This will be the first trial of a child of a sitting president and will begin just five months before Election Day. Hunter Biden‘s father is seeking reelection.
Republicans have long used Hunter as a target for attacks against the president. BidenHe has tried to link his overseas business ties (which are not at issue in this case) to the sitting president and portray the Biden family as corrupt.
In just a few weeks, Trump The two candidates will face off in the first presidential debate of the season., Some Democrats reportedly fear that the trial of his only surviving son could hurt the president as an intensification of an already heated election campaign.
This lawsuit is Recreation Biden has been trying to promote his record of success throughout his election campaign.
Prosecutors in the case allege Hunter Biden illegally purchased and possessed a gun in 2018 by falsely representing himself on paperwork as a drug user, despite being addicted to cocaine at the time, The Hill’s Ella Lee reports.
Hunter Biden has openly spoken about his struggles with drug addiction but has pleaded not guilty to three felony charges, and his lawyers have suggested he did not believe he had a drug problem when he filled out the application.
First Lady Jill Biden Biden has been there since the first day of jury selection in the Delaware trial, which began this week. While he has supported his son, he has kept his distance and said he does not comment on pending federal litigation.
“I am president, but I am also a father. Jill and I love our son and are so proud of the man he has become,” the president said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Trump’s allies appear to be trying to shift the focus away from the former president’s legal troubles. above The Hunter Biden case.
Trump was convicted in New York last week of 34 counts of falsifying business records, making him the first former president to be convicted of a felony, but that has not barred him from running for president and his campaign has used it as a rallying cry for donations and support, arguing the system is being weaponized against him.
But others Pointing out Hunter Biden’s trial To counter President Trump’s claims that the Department of Justice is rigged.
The president’s son is also scheduled to go on trial on federal tax charges in a separate case in California in September, five days before Trump and Biden go head-to-head in the second presidential debate.
