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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Léonie Chao-Fong

Hunter Biden requests new trial after conviction in gun case

Man in suit and tie and woman in white shirt arrive at courthouse
Hunter Biden and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden arrive at court in Wilmington, Delaware, earlier this month. Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Lawyers for Hunter Biden have filed a motion requesting a new trial, arguing that a Delaware court did not have jurisdiction over the case when it proceeded to trial.

Biden, the eldest living son of the US president, was found guilty earlier this month on three felony counts related to a handgun purchase while he was a user of crack cocaine.

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