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Judge to drop old gun count after indictment replaces scuttled Hunter Biden plea deal

Prosecutors seeking new indictment for Hunter Biden
Posted at 1:42 PM, Oct 11, 2023
and last updated 2023-10-11 13:42:07-04

WASHINGTON (AP) — A gun count that had been part of a collapsed plea deal in the Hunter Biden case has been dismissed as a judge signed off on a prosecution request.

Wednesday's order from U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika formally removes a gun-possession charge that has now been replaced by an unrelated three-count indictment filed after the agreement imploded in July.

The president's son is charged with violating measures against drug users having guns when he bought and kept a revolver for about 11 days in 2018, a period where he has acknowledged struggling with addiction. He had pleaded not guilty.