Former President Donald Trump refrained from ridiculing or demeaning Hunter Biden after his recent conviction on federal gun charges. Instead, he expressed empathy towards both the first son and his father, President Joe Biden.

Fox News then asked Trump about Hunter, and Trump said, “Well, I think it’s a very serious thing. I understand that whole subject. I understand it pretty well because I’ve had it with people who have it in their family.”

He added: “It’s a very tough thing. It’s a very tough situation for a father, it’s a very tough situation for a brother or sister, and it goes on, and it’s not stopping, whether it’s alcohol or drugs or whatever it may be. It’s a tough thing, and so that’s a tough moment for the family. It’s a tough moment for any family involved in that.”

Fred Trump Jr., the older brother of Trump, passed away in 1981 at the age of 42 as a result of alcoholism. This tragic event had a profound impact on the former president, leading him to choose a life of abstinence from alcohol. President Biden has previously expressed his stance on not granting a pardon to his son if he were to be found guilty. Recently, on Thursday, he reaffirmed his decision.

“I am satisfied that I’m not going to do anything,” said Biden. “I said I’d abide by the jury decision. I will do that, and I will not pardon him.”

Following the jurors’ decision, Georgetown University law professor Jonathan Turley provided his perspective on Hunter’s conviction, expressing his belief that this is just the beginning of the first son’s legal troubles. After deliberating for a little over three hours, the jurors found Hunter guilty on three felony counts related to the acquisition of a .38-caliber revolver in 2018. Turley also highlighted that there are still pending matters, such as a criminal referral for perjury from the House of Representatives and the ongoing tax case involving President Joe Biden’s son.

“His counsel has got to refocus on that tax case. They are going into that case now with a convicted felon,” Turley told Fox News “Faulkner Focus” host Harris Faulkner. “Now, these are very different types of claims, but there is a third front developing. Congress just referred, what I consider to be a very strong case, for a perjury investigation of Hunter Biden after his testimony before Congress.”

“Now the expectation is that Garland is going to basically scuttle that referral, but the problem is that the House seems to have Hunter Biden dead [to] rights… on those perjury claims,” Turley added. “It is hard to see how what he said before Congress was true. It is a much more serious offense. It is currently sitting on the desk of Merrick Garland.”


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