Hunter Biden Charges Split GOP—Some Stay Silent As Other Claim ‘Sweetheart Deal’

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Hunter Biden Charges Split GOP—Some Stay Silent As Other Claim ‘Sweetheart Deal’
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A coalition of Republicans attacked Hunter Biden’s plea deal announced Tuesday:

A coalition of Republicans attacked Hunter Biden’s plea deal announced Tuesday as a “sweetheart deal” that represented a “two-tiered system of justice” compared to the Justice Department’s indictment of former President Donald Trump, but others in the GOP gave tempered responses to Biden’s agreement or refused to comment at all—the latest issue to represent a fracture between the right-wing of the party and more moderate Republicans.... [+]Copyright 2023 The Associated Press.

2024 Republican presidential candidates also lacked unity in their response to the plea deal: Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attacked the agreement as overly lenient, but former Vice President Mike Pence, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Sen. Tim Scott and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley were notably more measured in their responses and pivoted to the GOP’s broader accusations of corruption in the Biden family.

Haley said the “deal only raises further questions about Hunter Biden’s crimes and the double standard of justice in our federal government,” while Scott said “the Big Guy has some explaining to do,” referring to President Joe Biden, and Pence said he “welcome[s] the charges and the guilty plea,” adding “we simply don’t have equal treatment under the law.”at all, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Lisa Murkowski , while Senate Minority Whip John Thune noted the Delaware U.S.

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