The son of President Joe Biden has been found guilty in another new US legal first.
Hunter Biden was found guilty of three offences - for lying about illegal drug use when buying and keeping a gun in 2018.
US correspondent Dan Mitchinson says the younger Biden's verdict has opened discussions about Biden's chances at the presidency.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Again, but since the US correspondence with US I Dan
Hi Heather Hunter Biden's guilty.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Well, he is.
Speaker 3 (00:06):
And I think the person this is going to hurt
more than Hunter Biden is going to be Donald Trump
in some ways. I mean, this was a big blow
and this was a big talking point for him. So
I think this is also going to be a boost
to President Biden's case that he respects, you know, the
rule of law, and that's what he said he would
do if his son was found guilty of a crime
(00:26):
that he wasn't going to interfere with that.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
Is it possible that he ends up in the slamma
because of this?
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Oh boy, you know, that's hard to say.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
There was one juror that spoke to the media over
here who felt that this was all a big waste
of time of the public, taxpayers money because basically he
should have just gotten a big fine and that should
have been the end of it. Now, like you said,
in the world wise, he could get twenty five years
in prison and up to seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars during sentencing. That'll probably happen sometime in October, so
(00:55):
before election day over here. But I would suspect. He
will get a fine, he could spend some time. There
could be house arrest, could be parole more.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Likely than not. That would be my best guess right now.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
And what does this do to his father's presidential rice?
Does it help or not?
Speaker 3 (01:10):
It depends on who you ask, really, I mean, it
is like split down the middle right now. You're seeing
people that are saying, well, the fact that he was
found guilty shows that he's not manipulating the justice system,
as so many Republicans have said. On the other side
of the coin, you've got people that have said, Okay,
well he's guilty of this. What else don't we know
(01:32):
about his family or what else could pop up? So,
I mean you've got here, you've got two people who
are either going to trial, and you know Republicans Donald
Trump or has a family member's that's been in the
courtroom as well. So it's been a I mean, it's
the first of its kind that I can remember.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Yeah, timely, Dan, what's going wrong for California's cannabis economy?
Speaker 3 (01:53):
People are not spoken enough weed. I mean that's kind
of what it boils down.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
Why are they not smoking enough weed?
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Well, I would say, I mean it might have been COVID,
it might be inflation. Right now, I mean, we're number
one in I say we California always has been number
one when it comes to pot sales here. In fact,
we're number one in the world. But times have changed,
and so the number of legal cannabis growers and brands
have dropped more than seventy percent since legalization went to
(02:20):
effect here. And right now they're finding that pot companies
owe the state seven hundred and thirty million dollars in
back taxes, and you know that's never going to be collected.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
And all of this really is messing.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
With the state's economy, which it depended on a lot
of this money to fund various programs. And now, as
it turns out, you have to head east to Michigan.
They sell more cannabis and pot products per month than
we do out here, which is, you know, like I say,
unheard of.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Is it possible that the kind of there was like
a flurry of excitement about the pot and then everybody
just calmed down and realize it's not that great.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
I think you hit the head. I think the nailed
around on the head right there, because.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
I think everybody thought that well, you know, people are
going to be great. We can legalize pot here, we
can buy it here legally for medicinal purposes. But you know,
all the money is really in the black market over here,
and it's the places that you can't get pot legally.
So those are the people that are still going to
be making the money, not the places that paid for
their taxes and permits.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Now, what happened to the guy who was the hot
dog eating champion? Right? He was the reigning hot dog
eating champion, But he can't be involved in the next competition?
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Why no, no?
Speaker 3 (03:25):
And I know it sounds like one of these goofy
what we call kicker stories of the business. But this guy,
Joey Chestnut, is a sixteen time hot dog eating contest
champ here in the US.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
He's known around the world because of his food eating videos. Too.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
He's been banned from competing at this year's event because
he made a deal with Impossible Foods that's the rival
of the other hot dog company. So basically, he's promoting
a vegan hot dog for a company that had been
supporting him for ages on this and these professional eaters
like this guy here make big money. Was recently offered
(04:00):
a contract worth over a million or a million and
a half dollars and hot dogs if you're eating hot dogs, Yeah,
I mean we'll get seventy six dogs and buns.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
I mean that's a world record.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
He ate sixty two last year, so I mean that
was kind of slacking off, but he still was able
to defend his title and hed a ten minutes.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
Is he a big boy, Dan?
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Uh No, that's the surprising thing. He's not.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
You would think he would be massive, but he's average size.
I mean maybe he's maybe he's got a dad's body,
but you know, nothing more, nothing less.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Okay, So what's the problem. Is the problem the fact
that he has just signed with any company? Or is
it the fact that he has signed with the impossible
company which is planted by.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Would be impossible company right now? So One, that's a
big rival. Two, you don't want to when you're when
you're trying to promote a meat product, you want to
don't want to go across the island and say, hey,
I'm all for Vegan right here. Yeah, I'm now their spokesperson.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
Dan, thank you again. In a couple of duys. Dan
Witch is a US correspondent.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive. Listen live to
News Talks HI from four pm weekdays, or follow the
podcast on iHeartRadio
Again, but since the US correspondence with US I Dan
Hi Heather Hunter Biden's guilty.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Well, he is.
