President Joe Biden on Tuesday night responded to mounting accusations and derision against his son, Hunter Biden, for his drug-addict past, tax crimes and allegedly making a false statement while buying a gun.
Sitting down with Jake Tapper at the “CNN Tonight” journalist’s first evening host, the president said that Hunter Biden has “gone away” from his past and that “what he says and does would be in line with what happens.” Is.”
“I’m very proud of that,” President Biden said.
The comments come at a time when there has been increasing media reporting, as reported by Tapper – including CNN and The Washington Post – which suggest that prosecutors believe they have the right to charge Hunter Biden for tax offenses. And enough to make a false statement in gun purchases.
Hunter Biden revealed in 2020 that US Attorney David Weiss for Delaware was leading a criminal investigation into his tax cases, and it is now up to former President Donald Trump’s appointment to decide whether to proceed with the charges . Post reported thatAccording to their unnamed sources, federal agents “determined months ago that they had assembled a viable criminal case against the younger Biden.”
This week has also seen a critical backlash from Sean Hannity for his handling of Hunter Biden’s history as a drug addict. On Monday, Fox News host released a private voicemail about President Biden leaving his son in an attempt to embarrass and humiliate the Biden family — a move that widely considered “bizarre” and monstrous online.
“Replace the name Biden with Trump and imagine how the crowd and the media must be covering all of this,” Hannity scoffed at.
In a conversation with President Biden on Tuesday, Tapper asked Point Blank how he felt about his son’s ongoing troubles.
“How do you react to that, both personally and politically?” Tapper posed.
While President Biden did not explicitly address Hunter Biden’s alleged tax crimes, he expressed that he loves his son and believes him when he says he has overcome his past.
“First of all, I am proud of my son. This is a kid who got – not a kid, he’s a grown man – he’s got addicted, like there have been many families, hooked on drugs. He has recovered from it. He has set up a new life,” President Biden began. “I believe that what he says and does is consistent with what happens. For example, he wrote a book about it, His Problems. [“Beautiful Things: A Memoir”], And he was straightforward about it. I’m proud of him.”
Addressing allegations that he made a false statement when purchasing the gun, President Biden said it had already been addressed in the same memoir.
“He came along and said, ‘By the way, this thing about guns, I knew nothing about it.’ But it turns out that when he applied to buy a gun, what happened, you were asked the question, ‘Are you on drugs or do you use drugs?’ And he said no,” Biden explained. “He wrote about saying no in his book.”
“That’s why I have great confidence in my son,” concluded President Biden. “I love her, and she’s straight and narrow and she’s been around for a few years now. I’m just so proud of her.”
Watch the full segment of President Biden’s interview with CNN in the video above.
