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Hunter Biden’s plea bargain will not stop Republicans chasing him
But it may help his father draw a line under the affair

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Jun 22nd 2023 | CHICAGO

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I f there ever was a chance that Joe Biden was going to distance himself from his wayward son, Hunter, it
was squashed in mid-April, when the president paid an official visit to Ireland. As Mr Biden criss-crossed
the Emerald Isle Hunter was constantly by his side, wearing matching aviator sunglasses. According to the
Washington Free Beacon, a right-wing news website, Mr Biden’s lawyers, who are representing him in a case
concerning child-support payments in Arkansas, claim that their client even shared a hotel bedroom with his
father in Dublin. Mr Biden repeatedly told crowds how proud he was of Hunter.
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at e Dub . B de epeated y to d c owds ow p oud e was o u te .

Mr Biden’s loyalty is genuine. But his advisers will be hoping it is also politically savvy. After five years, the
criminal investigation against Hunter Biden may be coming to an end. On June 20th David Weiss, the United

States attorney in Delaware, the Bidens’ home state, filed charges against the president’s son, noting that a
plea bargain had been agreed.

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