Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) called Hunter Biden’s conviction on federal firearms charges “kind of ridiculous.” Post to social platform XThe verdict was handed down minutes later.
Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s second son, was found guilty of three federal firearms charges on Tuesday afternoon. The felony charges allege that Biden’s son lied about being drunk when he obtained the gun in 2018 and illegally possessed the weapon for 11 days.
Hunter Biden’s sentence came just two weeks after former President Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts in a New York hush money trial. It is called In a statement released shortly after the verdict, he said the former president’s conviction was “the wrongful result of a wrongful trial, a wrongful judge and a wrongful district attorney.”
Gaetz’s comments came after the Trump campaign dismissed the conviction as a “distraction” from more serious allegations.
“This trial is nothing more than a distraction from the real crimes of the Biden crime family, who made tens of millions of dollars from China, Russia and Ukraine,” Caroline Leavitt, national spokeswoman for the Trump campaign, said in a campaign email sent Tuesday.
President Biden told ABC News on Thursday that he would not grant a pardon to his son if he is convicted. While standing by his son’s position, President Biden maintained his “respect for the judicial process” in a statement to the nation within an hour of Hunter Biden’s guilty verdict.
“I am a president, but I am also a father,” Biden wrote. “I accept the outcome of this case and will continue to respect the judicial process as Hunter considers his appeal.”
Hunter Biden faces up to 25 years in prison and a $750,000 fine.
