How Hunter Biden's next trial could hurt Joe Biden's re-election chances
Fox News contributor Joe Concha joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss his reaction to the media using Hunter Biden's conviction to slam Trump and try to prove there is no two-tiered justice system.
A Delaware jury just convicted Hunter Biden of three felonies: lying to a federally licensed firearms dealer, lying on a federal background check and possessing a firearm while "an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance." Republicans will cheer the result for holding a Biden family member accountable, while Democrats will complain about selective prosecution brought under political pressure.
The verdict, however, should not obscure a deeper truth. Hunter Biden’s conviction for illegal firearm possession signals no greater corruption, aside from the Justice Department’s inexplicable delay in bringing the charges and the earlier, flawed plea bargain that would have given him only a slap on the wrist.
Instead, the firearm case distracts from the real scandal: whether Hunter took money from foreign companies and even governments to peddle influence through his father, now the sitting president of the United States. That will form the basis of a second federal trial of Hunter Biden in Los Angeles in September for tax evasion, just in time to influence the November elections.
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Although Hunter is facing a maximum of 25 years in prison for the firearm conviction, he is unlikely to receive any jail time. He is a first-time, nonviolent offender, he is unlikely to flee, and he continues to enjoy U.S. Secret Service protection.
President Joe Biden hugs his son Hunter Biden upon arrival at Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Delaware, on June 11, 2024, as he travels to Wilmington, Delaware. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)........
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