Hunter Biden, who is set to plead guilty to two federal tax violation charges and one violation of gun laws, will appear in a Delaware federal court on July 26 before Judge Maryellen Noreika.
Noreika was a 2017 Trump administration nomination. Both Delaware Sens. Chris Coons (D-DE) and Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) approved her nomination in August 2018.
Coons is a co-chair of President Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection campaign and a close Biden confidant; both hail from the same state.
According to FEC records, Noreika has made a number of donations to both political parties over the years amounting to $15,500. The judge donated to Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign. The New York Post reported:
Between 2005 and 2014, Noreika donated $15,500 to candidates across the political spectrum, per Federal Election Commission records.
Those donations include $5,200 to Sen. Tom Cotton’s (R-Ark.) 2014 Senate campaign, $5,000 to Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign, $2,300 to John McCain’s presidential run in 2008, and $1,000 to former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) in 2006.