Will Americans believe in Biden’s ability to lead?

KCRW's Left, Right & Center

KCRW

352865, News

4.2 • 4.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Hunter Biden’s trial on federal gun charges got underway this week. He faces an embarrassing and revealing court case, plus possible prison time if he’s found guilty. According to Sarah Isgur, senior editor of The Dispatch, the best thing for both Hunter and his father’s re-election campaign would be a plea deal, as she wrote for The New York Times. How would the president have to respond if a guilty verdict does come down? And what do the troubles facing Joe Biden in his son’s case reveal about his struggles on other issues?

One of those issues: immigration. Earlier this week, Joe Biden enacted an executive order that imposes new limits on asylum seekers coming to the United States. The move follows an unsuccessful push for bipartisan legislation to overhaul the immigration process at the border. In a speech, Biden emphasized the need for action due to the legislation’s failure. It could win over people in the center who want something done about the migrant crisis, but will it cost him support from his base?

Puerto Rico’s status as a U.S. territory has long dominated its politics. For our 50 states series, KCRW tries to unwrap the growing influence of culture and societal issues shifting the island’s political scene.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey everybody. Welcome to left right and center. I am David Green. Well Hunter
0:05.2	Biden arrived in Wilmington Delaware for the beginning of his federal gun
0:09.5	trial earlier this week. The president's son is facing three counts related to the
0:14.5	purchase and possession of a revolver while allegedly under the influence of
0:18.8	narcotics. He is also charged with making false statements on the paperwork he filled out to purchase a
0:24.8	cult revolver in 2018.
0:27.6	This is the first of two cases against Hunter Biden later this year he'll go to trial over federal tax charges.
0:34.0	Now you all might remember that Biden originally agreed to a plea deal last summer
0:38.9	that would have allowed him to avoid prosecution in this gun case.
0:42.3	That is until the district court judge overseeing the case
0:45.0	raised questions about the nature of that deal
0:47.3	between prosecutors and Hunter Biden's legal team.
0:50.4	Now Hunter's legal troubles could collide with the home stretch of his dad's bid for re-election.
0:56.6	Sarah Isger is here to talk about this. She's a lawyer. She's senior editor at the dispatch. She is also
1:00.9	former spokesperson for the Department of Justice under President Trump.
1:04.4	Mo Lathy is out this week, but we are happy to be joined by Noma Ki-Const.
1:08.6	She's a political commentator, journalist, co-director of the group Losing Puerto Rico.
1:12.9	She's also a former Democratic strategist,
1:15.3	was National Co-Chair for President Obama's 2012 campaign
1:18.4	and later a surrogate for Bernie Sanders.
1:20.1	No McKee, thank you for coming on with us.
1:23.4	I'm so honored to be here with you guys.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from KCRW, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of KCRW and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.