Trump, Hunter Biden Convictions Lead to Starkly Different Political Narratives

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The overlapping legal woes of former President Trump and Hunter Biden have often been juxtaposed as evidence of a “two-tiered justice system” keen on taking down Republicans and shielding Democrats from criminal prosecution.

Trump’s 34 felony convictions in Manhattan two weeks ago bolstered that GOP-led rhetoric — proof that the scales of justice were tipped against them.

But when President Biden’s son was convicted by a Delaware jury Tuesday of three federal gun crimes, those same provocateurs weren’t impressed.

“If the argument was that there’s two tiers of justice, then the Biden case — meaning Hunter Biden’s case — would never have been gone to trial,” said Michael Weinstein. “The plea deal would have went through, the case would have been swallowed up in some motion practice or some technicality. But because it went to trial and because ultimately he was found guilty, the argument that there’s two tiers of justice kind of falls by the wayside.”

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