Analysts say guilty verdict undermines Trump’s claim that a weaponised justice department is unfairly pursuing himHunter Biden’s conviction on gun-ownership charges may have handed his father, Joe, a boost in the forthcoming presidential election, analysts say, because it undermines the image of a president weaponising the US justice system to pursue Donald Trump.Trump, the former president and presumptive GOP presidential nominee, has pushed that line relentlessly to explain his conviction last month on charges related to the concealment of hush-money payments to a porn star to help him win the 2016 election. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/12/hunter-biden-gun-trial-reaction
Author : Robert Tait in Washington
Publish date : 2024-06-12 19:51:28
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