Be convicted. right. those are good things in his column. do you think there would be any downside here for president biden were hunter to be convicted? of course, as the personal toll, of course. do we think there is political im impact? yeah, there are low information voters who are like, they re both in trouble with the law. i would say hunter biden is very different than donald trump and being a crack addict because you have an addiction is very different than a myriad after criminal charges, many cases which you ve been able to punt. then you have the fraud cases. i don t think they re the same at all, but i do think, you know, everything can be a problem, especially in politics. certainly, those close to president biden worry about just how he will receive this news. we know he is deeply worried about his son. also, the first lady coming back from france to go to the trial. i mean, the sister has been there. everyone in biden world, they re a close family. i think that
They re going to? i don t. i think steve bannon will, in all probability, serve that four-month sentence. as you know, john, be silenced in the lead-up to the election. that is important because steve bannon was a huge voice for maga in the lead up to and, more importantly, after the 2020 election. there is a still a phone call between donald trump and steve bannon on january 6th that no one has quite explained. steve bannon, of course, just this week even, been musing about putting donald trump s perceived opponents in jail if donald trump is re-elected. people like alvin bragg, specifically, this week. the date is july 1st, as lisa said, three weeks from month. a four-month sentence for steve bannon. hunter biden s federal gun trial resumes in delaware later this morning, a day after some of the most emotionally charged testimony thus far. hallie biden, the widow of hunter s biden, beau, described the dark years after her husband died of brain cancer in 2015.
Delaware and france, just to be at the side of hunter biden. no uncertain terms, president biden saying, i will accept the outcome. i ll accept what the jury decides here. that s the way our legal system works. and, no, i will not pardon my own son if he is convicted. msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin. lisa, thank you, as always. we appreciate it. thanks, willie. coming up, our next guest is examining what he says are america s defining characteristics at the moment anyway. division, mistrust, and my information. the author of the new book the forever war, america s unending conflict with itself, joins us ahead on morning joe.