House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is defending President Joe Biden for commenting on the prosecution of his son, Hunter Biden.
Last year, the president insisted Hunter Biden — who is facing a trial involving federal firearm charges that starts this week — did “nothing wrong.”
During a segment of NBC’s “Meet The Press” Sunday, host Peter Alexander read an except from an op-ed published by The Wall Street Journal after the comment that asserted it was a “highly inappropriate message from the president.”
“He’s essentially telling prosecutors that they are wrong to bring an indictment because Hunter is innocent of any criminal behavior,” the Journal added.
Alexander asked Jeffries, “Why was it appropriate for President Biden to publicly comment on his son’s case?”
“President Biden commented as a loving father,” Jeffries answered.
He added, “As I would hope any loving father would do.”
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He went on:
“Hunter Biden, of course, is entitled, as was Donald Trump, to the presumption of innocence and to a trial by a jury of his peers. And this Justice Department is going to proceed in that fashion. Present the facts in the law, and then we’ll all have to wait for a determination that is made by a jury as to Hunter Biden’s guilt or innocence.”
Hunter Biden’s gun charge trial starts Monday.
He was charged last year for allegedly falsifying a firearm application. At first it appeared he would not face a trial after he agreed to a plea deal. However, the deal fell apart in court last summer amid scrutiny of what critics its sweetheart provisions.
