As Hunter Biden Stands Trial, a Republican Noise Machine Goes Silent
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But as the younger Biden stands trial in Delaware on gun charges, the case's glaring political contradictions have rendered the G.O.P. largely mute, from former President Donald J. Trump on down.
It is also hard to make much of allegations that Hunter Biden lied about his drug use to purchase a handgun when your party is sponsoring legislation to ease gun-purchasing restrictions for veterans struggling with mental illness.
Beyond the professional provocateurs in Washington and right-wing media, Republicans have decided to say as little as possible.
And while the Manhattan jury that convicted Mr. Trump of approving fraudulent business records to cover up hush-money payments to a porn star was empaneled by a state court and the prosecutors in the case worked for the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, Republicans have insisted wrongly that the Biden Justice Department coordinated the entire case.
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