Children of serving US presidents are being sued for the first time! The United States has been "divided in two"

Release time:Apr 16, 2024 21:29 PM

Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joseph Biden, was criminally charged on the 14th on charges of illegal purchase and possession of firearms during drug use. Historians say this is the first time a child of a current US president has been prosecuted.

The video footage taken on September 6, 2023 shows Hunter Biden outdoors.

The Hunter Biden case has nothing to do with his presidential father, but it adds another dark cloud to Biden's campaign for re-election and adds a scene to the American party drama.

"Drug addict" charged with serious gun related crimes

On the 14th, federal special prosecutor David Weiss filed an indictment in the Delaware Federal District Court, accusing Hunter Biden of falsely claiming on the required gun purchase background investigation form that he did not "use illegal drugs", that is, drug use, when purchasing a Colt "King Cobra" revolver in October 2018.

The indictment states that Hunter Biden was charged with three charges related to this, and if convicted in full, theoretically the maximum combined sentence would be 25 years imprisonment and a fine of $750000. However, according to Agence France Presse, in practice, such crimes are rarely sentenced to imprisonment.

Hunter Biden, who is 53 years old, admits to having been addicted to drugs and alcohol, including during the period before and after purchasing a gun.

Children of serving US presidents are being sued for the first time! The United States has been "divided in two"

Alan Crawford, an expert in studying the history of US presidents at the University of Tennessee, told Reuters that Hunter Biden was the first child of a current US president to be prosecuted.

In the view of Douglas Brinkley, a presidential historian at Rice University, the family and relatives of the President of the United States have also caused trouble in the past, such as Jimmy Carter's brother Billy Carter and Bill Clinton's half brother Roger Clinton Jr., but they have never really had a significant impact on the White House. When it comes to Hunter Biden, his disgraceful past is always linked to his Democratic presidential father.

This is a photo of US President Biden taken on August 15th at the White House in Washington, D.C. Shen Jizhong

Democratic Party member and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottons, who served as Biden's senior advisor, questioned on social media that she had never heard of anyone being charged with federal charges for lying while buying a gun during her 29 year tenure as prosecutor.

Prepare for war with the President's son?

According to the BBC, Hunter Biden's lawyer accused prosecutors of succumbing to "inappropriate" interference from some Republicans.

Republicans have been treating Biden's son as a "weakness" for some time, and using this weakness not only greatly angers Biden, but also helps divert attention from the outside world towards the lawsuit of former Republican President Trump.

Many media outlets believe that Hunter Biden's "courtroom drama" will definitely play a significant role in the 2024 US presidential election.

Biden, currently 80 years old, is seeking re-election next year and is likely running against his old rival Trump. The latter is currently 77 years old and faces criminal charges, claiming to have been subjected to "political persecution".

This video footage taken on October 22, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia, USA shows President Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Biden participating in the final televised presidential debate in Nashville, Tennessee. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Jie

However, Republicans also need to be careful, weaponizing the Hunter problem could potentially hit them in the foot. The BBC commented that although Hunter Biden's three gun related charges are serious crimes and may face more tax and overseas transaction related charges in the future, none of them can currently compare to the scale and number of suspected crimes under Trump's control.

Moreover, Democrats will undoubtedly continue to point out that it is not Hunter Biden running for the presidency of the United States.

The New York Times pointed out that the progress of the Hunter Biden gun case trial is likely to overlap with Biden's re-election process.

"Two Americans" farce frequently occurs

A few days before Hunter Biden was sued, Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy announced that he would request relevant House committees to conduct an impeachment investigation into Biden. McCarthy said that when Republicans in the House investigated Hunter Biden's overseas transactions, they found that Biden was suspected of "abuse of power, obstruction, and corruption" while serving as Vice President. This statement implies that Biden is helping and protecting his son's alleged illegal transactions. The White House's condemnation of McCarthy's move is unfounded and politically motivated.

This is a photo of McCarthy answering questions from reporters at the White House in Washington, USA. Shen Jizhong

The New York Times reported that Republicans in the House of Representatives have long sharpened their swords and want to use Hunter Biden's lawsuit as one of the basis for initiating an impeachment investigation against Biden.

James Komer, a Republican who will lead the impeachment investigation and chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, urged the Department of Justice to "enforce the law fairly.". He said, "Today's charges against Hunter Biden are a very small start. Unless federal prosecutor Wes investigates everyone involved in conspiracy fraud and abuse of power for personal gain, President Biden's Department of Justice is clearly favoring Hunter Biden and his father."

According to the BBC website, the United States is now divided in two. Both Americans believe that the Department of Justice has been controlled by each other and irreversibly politicized. One of them, the United States, is both shocked and angry at the large number of federal and state criminal charges faced by Trump, believing that it is a deep-seated national conspiracy planned by the Department of Justice under Biden's administration. In the view of another United States, it is precisely the same Department of Justice that has unfairly pursued Hunter Biden in tax and other actions over the past five years.

Obviously, the boundary between the US political and judicial systems has become increasingly blurred. Randy Zelin, a part-time law professor at Cornell Law School, said that this is a major issue. "One day, someone woke up and said, 'Oh my god, I have a new toy, which is the federal criminal justice system. I will use the criminal system to punish those who disagree with my political views.'"

Zelin said, "I think the only impact is that this country is being torn apart by this never-ending struggle."

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