Joe Biden’s authorized woes to precise larger injury than Trump’s
Hunter Biden‘s dramatic conviction in his gun and drugs trial will cause more political fallout for his father than Donald Trump saw from his guilty verdict, according to a snap poll for DailyMail.com.
When likely voters were asked whether it affected their view of Joe Biden, the results suggest a seven-point negative impact for the Democratic candidate in the election. In contrast, Trump saw a six-point bump in an equivalent question.
The results come with caveats. They are not an indication of voting intention but instead offer an insight into how the verdicts may factor into voters’ views of the two runners.
In Biden’s case seven percent said they would have a ‘more positive’ view of the president but 14 per cent said it would be ‘more negative’.
That meant a net negative impact for Biden of seven percent.
J.L. Partners surveyed 500 likely voters on June 10 and 11 for the poll which showed a negative impact on Joe Biden
The results also showed Joe Biden suffering a negative impact among independent voters
Among all-important independent voters there was a similar negative shift for the president of seven percent.
Three percent of independents said a guilty verdict meant they would have a ‘more positive’ view of Joe Biden and 10 percent said ‘more negative’.
The negative impact was slightly higher among men than women.
US President Joe Biden hugs his son Hunter Biden upon arrival at Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Delaware, on June 11, 2024 hours after Hunter’s gun conviction
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund’s annual ‘Gun Sense University’ conference in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 11, 2024
Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump motions as he walks on stage at a campaign rally, June 9, 2024, in Las Vegas
J.L. Partners surveyed 500 likely voters on June 10 and 11 for the poll.
On June 11 Hunter was convicted of three felonies relating to lying on a government form.
He said he was not a drug user when he bought a gun in Wilmington, Delaware on October 12, 2018.
But prosecutors proved he had in fact been in the midst of a crack addiction.
Hours after Hunter was found guilty by a jury President Biden delivered a speech at an Everytown for Gun Safety event.
He stood under a banner reading ‘Gun Sense University’ but did not mention his son had just been convicted of a gun crime.
Hunter Biden (R) and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden (L) arrive to hear the verdict in his federal gun trial at the US Federal District Court in Wilmington, Delaware, USA, 11 June 2024
Hunter’s former girlfriend Zoe Kestan gave evidence that he smoked crack ‘every 20 minutes’
James Johnson, who conducted the poll, said: ‘Our poll suggests Hunter Biden’s legal situation may blunt the impact of Donald Trump’s, with more voters telling us they would take a freshly negative view of Biden in the event of a guilty verdict.
‘That 7 point net decline compares to a 6 point net improvement when we asked the same question after Trump’s verdict.’
He added: ‘With another Hunter court case coming later in the year, we may see it continuing to cloud the president’s attempts to attack Trump on his legal woes.”
Photos on Hunter’s abandoned laptop dated September 30 2018 show him parading in barely-there white underwear and a red scarf at a party in a rented Hollywood house
The Colt Cobra revolver Hunter Biden purchased on October 12, 2018
US President Joe Biden talks with his son Hunter Biden upon arrival at Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Delaware, on June 11, 2024
In September, Hunter he faces a tax crimes trial in California.
He is accused of nine charges, including three felony counts and six misdemeanors, of tax evasion, failure to file and pay his taxes, and filing a fraudulent tax return.
The charges span the tax years 2016 to 2019, and are considered more severe than his gun crimes.
Trump was found guilty in May of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. He is due to be sentenced on July 11.
Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden and U.S. first lady Jill Biden leave the federal court after the jury finds him guilty on all three counts in his trial on criminal gun charges, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 11, 2024
An undated image of Hunter Biden with his father
A poll straight after his conviction found 22 percent had a ‘more positive’ view of him after the verdict, and 16 percent ‘more negative’ – a net positive of six points.
The Trump campaign said it had enjoyed a fundraising bonanza in the hours after his verdict.
On Tuesday a jury in Wilmington, Delaware unanimously convicted Hunter Biden of two counts of lying on a federal government form to buy a gun, and one count of possessing the firearm while abusing drugs.
Jurors deliberated for less than three hours after a trial that had lasted over a week.
An image submitted as evidence by the prosecution in Hunter Biden’s trial
The prosecution submitted images of drug use
The gun store in Wilmington, Delaware where Hunter Biden purchased a gun in 2018
It marked the first time a sitting U.S. President’s child has been found guilty of a federal crime.
Hunter could now face up to a maximum of 25 years in jail.
In a statement Joe Biden said: ‘I am the President, but I am also a Dad. So many families who have had loved ones battle addiction understand the feeling of pride seeing someone you love come out the other side and be so strong and resilient in recovery.
‘I will accept the outcome of this case and will continue to respect the judicial process as Hunter considers an appeal.’
