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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Adam Gabbatt

Rightwing media decried Trump’s trial. What about Hunter Biden’s?

A man wearing a dark blue suit speaks into a microphone at a podium with the sign 'Turning Point PAC.'
Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, speaks at a Chase the Vote rally in Phoenix, Arizona, on 6 June 2024. Photograph: Gage Skidmore/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Two weeks, two big trials, two convictions. After Donald Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records at the end of last month, Hunter Biden, son of Joe, was convicted on Tuesday of buying and owning a gun while being a user of crack cocaine.

The rightwing media had howled in anguish when a jury ruled that the former US president was guilty of 34 felony charges: commentators claiming that the justice system was rigged, that the conviction was political persecution, and that Joe Biden had wielded undue influence in Trump being prosecuted.

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