There are many winners and losers after Hunter Biden was convicted on all three counts in the federal gun case in Delaware.
was the president’s son Found guilty All charges in his landmark criminal case, which centers on his purchase of a firearm in 2018, will be heard.
Hunter Biden faced a trial this month that lasted more than a week and included emotional testimony from members of his family, including daughter Naomi Biden, ex-wife Kathleen Buhle and sister-in-law turned girlfriend. Halley Biden,
Defeated: The Biden family
President Biden reacts to son Hunter’s conviction in gun case: ‘I’m a father, too’
Hunter Biden arrives at federal court with his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
First Lady Jill Biden arrives at federal court for the verdict hearing, Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Wilmington, Delaware. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
The Biden family, including First Lady Jill Biden and Hunter’s wife, was a constant presence in the Delaware courtroom during the trial, leading many experts to wonder if Biden’s political power in the state would influence the jury’s decision to not convict. President Biden commented on the case in May and said he believed his son “did nothing wrong.”
“My son has done nothing wrong” Biden announces In a rare interview with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle, he said, “I trust him. I have total confidence in him, and that affects my presidency, because it makes me proud of him.”
Winner: House Oversight Committee
The Republican-led committee has been at the forefront of investigations into alleged crimes committed by Hunter Biden and has said the federal gun case is a first step toward accountability.
“Hunter Biden’s sweetheart petition was rejected by a federal judge after scrutiny,” House Oversight Chairman James Comer said. Posted on X After being convicted.
“Today’s verdict is a step toward accountability, but until the Justice Department investigates everyone involved in the Biden corrupt influence schemes that led to more than $18 million in foreign payments to the Biden family, it will remain clear that Department officials continue to attempt to protect the big man, Joe Biden.”
Losers: Hunter Biden’s lawyers Abbe Lowell and “Sugar Brother” Kevin Morris
Lowell, the lead attorney defending Hunter Biden, unsuccessfully attempted to make the case that there was “no evidence” against the president’s son in the federal lawsuit, while Morris funded Biden’s legal fees and tax issues to the tune of millions of dollars.
One case over, one to go: Hunter Biden now faces trial on federal tax charges
Hunter Biden, center, and his attorneys Abbe Lowell, right, and Kevin Morris, left, arrive at the Rayburn Building on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, for a House Oversight and Accountability Committee markup entitled “Resolution Recommending that the House of Representatives Convict Robert Hunter Biden for Contempt of Congress.” (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
“Kevin is completely exhausted,” said a person close to Morris, a Hollywood entertainment lawyer who became friends with Hunter in recent years. said in may,
Morris, whose daughter allegedly confronted The actress, who recently accused Hunter of taking advantage of her father, has been frequently spotted with Hunter during his trial and while out in California.
Winners: Former New York Post editor Emma-Jo Morris, Marco Polo founder Garrett Ziegler, critic of Hunter Biden’s laptop
Emma-Jo Morris was the former deputy politics editor of the New York Post. First published The contents of Hunter Biden’s “laptop from hell” in October 2020, which was filled with videos and photographs of drug use, sex acts, and sensitive business communications.
Despite it being dismissed as “Russian disinformation” by Hunter Biden’s political allies in Congress and the media, the federal government entered the laptop into evidence and used it as key evidence in Hunter’s gun trial.
Garrett Ziegler, a former Trump aide who played a key role in Hunter Biden’s investigation into the Biden family’s business dealings, was sued by Hunter Biden last year for publishing the contents of his infamous laptop on the online database Marco Polo.
He appeared at a gun trial in Delaware last week, and Hunter’s wife, Melissa Cohen, attacked him, calling him “a vile human being” and saying, “You have no right to be here.”
“It’s sad that I sat here the whole time and didn’t reach out to anybody,” Ziegler told NBC last week.
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US President Joe Biden, left, and US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden, right, during the Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 1, 2024, in Washington, DC, US. (Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Defeated: Mainstream media, intelligence community, and social media companies
The story that Biden’s laptop was not legitimate was quickly spread by mainstream news outlets ahead of the November election, as social media companies including Facebook began commenting on it. Suppressing the story There are concerns about its authenticity.
These concerns were further fueled by a story published by Politico titled, “Hunter Biden story is Russian disinformation, dozens of former intelligence officials say.”
The article accompanied a letter signed by 51 former intelligence officials, warning that the laptops had “all the hallmarks” of Russian disinformation.
Fox News Digital recently contacted all of the executives listed in that letter and asked if they regretted signing it. Double on their condition.
James Clapper, the former director of national intelligence in the Obama administration, said “no” when asked by Fox News Digital if he regretted signing the laptop letter.
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper (left) and Hunter Biden (right). (Getty Images)
Winner: Judge Maryellen Noreika
Noreika, former U.S. District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, appointed by President Trump Hunter Biden’s plea deal thwarted Experts say this is the only reason why the President’s son’s case was heard this year.
Biden had been expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of willfully failing to pay federal income taxes, a plea agreement he reached to avoid prison time on a felony gun-related charge.
Noreika did not accept the plea agreement and questioned its constitutionality — particularly the diversion clause and the immunity it granted to Hunter Biden.
The original plea agreement appeared to fall apart when Noreika asked special counsel Weiss if FARA charges could be brought against Biden.
After the move, CNN legal analyst Elie Honig said the judge was the only person in the room who “did her job properly.”
US President Joe Biden arrives with US Attorney General Merrick Garland during the Medal of Valor ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Washington, DC, US. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The loser: The relationship between President Biden and AG Merrick Garland
The Wall Street Journal Reported in September The relationship between Biden and Garland was in a “deep freeze” as sources familiar said Garland’s appointment of special counsels to look into the Biden family’s actions was motivated by a “desire to keep sensitive investigations away from political pressure” as opposed to following the law.
After the plea deal collapsed last summer, some White House aides concluded that “Garland had mismanaged the investigation,” the Wall Street Journal reported.
Fox News Digital’s Emma Colton and Hannah Panrek contributed to this report
