Sahil Kapur is a senior national political reporter for NBC News.
WASHINGTON — Some members of Congress in both parties say the gun charge that the Justice Department used to secure a conviction against Hunter Biden ought to be enforced more regularly. Legal experts said after the indictment that the gun-related statute is rarely used by prosecutors. A number of senators and representatives told NBC News that ought to change. “I think they have not been pursuing gun charges.
I don’t know what the current prosecution rate is now,” he said, positing that perhaps the rarity of the charge “has to do with competing priorities.” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Hunter Biden did worse things than what he was charged with regarding obtaining a firearm. “I don’t think the average person would’ve been charged with this crime,” he said. “They just did this as a throwaway.
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