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Editorial: Hunter Biden’s good fortune and damaged trust in the Justice Department

U.S. President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden attend the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 10, 2023, in Washington, D.C..

“If you are the president’s leading political opponent,” Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday, “the (Justice Department) tries to literally put you in jail and give you prison time. If you are the president’s son, you get a sweetheart deal.”

McCarthy encapsulated an argument made by many Republicans in the wake of the plea deal offered to Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden. Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges to satisfy what prosecutors called

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