Hunter Biden Case Kicks Off With Fight Over How He Shows Up
- Judge orders Biden to attend arraignment in person on Oct. 3
- Prosecutors objected to Hunter Biden pitch to appear by video
Hunter Biden.
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Even before Hunter Biden’s first court appearance Oct. 3 on a new indictment charging him with gun-related crimes, a fight had broken out. Hunter Biden wanted to appear by video for his arraignment. Prosecutors objected to that.
It was a relatively minor spat compared to the substantive challenges that lawyers for President Joe Biden’s son have vowed to raise in his defense. But the exchange highlighted the acrimony between the two sides in the weeks since a plea deal among them fell apart.