Hunter Biden indicted on three counts of illegal possession of a gun, purchased in 2018 by lying about his drug use.
A bad shingle for the father and president Joe Biden : the move, expected by the end of the month to avoid the expiry of the statute of limitations, paves the way for a trial in 2024 in the middle of the electoral campaign and will certainly not benefit the dem leader , who has gun control one of his administration's priorities.
After the failed plea deal, Hunter also risks a second indictment for tax evasion crimes, another crucial topic on his father's agenda .
Who, in turn, is at risk of impeachment again "through the fault" of his son, i.e. for his alleged and so far never demonstrated involvement in some unclear affairs abroad when he was vice president.
For now, Biden is reacting by going on the attack and accusing the Republicans in the House of betraying the bipartisan agreement on the budget and of wanting to make "devastating" cuts to welfare, even at the cost of a shutdown at the end of the month. “I'm not sure why, but they just knew they wanted to impeach me. And now, as far as I can tell, they want to impeach me because they want the shutdown,” the president said at a fundraising event, in his first comments on the launch of the House investigation. “Everyone always asks me about impeachment,” he added, “but I wake up every day not focused on it. I have a job to do, I have to deal with the problems that affect the American people every single day."
(Unioneonline/D)
