DC Bar seeks to suspend Hunter Biden’s law license after felony conviction

Hunter Biden could lose his license to practice law in Washington, DC this week after a disciplinary attorney requested his suspension following his convictions for serious crimes.

The Office of Disciplinary Counsel, which is responsible for disciplining members of the DC Bar, has sent a letter to the DC Court of Appeals requesting that First Son be “immediately suspended from the practice of law in the District of Columbia pending the resolution of this matter.”

The DC Bar Association classifies any crime as an “aggravated crime,” and Bar Association policy requires that the court must immediately disbar anyone convicted of such an offense, regardless of appeal status.

However, according to NBC News, the court has the discretion to lift the stay “if doing so is in the interest of justice.”

Hunter Biden found guilty on all counts in gun trial

Hunter Biden could lose his license to practice law in Washington DC this week after a disciplinary attorney requested his suspension following his convictions for serious crimes. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Biden was found guilty of three counts of gun possession at his trial in Delaware on June 11. The charges included making false statements when purchasing a gun, making false statements about information required to be kept by a federally licensed gun dealer, and possession of a gun by a person who is an illegal user or addict of controlled substances.

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Prosecutors sought to prove that Biden lied on a federal gun form, known as ATF Form 4473, in October 2018 when he checked a box labeled “no” to a question about whether he was an illegal drug user or addicted to controlled substances. Biden bought the gun at a store in Wilmington.

Biden was found guilty of three counts related to gun possession at his trial in Delaware on June 11. The charges included making false statements when purchasing a gun, making false statements about information required to be kept by a federally licensed gun dealer, and possession of a gun by a person who is an illegal user of or dependent on a controlled substance. (Hunter Biden and Melissa Cohen Biden arrive at the federal courthouse)

Biden has a well-documented History of drug abusewhich was most notably documented in his 2021 memoir, Beautiful Things, in which he describes to readers his former need to smoke crack cocaine every 20 minutes, how his addiction was so severe that he called himself the “crack daddy” of drug dealers, and tells anecdotes surrounding drug dealing, such as one about a Washington, DC crack dealer whom Biden called “Bicycles.”

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Hunter Biden’s legal team filed a motion for a retrial on Monday and quickly withdrew it. Biden’s lawyer Abbe Lowell had argued that the court did not have jurisdiction because two appeals were still pending in the case.

Biden’s legal team filed a motion for a retrial on Monday, but quickly withdrew it. Biden’s lawyer Abbe Lowell had argued that the court did not have jurisdiction because two appeals were still pending in the case. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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“However, the Third Circuit (Court of Appeals) did not then issue its mandate for the orders dismissing the appeals and has not yet done so,” Lowell wrote in the filing. “Therefore, when this Court convened the jury and proceeded with the trial on June 3, 2024, it did not have the authority to do so.”

However, Reuters reported that the motion was promptly withdrawn from a website that contains court documents.

Fox News’ Emma Colton contributed to this report