November 28, 2023: Inside Hunter Biden's new strategy

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🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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The complicated life of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter has been capturing the attention of the media and the public for years. But it reached a new level during summer 2023 when the younger Biden rejected a plea deal in a case related to his business dealings. As the 2024 election nears, national correspondent Betsy Woodruff Swan and Playbook co-author Eugene Daniels discuss how Hunter Biden’s team has been reevaluating both his legal approach and public image. Playbook co-author Eugene Daniels interviews national correspondent Betsy Woodruff Swan.

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0:00.0	presented by Google.
0:05.2	Hey, good morning.
0:06.6	I'm Playbook co-author Eugene Daniels.
0:08.8	It's Tuesday, November 28th.
0:11.2	Here's what's driving the day.
0:13.4	The funeral for former First Lady Rosalind Carter will take place today.
0:17.0	The invite-only guest list is full of former presidents, current president, and vice
0:22.8	presidents, and obviously first ladies, President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Joe Biden,
0:28.6	along with Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, the second gentleman, Doug
0:32.1	M. Hoff, will be headed to Atlanta today. Also on the guest list will be former President
0:37.1	Bill Clinton,
0:38.4	former Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Clinton, and former First Lady's Melania,
0:43.7	Trump, Michelle Obama, and Laura Bush are all expected to attend. A private funeral service
0:49.4	will be held on Wednesday in Plains, Georgia, the hometown of the former First Lady.
0:56.9	Also, the House is back today.
0:59.0	Mike Johnson, the new speaker, will need to figure out Ukraine and Israel funding.
1:04.3	And also the ouster or not of beleaguered Congressman George Santos.
1:11.0	When asked whether or not he would put up an expulsion vote on Santos, Mike Johnson said, quote,
1:17.7	that remains to be seen, but the resolution already filed.
1:23.0	And a story out this morning from me and my colleague Betsy Woodruff Swan takes a deep dive into how Hunter
1:31.2	Biden, the son of the president, has changed both his legal and PR strategy over the last few months
1:37.7	and how that strategy is splitting the folks around President Biden in the White House, on the campaign, and outside of that orbit as we head into the 2024 election.
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