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Kevin Lamarque/ReutersHunter Biden's legal defense team on Wednesday asked a judge to dismiss the federal tax case against him, arguing that the president's son has been subjected to a politically motivated prosecution.
At a hearing in Los Angeles, U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi pressed Biden's attorneys to show evidence to support their claims. He said he would likely rule on the motions to dismiss by April 17.
Biden was not in attendance at the hearing where his legal team—led by Abbe Lowell—argued that GOP lawmakers and former president Donald Trump had an improper influence on the case, leading to the unraveling of a plea deal last summer, according to the Los Angeles Times.
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Michael M Santiago/GettyImagesDonald Trump tried to convince a state judge to drop his Georgia election interference case on Thursday, summoning a tortured relationship between falsehoods and truths to make his case.
Trump's lawyers argued that lies aren't just protected by the First Amendment; lies are sometimes essential, his lawyers said, at getting to the truth.
The morning's court hearing could prove a pivotal step as Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis works her criminal case against the former president to trial. Judge Scott McAfee, who recently delivered a blow to the DA's office by probing her romantic relationship with a prosecutor she supervised, is now considering whether Trump's persistent lies about 2020 election fraud are constitutionally protected under the First Amendment.
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