Yet ANOTHER 2024 nightmare for Biden: As he drops in polls, Joe faces TWO Hunter trials during the campaign, the indictment fueling Republican impeachment and questions of why he’s denied his son made money from China

Hunter Biden’s indictment on California tax charges throws another mine in President Biden’s path to re-election as he continues to battle low poll numbers and concerns within his own base about his age and the economy.

For much of the past year, experts have focused on the extraordinary legal challenge Biden’s opponent Donald Trump must contend with, including a fraud trial in New York that could reach a verdict days before the Iowa caucuses, and also a trial related to January 6, scheduled to begin the day before Super Tuesday.

Trump himself on Thursday complained that prosecutors were moving slowly in their investigation of him and said, without evidence, that Biden’s Justice Department was handling his civil trial in New York.

Now Biden is grappling with his own dose of extreme bad timing, partly because of a five-year investigation into his son’s finances that took a different direction after Hunter’s bid for a plea deal collapsed last summer.

Now Biden, who has just 37 percent approval in the latest CNN poll, faces a pair of trials involving his son while House Republicans launch an impeachment inquiry with a vote set for next week.

Hunter Biden’s legal troubles have dogged his father throughout his presidency. Now that he’s facing a second indictment on tax charges, it’s likely to haunt him throughout his campaign.

His son’s trial on firearms charges (he is accused of lying on a form denying drug use when purchasing a gun) continues to unfold in the president’s hometown of Wilmington.

Hunter’s lawyers argue that the Trump administration applied “sustained, improper and partisan pressure” during the investigation, which began in 2018.

The case comes amid repeated calls by the president for stricter gun control as the country faces a record number of mass shootings.

The tax case threatens to create another legal headache in another jurisdiction that will also intersect with Biden’s primary and general election campaign.

House GOP Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.) called the allegations “just the tip of the iceberg” in comments on Fox Business.

George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley, a GOP impeachment witness, said the indictment undermines Biden’s past assertions.

“I mean, essentially (Biden) is saying, ‘I haven’t talked to these people,'” he told Fox, drawing parallels with Bill Clinton’s impeachment.

“It didn’t work for Clinton. And here it’s even more offensive,” he said.

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Hunter Biden’s two trials will distract from the narrative that Democrats had hoped to drive before re-election: Donald Trump’s four 91-count criminal trials. On Thursday, Trump spoke out against his trial in New York. He’s set to appear in court on Monday.

In addition to raising issues of tax evasion and foreign business dealings, the indictment alleges that Hunter spent $188,000 on “adult entertainment” over four years, among other tawdry details that serve as needless distractions during the presidential campaign.

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The stunning 56-page indictment accuses the president’s son of willfully evading taxes while making millions while his father made taxing the rich a centerpiece of his re-election bid.

It also brings back a lot of the tawdry details during Hunter’s battle with addiction. It includes $683,212 for “Payments – Various Women”, $10,000 to buy a “sex club” membership, as well as fast cars and luxury hotels such as the Chateau Marmont.

“Between 2016 and October 15, 2020, Defendant spent this money on drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing and other personal items, in short, on everything except his taxes,” the message says. to the indictment.

While prosecutors were pursuing Hunter on tax charges rather than other forms of financial impropriety alleged by House Republicans, the indictment begins by listing some of his overseas business dealings, including serving on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma and dealings with China’s CEFC Energy. Limited liability company.

This is despite Biden’s own comments in 2020: “My son hasn’t made any money in terms of what you’re talking about, China…

During the September 2020 debate, he also denied that Hunter “made his fortune in China, Moscow and elsewhere.”

Hunter’s lawyer, Abbey Lowell, released a strongly worded statement saying that Special Counsel David Weiss, a Trump appointee who was detained by Attorney General Merrick Garland, “due to pressure from Republicans” and rejected the plea agreement.

“If Hunter’s last name had been anything other than Biden, the charges in Delaware and now California would not have been filed,” he said.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), who led the impeachment inquiry, continues to explore his theories of political influence and has arranged new testimony from the couple IRS Whistleblowers.

The impeachment resolution, which the House will vote on next week, calls for a hearing and a report” and could strengthen existing subpoena powers with the ability to elicit new or damaging information.

“The impeachment inquiry strengthens our position as we take legal action against this administration or against anyone who refuses our subpoena,” Comer said.

A full-blown impeachment inquiry could lead to extensive probes, hearings, House votes and a potential trial, all amid the turmoil of a presidential campaign.

There had been resistance in previous months even among some House Republicans, who warned of the dangers of political interference. But that could fade as the election approaches and if former President Donald Trump, who has campaigned for years on Hunter’s business connections, moves closer to the GOP presidential nomination.

The White House declined to comment and referred questions to the Justice Department and Hunter Biden’s representatives.

Biden’s only announcement Friday morning was that the economy added 199,000 jobs in November, for a total of 14 million jobs since he took office – amid polls that still show Americans worried about the economy and inflation .

“That’s over 14 million more Americans who know the dignity and peace of mind that comes with a paycheck,” Biden said.