This week, President Biden faced the opening of an impeachment inquiry in the House of

Representatives, and his son faced an indictment on federal gun charges. We turn now to the

analysis of Brooks and K-Part, that's New York Times columnist David Brooks, and Jonathan

K-Part, associate editor for The Washington Post. Good to see you both, as always.

So there are more indicators that the 2024 presidential race could play out in congressional

committee rooms and court houses and more so than in the early voting states. Jonathan,

the fact that Hunter Biden has now been indicted by federal prosecutors on this gun charge

after his plea deal fell apart, how will that impact the Biden campaign?

Well, it'll impact the Biden campaign only as much as it is the president's son who is facing

accountability. Unlike the president, he's probably going to run against, who will actually

be the person in the courtroom, in several courtrooms and four jurisdictions around the

country, while he's also running for president. Look, the president loves his son. I'm

sure this is a painful time for him personally, but as the campaign goes on and assuming this

does go to trial, you listen to a lot of legal analysts, they say this is not, this probably

won't go to trial. But if it does, the longer this goes on, and the president has asked

questions about it, he will have to answer. But I think it's incumbent upon us in the press

to keep some perspective here. The charges that this president's son's facing is nowhere

near the charges that the former president of the United States is facing.

Well, that's right. Hunter Biden's alleged misdeeds do not compare at all in terms of the

scale and the quantity of Donald Trump's alleged crimes. Still, though, it's an interesting

strategy among Republicans to try to exploit this perceived vulnerability and distract from

Donald Trump's legal troubles. Do you think it's an effective one?

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