negotiated.
Hunter Biden has pleaded not guilty to failing to pay $1.4
million in taxes between 2016 and 2019, while allegedly spending
millions of dollars on drugs, escorts, exotic cars and other
big-ticket items.
The trial is due to start in June, a few months before Americans
vote in a November presidential election that looks set to be a
close and deeply divisive contest between Joe Biden, himself the
subject of an impeachment probe, and Donald Trump, who faces
four criminal trials.
Hunter Biden, the first child of a sitting president to face
criminal charges, also faces a separate criminal case in federal
court in Delaware over his alleged purchase of a handgun while
he was using illegal drugs.
He has pleaded not guilty and made similar arguments to dismiss
the charges in that case.
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Caitlin Webber and Eric
Beech)
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