Commentary: Hunter Biden was indicted on gun charges. Here’s the real reason he’s in trouble
by Harry Litman, Los Angeles Times
Sep 16, 2023
3 minutes
Hunter Biden was charged Thursday with three felonies related to lying on a 2018 application to buy a gun. But it’s hard not to conclude that his true offense is being the son of a president whom Republicans are hell-bent on vilifying and defeating.
The indictment largely relies on Biden’s false claim that he was not using illegal drugs when he applied to purchase the firearm. In fact, he was then in the depths of the cocaine addiction that drove a series of travails that Republicans continue to weaponize
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