Many #Trump allies had been secretly rooting for an #acquittal. The talking points wrote themselves: It would have been yet more evidence that the #UnitedStates #justice system was rigged in favor of #Bidens & against Trumps. Tues’s #guilty #verdict was inconvenient to that narrative.

Even more valuable would have been the #fundraising potential.

#gaslighting #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #law #HunterBiden
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