President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden during the 2024 White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 1, 2024. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
That was before what Republicans dubbed a "sweetheart deal" with prosecutors for Hunter to plead guilty on misdemeanor tax charges fell apart in Delaware during a dramatic hearing last summer before a Trump-appointed judge. In response, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed David Weiss, who had already been leading the investigation into Hunter’s gun case, as special counsel.
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Hunter Biden during a state dinner in honor of Kenya's president William Ruto at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Hunter Biden is also facing a separate trial in California in September on charges of failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes. He has also pleaded not guilty in that case.
Jeffries, meanwhile, also addressed Trump's conviction. The Democratic leader said the guilty verdict against the former president was a "validation of the American judicial system," when asked if the eight-year-old case would have been brought against anyone but the former president.
"Donald Trump was entitled to the presumption of innocence, he received it," he said. "This is America. This is not a system that is occupied by a monarch or a king or a dictator. We are a democracy. And in a democracy, no one is above the law."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
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