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The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore and agencies

Hunter Biden gun trial to begin next month after judge denies bid to delay

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Hunter Biden in Washington in January. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Photograph: Kent Nishimura/Getty Images

Hunter Biden’s federal gun case is set to go to trial next month, a judge said on Tuesday, formally denying a bid by Biden’s lawyers to delay prosecution on three gun firearms charges.

The US district judge Maryellen Noreika, who threw out a plea-deal agreement between Biden and the US government in August, rejected Biden’s request to push the trial until September.

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