There’s been another twist in the already twisty case of Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden. Biden Jr’s legal troubles were set to conclude last month with a plea deal over tax misdemeanours and a charge for buying a gun while also using drugs, but the judge nixed the deal, leaving him to plead not guilty and lawyers scratching their heads about what’s next. Now the US Justice Department has appointed David Weiss as a special counsel, which means an investigation into the President’s son is ramping up and is set to roll into Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign… Republican hopeful Donald Trump has been trying to pass off Hunter’s alleged law-breaking as equivalent to the 3 criminal cases he’s facing. And while we’re on Trump’s legal challenges, reports say the state of Georgia is looking closely at election interference charges this week. Yikes…

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