the trial of hunter biden, the son of the president of the united states, was found guilty in a criminal case, this is the first. such a case in american history, will he be put behind bars, or will joe biden still pardon his son, how will the scandal in the presidential family affect the ratings of biden sr. on the eve of the election? we analyze in today's edition of the bbc: i am olga palomaryuk. court drama, that's how the trial of hunter biden was dubbed by the american media. for the first time, the son of a sitting president of the united states has been found guilty of criminal charges by a jury. 54-year-old... hunter biden

was found guilty by a jury on three counts of illegal possession of firearms. in 2018, he bought a revolver and at the same time hid his drug addiction. when buying a weapon, he had to enter it in a special form. under american law, such a crime is very serious. biden jr. faces up to 25 years in prison. so how did president biden react to the verdict? let's look in the plot. embrace. president and son. only a few hours after the historic verdict joe biden flew to delaware to be with hunter biden and his family. in a statement, he said: "i'm the president, but i'm also a father." he promised to respect the verdict, which took the jury only three hours to reach. according to prosecutors , hunter biden committed a crime because he lied about not using drugs when filling out a form to buy a revolver in 2018. this gun , along with crack residue and drug paraphernalia, was found in his car by his partner at the time. hailey biden. she

was also the widow of his brother beau, who died at cancer three years earlier. in his memoirs , hunter biden has already described his drug addiction at that time. the judge lost excerpts from the audiobook, read by the author himself. smoking crack every three days soon turned into smoking every other day, then every other day, then every hour every day. his defense argued hunter biden was not using drugs at the time he bought the gun, but jurors rejected that. meanwhile, donald trump insists he was convicted because president biden is using the court system to prosecute his political the opponent so now that the son of the president himself has received a guilty verdict, such claims are reduced to nothing. the verdict , however, will have political ramifications, especially during the campaign, with the first presidential debate just weeks away. republicans have been trying to link the actions of hunter biden to his father for many years, and this rhetoric is intensifying again. it was joe biden's corrupt justice department that tried to negotiate a... knowledge of guilt in exchange for

mitigating circumstances unrelated to this case, and only the intervention of a judge stopped it. today is the first step in bringing the biden criminal family to justice. we, as republicans in the house of representatives, must and will continue to investigate the crimes of this family. now , within four months, the judge has to decide on the sentence. the maximum penalty is 25 years of imprisonment. but experts believe that the term of imprisonment. will be smaller. however, hunter biden's legal problems do not end there. in california, he is accused of tax evasion. that trial is scheduled to begin in september. about the second criminal case the case against hunter biden, which the court in california will start hearing in september, the following is known. in 2020, during trump's presidency, biden jr. was investigated for tax payments. nine episodes under three articles, this is non-payment of taxes, false tax data.

and tax evasion, the indictment stated that from 2016 to 2019, biden jr. failed to pay at least $1,400,000 in taxes. the prosecution claimed that gunter received most of the money from cooperation with foreign firms, including for work at the ukrainian company burizma. if he is found guilty, hunter biden faces up to 17 years in prison. well, returning to yesterday's verdict. the president has the right to pardon his son, but joe biden has already said he will not do it because he respects the judicial process. so how realistic is it now that hunter biden will be sent to play? here is the opinion of sirac university criminal law professor lorin guldin. the approximate term of imprisonment for such a crime varies from 15 to 21 months. however, there are many reasons due to which the judge can reduce it, or perhaps. no jail

time at all, hunter biden has no criminal record, no one was hurt because of this offense, he only had that gun for two weeks, so i think... there are a lot of factors that a judge can take into account. so far, it is hard to say how all these lawsuits will affect the elections in november. i do n't think the news of the sentencing caused much celebration among republicans, in part because the political implications surrounding it specific legal process is somewhat difficult for republicans. hunter biden was convicted of a weapons offense. most republicans spoke.

in the election process, but i'm not sure how much the voters will really care about these accusations, instead, accusations of non-payment of taxes, and this is another one... we talk about the political problems that this verdict may have, with the correspondent of the ukrainian service of the voice of america, oleksiy kovalenko , contacting us from washington, congratulations, this is the first time in american history that the son of sitting president found guilty of a criminal offense, i wonder what the reaction of american society was to this? congratulations, yes, this is, in fact, this is the first time ever in history that the son of a sitting american president has been convicted of such a significant crime, criminal liability, we do not have any final verdict yet, and the deadline for that verdict is still october 9th, we've already heard from guntar

