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Court revokes Hunter Biden’s license to practice law in Washington after conviction

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The District of Columbia Court of Appeals on Tuesday suspended the law license of Hunter Biden, who was convicted this month in Delaware of a gun law violation.

The court’s disciplinary counsel had recommended to the court on June 17 that Biden’s law license be suspended after a jury in a federal court in Delaware found President Biden’s 54-year-old son guilty on three counts of lying on a federal firearms permit.

Hunter Biden has been admitted to the bar in the capital since 2007. registered under his full name, Robert H. Biden.

The order from the court’s chief judge, Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby, called for the “immediate suspension of Biden’s license,” which is standard procedure in the district for a lawyer convicted of a crime.

Biden’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, did not respond to an interview request about the suspension. The appeals court’s disciplinary counsel sent Biden and Lowell a letter last week informing them that the panel had received copies of the jury’s verdict form and found that the offenses for which Biden was found guilty constituted an “aggravated crime” under the DC Bar’s eligibility rules.

The case thrust the family’s darkest moments into the national spotlight and drew attention to Hunter Biden’s past drug use, which the jury found he tried to conceal on the federal gun purchase form. Biden falsely stated he was not using or addicted to illegal drugs at the time and possessed the gun illegally for 11 days in 2018 while addicted to crack cocaine, the jury found.

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