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The Daily

Hunter Biden’s Legal Problems Keep Getting Worse

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.4102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

A plea deal struck between the Department of Justice and Hunter Biden was supposed to bring his years of legal troubles to an end. Instead, that deal has unraveled and a special counsel has been named to take over the case. Michael Schmidt, a Washington correspondent for The Times, explains why that turn of events is increasingly pitting the interests of Hunter Biden against those of President Biden.

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0:00.0

From New York Times, I'm Michael O'Borrow. This is The Daily.

0:10.0

Today, a plea deal struck between the Department of Justice and Hunter Biden was supposed to

0:15.8

bring his years-long legal problems to an end. Instead, that deal has unraveled, and

0:22.7

a special counsel has been named to take over the case.

0:26.6

My colleague, Mike Schmidt, explains why that turn of events is increasingly pitting the

0:32.4

interests of Hunter Biden against those of President Biden.

0:42.0

It's Thursday, August 17th.

0:51.3

Hi, Mike.

0:52.3

What's going on?

0:53.4

We're going to do this again.

0:54.6

This is the song that never ends.

0:56.6

Oh, this is the sake of none and none again.

0:59.6

Yeah.

1:00.6

Some quality stuff right there.

1:01.6

Are you ready?

1:02.6

Yeah.

1:03.6

Okay.

1:04.6

Mike.

1:05.6

Yeah.

1:06.6

Welcome back.

1:07.6

Good to be here.

1:08.6

To get to this point where we are right now, in the Hunter Biden saga, where he now faces

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