biden's lawyers that they will most likely try to challenge this court decision, but talk about a specific one. society is probably difficult, as we heard from experts in the previous story and also saw the data of various sociological surveys, it is possible that this case, this particular case, it will not have any significant impact on the presidential race in the fall, and maybe it will change the preferences of the voters a little bit , but it will not be any significant deviation in one direction or another, considering. that the presidential elections are already in november, less than six months before them, but generally speaking, can this verdict affect the reputation hunter joe biden's father? and this sentence directly affects the mood of the us president,

it directly affects his emotional state, because as we heard the quote of the us president yesterday, this is not only a case about the president's son, it is... a matter that concerns his family, and of course, of course, it will affect him directly. if you look at the results of polls recently done by pollsters, pollsters, pollsters, 64%, 64% of potential voters for joe biden say that this case against agand biden, it won't affect their preferences 12% say they would...likely support joe biden even more, and 24% say they might support joe biden less. i also heard the opinions of various experts on this matter, they note that if the case against hunter biden actually has any effect,

then it will have a minimal effect. but one should also take into account the factor that, according to the latest sociological polls of the organization real clear politics. between the presidential candidate is now less than 1%, that is , even some minimal change in preferences of voters can change the outcome of the presidential race, and continuing this topic in the context, i cannot help but mention the sentence against donald trump, because two weeks ago he was found guilty of falsifying documents, and he often calls the cases against him political persecution, interestingly, doesn't it mean... now that all trump's previous complaints about these political persecutions will lose their validity? and yes, in fact, i heard the opinions of experts, and which are more favorable to the democratic party, which are more favorable to conservatives, that most likely

the republican party will now have one less argument against the current administration of the united states, because hunter biden was found guilty of... in this case, this was one of the main arguments, they noted that all criminal cases are unfairly investigated cases against former president donald trump, and accordingly, and... hunter biden is going to get some kind of different treatment from the judicial system that, as we've seen, he's been found guilty on all three charges. oleksiy, well, we still have time to talk with you on another note, it is known that hunter biden is related to the ukrainian company burizma, yes, this is a high-profile corruption case, both in ukraine and in the usa. so, in your opinion, will the further consideration of this case affect the relations between the usa and ukraine? it is worth noting here. that this particular case that we're talking about, illegal possession of a weapon

due to drug use, and all three charges that gunter bynen was convicted of, it probably won't affect anything seriously, and experts also point out that it's more likely no, it won't be this one the maximum prison term applied against hunter biden is up to 25 - because this is the first criminal case, but here it is also important to consider the future cases a, which we also heard about in the previous story, that is, in particular , the tax evasion case, and this case in it may already be considered, the evidence of involvement with the borism company will be considered, but again, whether it will have any effect, most likely it will not. because this case is against the president's son, not against the president himself. yes, thank you, oleksiy kovalenko,

was in touch with us. thank you. meanwhile, the former head of the administration of the white house during the presidency of donald trump believes that the personal tragedy of the biden family can cause sympathy in americans. now both presidential candidates, trump and biden, have problems with their neighbors, and his analysis continues. many americans sympathize with that because. that the biden family is going through, while others wonder why there was no pretrial plea in this case, why it became so public, the jury did not it took a long time to find hunter biden guilty, there are many questions, but this is truly a tragic result of a terrible addiction, and so many american families have similar experiences in their own families, so no doubt they sympathize with the biden family. note that donald trump is one of those who in the past has faced'. addiction runs in his family, his brother died of complications from alcoholism, so this affects

donald trump's family as much as many others. we have seen that the republicans were extraordinary have been quiet on this topic in the last 12 hours since they made their decision. frankly, if anyone is going to try to make political profit out of this, it's probably joe biden himself. don't be surprised if at some point, perhaps in the first debate, he says something like this. who is not above the law, look at me. i could have pardoned my son, but i did not. and that should be a very powerful message to voters. i don't think either side will spend much time on it at all, but if at least someone does touches on this topic, it will obviously not be republicans, but democrats. this is the first of two criminal cases against hunter biden, the larger and arguably more substantial one involving tax evasion, which will be heard in september. it's not about addiction anymore, it's about where gunter got his money and whether he traded influence, so i

think in terms of political influence, both sides are looking forward to september more. we have known these two politicians for a long time, but this will surely be the longest race in the history of our country. none of them has yet been officially nominated as a candidate. the debates will start in 16 days, that is two weeks, they have to debate first before becoming candidates formally. the politics here are almost non-stop, almost 24/365, and it's always like that, and that's also how familiar the voters are with these candidates, i think there's very little new people can take away from the impeachment of donald trump, either as well as from the sentence of hunter biden, and perhaps even from the debate. we will watch them all the same. however, i'm not sure that's all will have a significant political impact. the country is still divided and we will see. and that's all for today, see you tomorrow, all

