Hunter Biden's defense suffers legal blow as judge reveals the damning evidence against president's son will be allowed in tax crimes trial next month READ MORE: REVEALED: Hunter's new lawyer's links to the Clintons By Josh Boswell In Los Angeles For Dailymail.Com Published: 22:50, 21 August 2024 | Updated: 22:55, 21 August 2024 e-mail 11 View comments Hunter Biden 's defense took a beating in court on Wednesday – before his tax crimes trial has even started. The First Son's new attorney, LA celebrity lawyer Mark Geragos, argued in a pre-trial hearing to keep the jury from learning about the sordid details of the prostitutes, drugs, porn sites, Lamborghini rentals and hotel rooms for drug-fueled benders that Hunter deducted as business expenses.
Geragos also tried to bring in psychological experts to convince the jury Hunter's drug addiction led to his debauched behavior and alleged tax evasion, and that the childhood trauma of his mother and sister dying in a car crash in 1972 and his brother's death from brain cancer in 2015 were to blame. But Judge Mark Scarsi was having none of it, ruling that Hunter's expert, Joshua Lee, would not be allowed to testify at the trial, that is due to begin next month in a Los Angeles federal court. Special Counsel David Weiss indicted Hunter on three felonies and six misdemeanors in December, accusing the First Son of deliberately evading taxes, falsifying his returns and failing to pay $1.
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