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Republicans stick to attacking criminal justice system, echoing Trump, after Hunter Biden conviction

  • Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., right, and other...

    Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., right, and other Republican leaders, from left, GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-NY, Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., meet with reporters to condemn former President Donald Trump’s guilty conviction in a New York court last week, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Johnson also called President Joe Biden the worst president in American history. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

  • President Joe Biden talks with his son Hunter Biden as...

    President Joe Biden talks with his son Hunter Biden as he arrives Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Del., Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Republicans loyal to Donald Trump are largely echoing the former president’s claim that the Justice Department has treated President Joe Biden’s son with kid gloves while zealously prosecuting Trump. They used Hunter Biden's conviction Tuesday for charges related to buying a gun while addicted to drugs to press unsubstantiated or debunked allegations that Joe Biden acted while vice president to advance his family members’ foreign business interests. Trump’s campaign issued a statement calling the verdict “nothing more than a distraction from the real crimes of the Biden Crime Family.”

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