Hunter Biden asks judge to dismiss tax charges, saying they’re politically motivated [Video]

Hunter Biden’s attorneys argued Wednesday that the federal tax charges the president’s son is facing in California should be dismissed because they were part of a prosecution fueled by politics.

Abbe Lowell, lead counsel for Biden, argued the case was the “least ordinary prosecution a person could imagine”, claiming irregularities in how it was initiated and investigated.

But federal prosecutors have rebuffed the claims. In legal filings made in recent weeks, special counsel David Weiss’ office said politics had no bearing on the case and dismissed claims that the charges were pursued to appease Republicans, calling the assertion “conspiratorial” and “nothing more than a house of cards.”

U.S District Judge Mark Scarsi appeared doubtful of the argument during the hearing, pointing to a lack of evidence to support the assertion that politics had any influence on the charges.

Biden did not appear for the hearing Wednesday, but he pleaded not guilty to nine federal tax charges in the Central District of California in January, after federal prosecutors alleged he engaged in “a four-year scheme” to avoid …