Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) called Hunter Biden’s conviction on federal gun charges “kind of dumb” in a post on social platformminutes after the verdict was announced.
Hunter Biden — President Biden’s second-eldest son — was convicted Tuesday afternoon on three federal gun charges. The criminal charges allege that President Biden’s son lied about his sobriety when obtaining a gun in 2018 and possessed it illegally for 11 days.
Hunter Biden’s verdict comes just two weeks after former President Trump was found guilty on all 34 criminal charges in his secret trial in New York. Gaetz called the former president’s conviction “the corrupt result of a corrupt trial, a corrupt judge and a corrupt prosecutor”, in a statement issued immediately after the verdict.
Gaetz’s comment comes as the Trump campaign dismissed the conviction as “a distraction” from more serious allegations.
“The trial was nothing more than a distraction from the real crimes of the Biden Crime Family, which raised tens of millions of dollars from China, Russia and Ukraine,” Karoline Leavitt, national press secretary for the Trump campaign, said in an email. -campaign email sent on Tuesday.
President Biden told ABC News on Thursday that he would not pardon his son if convicted. He supported his son but said he would “respect the judicial process” in a statement to the public issued an hour after Hunter Biden’s guilty verdict.
“I am the president, but I am also a father,” President Biden wrote. “I will accept the outcome of this case and will continue to respect the judicial process as Hunter considers an appeal.”
Hunter Biden faces a maximum of 25 years in prison and $750,000 in fines.
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