Posted on 09/14/22
| News Source: Newsmax
A federal judge appointed by former President Barack Obama has denied a request for the public disclosure of records regarding Hunter Biden's gun that allegedly was thrown into a trash can in 2018.
U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras on Tuesday ruled that the first son's privacy as a private citizen exceeded the value of releasing any such records to the public.
"The privacy interest here is remarkably strong," wrote Contreras, who did say the public interest in the handling of any investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) into the incident was "significant."
In March 2021, Politico reported that Hunter and Hallie Biden, who were dating at the time, "were involved in a bizarre incident in which Hallie took Hunter's gun and threw it in a trash can behind a grocery store, only to return later to find it gone" in October 2018.
Internet journalist and gun enthusiast David Codrea requested the episode's records in November 2020 and filed a suit in August 2021 after the ATF failed to produce any documents.