Special counsel David Weiss's three-count indictment against Hunter Biden over unlawful ownership of a gun comes amid a tough week for President Joe Biden's reelection campaign and could complicate Biden's path to the White House.
The unprecedented indictment against a sitting president's son was announced on Thursday, just two days after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced a separate impeachment inquiry into Biden's ties to his son's overseas business dealings.The effects of the indictment and inquiry in combination with concerns over Biden's age, his approval numbers, and relative lack of enthusiasm for his campaign, may not bode well for the Biden campaign, 14 months ahead of the 2024 elections.
Even more concerning is that 34% of independents, a key group of voters who will help determine next year's elections, said they were very concerned about Biden's connections to his son, 31% said they were somewhat concerned, while 35% said they weren't concerned. Trump took to social media to gloat over the news of Hunter Biden's indictment."This, the gun charge, is the only crime that Hunter Biden committed that does not implicate Crooked Joe Biden. One down, Eleven to go!" he wrote."The Democrats, with all of their horrible, very unfair, and mostly illegal Witch Hunts, have started a process that is very dangerous for our Country.
Ian Sams, the special assistant to the president and senior adviser and spokesman for the White House Counsel's Office, issued a memo to news outlets across the United States calling for scrutiny of the Republican impeachment process:"In the modern media environment, where every day liars and hucksters peddle disinformation and lies everywhere from Facebook to Fox, process stories that fail to unpack the illegitimacy of the claims on which House Republicans are basing all their actions...
Loge, of George Washington University, said voters fatigued with political corruption may not feel compelled to side with Trump over Biden."It's hard to imagine a voter thinking, 'I'm not going to vote for Biden because his son had a substance abuse problem. My better choice is the guy who paid off a porn star and fomented an insurrection,'" Loge said.
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