the best. congratulations, friends, live on the tv channel. the second part of the verdict program, my name is serhii rudenko, and in this part we will talk about the following. test hire the berlin conference on the reconstruction of ukraine was held without the director of the specialized state agency. how will the public conflict between nayem and shmyhal end? the actual vice president of ukraine. the western press writes about concentration power in the hands of andrii yarmak. who is

the head of the president's office? gray cardinal or usurper? economy booking. the verkhovna rada may consider a bill on deferrals for workers in the real sector of the economy. will mobilization become fairer? we will talk about this and more in the next 45 minutes. let me remind you that we work not only on the live air of the tv channel, but also on our youtube and facebook platforms. for those who are now watching us there live. please. subscribe to our pages, take part in our survey, today we ask you about whether you support the idea of ​​economic reservation from mobilization. it is about the fact that the company, according to the draft law that has already been submitted to the verkhovna rada of ukraine, will pay uah 20,000 per month for its employee, and in this way prohibits its employee, so we ask you if this

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maksym, a smart, political expert, doctor political sciences. mr. maxim, i congratulate you, thank you for being with us today. good evening, and volodymyr fesenko, political scientist, chairman of the board of the penta applied political research center. mr. volodymyr, i congratulate you, thank you for joining our broadcast. i congratulate you. well, since gentlemen, and we are asking our viewers and television viewers what they think about economic reservation from mobilization, i would like to hear in the format of a poll and your answers to these questions, whether you support the idea of ​​economic reservation from mobilization sir. volodymyr, let's start with you, i support, i even proposed exactly this approach, so that the opportunity to receive reservations was not given to an individual, as previously proposed, then it would be unfair, well, you, who have high salaries, they pay the highest taxes, well, they get reservations , now reservations

will be received by companies that will pay additional funds into the budget, they will decide because... they need workers there for the new post office, i know, metallurgical plants, agricultural businesses, they need workers, some drivers, some welders, for some people who work in the logistics business, so i think it is fair, you have to help the country either at the front or through paying taxes, and this is promoting the economy, not evading mobilization, the problem is something else that the cabinet of ministers must... sort things out with the reservation, because there is a real mess there now, sorry for the politically incorrect term. thank you, mr. volodymyr, mr. maksym, are we talking about justice, when or injustice, when we are talking about economic reservations and what actually in society can think, how society will perceive it, i can predict that the idea,

it is unlikely that this idea will be very popular in society, but in general, the logic that can be seen in this matter, it starts, so to speak, from the moment when.. . what the previous participant of our conversation said, the mess that exists at the level of decision-making , at the level of regulation, at the level of... determining the strategy and tactics of the same mobilization, when it spreads to lower and lower levels , that is, when the

authorized bodies cannot accept decisions and implement an effective policy, then they begin to appeal to the concept of justice, well, that is how it is established in ukrainian society, it is very difficult to find justice, because here the interests of some people and others are opposed... and accordingly , the understanding of justice itself in different groups and categories of the population is different , so this whole question descends to an even lower level, who will pay off and who, so to speak, will lobby the appropriate bodies and institutions for the appropriate decision. unfortunately, this algorithm has already been tested by many with our problems, and you can't... say that it is successful, but you can reply, yes, please, yes, that's exactly how it's happening now, that's exactly how, when they lobby,

dubious structures appear that get the right to evade mobilization, there are various gaming companies and so on, but the proposed approach is purely economic, clear, transparent, you pay a legally operating company, you pay additional money, and for... those employees you want to keep for your business, and this is normal, it works for the ukrainian economy and additional money for the defense of the country, actually, the ukrainian society will react, and we will see the result, by the way, why does the ukrainian society react negatively not only to the topic of justice, it is such, i would say, wishful thinking, in fact, those who criticize, they are against mobilization as such, here what is the problem. by the way, i wanted to explain to our tv viewers why we started with this topic, because a bill on economic reservation was registered in the verkhovna rada of ukraine, and this was reported by people's deputy

natalukha, he always spoke quite actively for this economic reservation, which provides for this draft law, which is already in the ukrainian parliament, every business entity that pays an increased military levy in the amount of uah 20,000 per month for workers. who has the opportunity to book it. the payment of the increased fee is not made by the employee, but by the business itself. well, the head of the parliamentary committee on national security and defense, people's deputy from servants of the people oleksandr zavitnets said that the idea of ​​economic reservation from mobilization will definitely be introduced in ukraine, however, it is not yet completely clear in what format it will be implemented. mr. volodymyr, you say that you have always been a supporter. of this economic reservation, but well, when it is for companies, not for individuals, yes, when it is bought out by a non-individual, a legal company pays,

