Hunter Biden will stand trial next week on gun-related charges just as the GOP's effort to untangle his web of foreign moneymaking fizzles out. While the political will to impeach President Joe Biden over any involvement in his family's influence-peddling has all but disappeared, the belief that the Justice Department gave Hunter Biden favorable treatment has not. In this series, the Washington Examiner will look at where the saga stands on the eve of his first trial.
Part one will look at the cases against him that never materialized. Hunter Biden is preparing to defend himself against gun-related charges and, three months later, against charges of tax evasion. But the first son does not have to answer allegations that he lobbied illegally for foreign powers, engaged in sex trafficking , lied to Congress , or played a role in campaign finance violations.
And Republicans are still struggling to understand why. A slow and stilted federal investigation into President Joe Biden ’s son did not, in the eyes of his critics, result in the kind of accountability he deserved for the years he peddled influence while his father was vice president. Hunter Biden represented the interests of entities in Ukraine and China in ways that should have triggered disclosure requirements under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, Republicans say.
He paid for the travel of prostitutes across state lines in potential violation of the Mann Act, a sex trafficking law. And he accepted millions of doll.
