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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) on Sunday defended his past comments that President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, “has done nothing wrong.”
Jeffries’ comments came the day before jury selection was scheduled to begin in Hunter’s federal firearms case and just days after former President Donald Trump, Biden’s main election opponent, was convicted of 34 charges in a hush-money trial before Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
“President Biden made the comments as a loving father, and I hope any loving father would. Hunter Biden, of course, like Donald Trump, is entitled to a presumption of innocence and a trial by jury,” Jeffries said during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “The Department of Justice will proceed in that manner, present the facts and the law, and then await a jury’s decision on the guilt or innocence of Hunter Biden.”
“First of all, my son has done nothing wrong,” President Biden insisted in a May 2023 interview with MSNBC, adding, “I trust him. I have confidence in him.”
Hunter Biden’s federal gun crime trial begins with jury selection
President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, attend the 2024 White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 1, 2024. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
This was before a “sweet deal” Republicans cut with prosecutors to get Hunter to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax evasion charges fell apart in a dramatic hearing in Delaware last summer before a Trump-appointed judge, prompting Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint David Weiss, who was already leading the investigation into Hunter’s gun case, as special counsel.
Trump lawyer argues with host over hiring of former Biden Justice Department official in New York hush money case
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York holds his weekly press conference at the Capitol Visitor Center, Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Hunter Biden, who spent the weekend with his father, was charged with three felony counts for buying a gun in 2018 while he was high on cocaine, according to his memoir. He was accused of lying to a federally licensed gun dealer, falsely representing himself as a non-drug user on a gun applicant screening form, and illegally possessing a gun for 11 days.
He maintains his innocence and claims he is being unfairly attacked by the Justice Department.
Hunter Biden attends a dinner in honor of Kenya’s President William Ruto at the White House in Washington, DC, Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Hunter Biden is also due to stand trial in California in September on a separate charge of paying $1.4 million in back taxes – a charge he has also pleaded not guilty to.
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Meanwhile, Senator Jeffries also spoke out about Trump’s conviction, saying the Democratic leader was a “vindication of our justice system” when asked whether the eight-year-old case could have been brought against anyone other than Trump.
“Donald Trump has the right to the presumption of innocence, and he has earned it,” he said. “This is America. We are not a system run by monarchs or kings or dictators. We are a democracy. And in a democracy, no one is above the law.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries defends Biden’s comment that Hunter did ‘nothing wrong’: ‘Loving father’
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) on Sunday defended his past comments that President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, “has done nothing wrong.”
Jeffries’ comments came the day before jury selection was scheduled to begin in Hunter’s federal firearms case and just days after former President Donald Trump, Biden’s main election opponent, was convicted of 34 charges in a hush-money trial before Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
“President Biden made the comments as a loving father, and I hope any loving father would. Hunter Biden, of course, like Donald Trump, is entitled to a presumption of innocence and a trial by jury,” Jeffries said during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “The Department of Justice will proceed in that manner, present the facts and the law, and then await a jury’s decision on the guilt or innocence of Hunter Biden.”
“First of all, my son has done nothing wrong,” President Biden insisted in a May 2023 interview with MSNBC, adding, “I trust him. I have confidence in him.”
Hunter Biden’s federal gun crime trial begins with jury selection
President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, attend the 2024 White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 1, 2024. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
This was before a “sweet deal” Republicans cut with prosecutors to get Hunter to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax evasion charges fell apart in a dramatic hearing in Delaware last summer before a Trump-appointed judge, prompting Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint David Weiss, who was already leading the investigation into Hunter’s gun case, as special counsel.
Trump lawyer argues with host over hiring of former Biden Justice Department official in New York hush money case
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York holds his weekly press conference at the Capitol Visitor Center, Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Hunter Biden, who spent the weekend with his father, was charged with three felony counts for buying a gun in 2018 while he was high on cocaine, according to his memoir. He was accused of lying to a federally licensed gun dealer, falsely representing himself as a non-drug user on a gun applicant screening form, and illegally possessing a gun for 11 days.
He maintains his innocence and claims he is being unfairly attacked by the Justice Department.
Hunter Biden attends a dinner in honor of Kenya’s President William Ruto at the White House in Washington, DC, Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Hunter Biden is also due to stand trial in California in September on a separate charge of paying $1.4 million in back taxes – a charge he has also pleaded not guilty to.
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Meanwhile, Senator Jeffries also spoke out about Trump’s conviction, saying the Democratic leader was a “vindication of our justice system” when asked whether the eight-year-old case could have been brought against anyone other than Trump.
“Donald Trump has the right to the presumption of innocence, and he has earned it,” he said. “This is America. We are not a system run by monarchs or kings or dictators. We are a democracy. And in a democracy, no one is above the law.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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