Speaker 3 (00:06):
And I think the person this is going to hurt
more than Hunter Biden is going to be Donald Trump
in some ways. I mean, this was a big blow
and this was a big talking point for him. So
I think this is also going to be a boost
to President Biden's case that he respects, you know, the
rule of law, and that's what he said he would
do if his son was found guilty of a crime
(00:26):
that he wasn't going to interfere with that.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
Is it possible that he ends up in the slamma
because of this?
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Oh boy, you know, that's hard to say.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
There was one juror that spoke to the media over
here who felt that this was all a big waste
of time of the public, taxpayers money because basically he
should have just gotten a big fine and that should
have been the end of it. Now, like you said,
in the world wise, he could get twenty five years
in prison and up to seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars during sentencing. That'll probably happen sometime in October, so
(00:55):
before election day over here. But I would suspect. He
will get a fine, he could spend some time. There
could be house arrest, could be parole more.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Likely than not. That would be my best guess right now.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
And what does this do to his father's presidential rice?
Does it help or not?
Speaker 3 (01:10):
It depends on who you ask, really, I mean, it
is like split down the middle right now. You're seeing
people that are saying, well, the fact that he was
found guilty shows that he's not manipulating the justice system,
as so many Republicans have said. On the other side
of the coin, you've got people that have said, Okay,
well he's guilty of this. What else don't we know
(01:32):
about his family or what else could pop up? So,
I mean you've got here, you've got two people who
are either going to trial, and you know Republicans Donald
Trump or has a family member's that's been in the
courtroom as well. So it's been a I mean, it's
the first of its kind that I can remember.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Yeah, timely, Dan, what's going wrong for California's cannabis economy?
Speaker 3 (01:53):
People are not spoken enough weed. I mean that's kind
of what it boils down.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
Why are they not smoking enough weed?
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Well, I would say, I mean it might have been COVID,
it might be inflation. Right now, I mean, we're number
one in I say we California always has been number
one when it comes to pot sales here. In fact,
we're number one in the world. But times have changed,
and so the number of legal cannabis growers and brands
have dropped more than seventy percent since legalization went to
(02:20):
effect here. And right now they're finding that pot companies
owe the state seven hundred and thirty million dollars in
back taxes, and you know that's never going to be collected.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
And all of this really is messing.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
With the state's economy, which it depended on a lot
of this money to fund various programs. And now, as
it turns out, you have to head east to Michigan.
They sell more cannabis and pot products per month than
we do out here, which is, you know, like I say,
unheard of.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Is it possible that the kind of there was like
a flurry of excitement about the pot and then everybody
just calmed down and realize it's not that great.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
I think you hit the head. I think the nailed
around on the head right there, because.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
I think everybody thought that well, you know, people are
going to be great. We can legalize pot here, we
can buy it here legally for medicinal purposes. But you know,
all the money is really in the black market over here,
and it's the places that you can't get pot legally.
So those are the people that are still going to
be making the money, not the places that paid for
their taxes and permits.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Now, what happened to the guy who was the hot
dog eating champion? Right? He was the reigning hot dog
eating champion, But he can't be involved in the next competition?
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Why no, no?
Speaker 3 (03:25):
And I know it sounds like one of these goofy
what we call kicker stories of the business. But this guy,
Joey Chestnut, is a sixteen time hot dog eating contest
champ here in the US.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
He's known around the world because of his food eating videos. Too.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
He's been banned from competing at this year's event because
he made a deal with Impossible Foods that's the rival
of the other hot dog company. So basically, he's promoting
a vegan hot dog for a company that had been
supporting him for ages on this and these professional eaters
like this guy here make big money. Was recently offered
(04:00):
a contract worth over a million or a million and
a half dollars and hot dogs if you're eating hot dogs, Yeah,
I mean we'll get seventy six dogs and buns.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
I mean that's a world record.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
He ate sixty two last year, so I mean that
was kind of slacking off, but he still was able
to defend his title and hed a ten minutes.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
Is he a big boy, Dan?
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Uh No, that's the surprising thing. He's not.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
You would think he would be massive, but he's average size.
I mean maybe he's maybe he's got a dad's body,
but you know, nothing more, nothing less.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Okay, So what's the problem. Is the problem the fact
that he has just signed with any company? Or is
it the fact that he has signed with the impossible
company which is planted by.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Would be impossible company right now? So One, that's a
big rival. Two, you don't want to when you're when
you're trying to promote a meat product, you want to
don't want to go across the island and say, hey,
I'm all for Vegan right here. Yeah, I'm now their spokesperson.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
Dan, thank you again. In a couple of duys. Dan
Witch is a US correspondent.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive. Listen live to
News Talks HI from four pm weekdays, or follow the
podcast on iHeartRadio
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