Judge issues key rul­ings in Hunter Biden gun case ahead of June tri­al

A judge on Fri­day hand­ed out rul­ings on evi­dence attor­neys will be able to use in Hunter Biden‘s gun tri­al, includ­ing lim­it­ing the types of ref­er­ences spe­cial coun­sel David Weiss can make to the first son’s past spend­ing habits.
Judge Maryellen Nor­ei­ka issued the deci­sions dur­ing a hear­ing in Delaware, where Biden appeared with his attor­ney Abbe Low­ell and asked the judge to place cer­tain exclu­sions on the mate­r­i­al Weiss could use against him at tri­al.
Noriei­ka, a Don­ald Trump appointee, grant­ed some of the first son’s requests, known as “motions in lim­ine,” but she denied oth­ers, accord­ing to the Asso­ci­at­ed Press.
In court papers ahead of the hear­ing, Biden’s attor­neys asked the judge to pro­hib­it pros­e­cu­tors from ref­er­enc­ing his past “extrav­a­gant lifestyle,” includ­ing ref­er­ences to “l …