that is the meaning, yes, well, let’s say this, if there is a fop, then he has names five employees, and this fop can book his employees and pay 20 00 for each one, so that they are booked and work in the enterprise, as i understand it, what is this idea is not very well received by the government and the office of the president solely because it creates unequal opportunities or creates a certain, shall we say, social tension, because people who do not work, or people who do not work in such companies, who are willing to work for someone , they will be in unequal conditions, that is, some will be mobilized, and others will simply pay into the budget, well, relatively speaking, this military levy and be calm, but now, now, what is the injustice, because... those are mobilized, without any payments to the budget, mobilize those who works legally, at the same new post office, at the same metallurgical plants,

at various legal enterprises, that is what is unfair, the state does not receive money and takes people who work legally, here you are, who does not work legally, works in the price, for some reason they are not taken, and what is unfair, that is what should cause, let's say this, about social tension, these are mobilization methods. if you want to relieve social tension, engage in mobilization methods, as for dissatisfaction, i don't know that the president's office is there, i think not i have heard their opinions, and regarding the cabinet of ministers, my opinion is this, there are people who solve the issue of mobilization in manual mode, or rather reservations from mobilization in manual mode, that is exactly the same lobbying, and i am afraid that these people are simply banal in this . earn money, and therefore we need elaborate mechanisms so that not some person in the cabinet decides the issue of reservations, but there is a clear mechanism for which

professions, for example, how many drivers are needed at the front, how many drivers are needed in the rear, how many doctors are needed at the front, how many in the rear , it's not for business, but institutions, state, well, social institutions in general, but for business, yes, you need to give an opportunity, they want to keep the minimum of their employees, which is critically necessary, yes, if you have the opportunity to pay additional money for these employees, that is normal, and the state from it benefits, and business benefits from it, and money for... the front appears, and this is fair, but when those who work legally are taken, and the state does not receive any money, and social injustice still exists due to bad methods mobilization, that's it it is unfair, mr. maxim, it is clear that now there is this shadow circulation of this military levy, but it does not get into the budget, that is, if you consider that several hundred thousand... men

went abroad and in some way, different way, through the thousand, because of busiks, some people there who drive between borders, between states, cross-border busiks, because of the way of the time , such a system was big enough, when people tried to avoid mobilization, went to the west and did not return, eh, can it happen that this idea economy booking can not to go through solely because... there is a large layer of illegal, illegal, illegal ways to avoid mobilization, and that this, this big peril with this big peril no one wants to share, because if there is an opportunity for the company to book its employees, then the question is, why should this employee carry $10,000 to some carrier rishali, who can...

bring him abroad, if all this will be legalized, well, an analogy can be made, for example, with the legalization of prostitution there, when prostitution exists, and it is not legalize because it is in a sufficiently large amount and in principle everything is fine in ukraine, everyone, everyone feeds on it, the same thing, don’t forget about the war, don’t forget about the war, the war is the determining factor, not the economic interest, well listen. well, it’s not, mr. volodymyr, it’s not a secret that there are large companies and large groups of people who are making money from this war, including from smearing those who should be mobilized, well, give a specific example, i don’t i don't know that big companies are smeared there because of corruption and so on, if the people are left, they are definitely not , let's say , smuggling people across the border, so that these

people... when i said big companies, i did n't mean companies in terms of structure, but companies of people, big companies, who make money from this, mr. maksym, what do you think, or whether it can become an obstacle in... so in the introduction of this mechanism, well, this story is not new, after all, this analogy with the legalization of prostitution, to be honest, also occurred to me, slept in my opinion, but i did not voice it from an ethical point of view considerations, in general it can be defined as a certain corruption rent or corruption market, whatever you call it, it exists in most spheres of our life, economic, social

and so on. further, but it is a pity that he, so to speak, has expanded the sphere of protection of the motherland. i see, we have a consensus of understanding that in this, in this conversation, that such a market exists, and we should not close our eyes to it, but there is a question of what to do with it. i would still suggest to approach this question from what is called from the head, that is... to start with that the cabinet of ministers, the ministry of defense, and local authorities begin to fulfill their duties, in particular, they begin to forecast and plan which personnel are needed, for which industries, for which areas, that is what doctors, employees of defense enterprises talked about, i don't know, educators, well, all the categories that are socially recognized to be useful.