joe biden spoke about the failure on tuesday, the same day his son gunter was found guilty on chargesluding illegal gun possession. joe biden did not make a statement statements son's case, but stated in a written statement that he would accept the outcome of the case and continue to respect the court process. hunter biden became the first child of a sitting us president to be convicted of a crime. he is due to appear in court in september on another tax evasion charge. iryna shynkerenko, scott stearns, voice of america. let's talk more about the verdict against the president's son and what to expect next with my colleague oleksiy kovalenko, who is monitoring this process. hello, oleksiy. congratulations. first of all. faces about the details of this case, in which they admitted guilty of the president's son and how serious is this crime? yes, a jury in delaware yesterday found hunter biden guilty on all three counts of purchasing a weapon while under the influence of drugs, possession of a weapon while under the influence of drugs, and possession of a firearms license under the same

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

joe biden has already responded to the verdict, saying that he is the president but also a father, and that he and jill love gunter and are proud of the man he is today. the president pointed out that many american families are going through history dependencies of their loved ones. he said that hunter biden is considering the option of filing an appeal, but the president emphasized that whatever the outcome of this case, he will accept it with respect for the justice process. and to others. court cases donald trump, the de facto candidate for the presidency of the united states, previously announced that he would appeal the decision of the court in new york, where the jury found him guilty on 304 charges. the case concerns the falsification of business reports and the payment of hush money to a porn actress on the eve of the 2016 presidential election. about iryna shinkarenko will tell about the prospects of the former president's appeal and whether they can cancel the verdict handed down to him before the election day. donald trump said at the end of may in the courtroom in new york that the judge was unfair to

gunter, who served as ambassador to iceland under trump. he will face first-term democrat jacky rosen on election day. republicans see nevada as a pickup opportunity in november. meanwhile hunter biden'ss days after trump's and weeks before the first presidential debate. while trump and republican allies seized on today's news to attack president biden, it also undercuts a frequent trump lie where trump says the justice system is rigged against him. but that same justice system obviously just convicted president biden's son. let's bring in host of the what a day podcast and michael steele, former chairman of the republican national committee and former lieutenant governor of maryland. you know him as the cohost of the weekend on msnbc. how can republicans continue to push this rigged justice system line now? >> they can't, stephanie and i think we are already seeing previews of how they will contort themselves and make the reach that, oh no, this hunter biden verdict is unique in and of itself. completely different from what is happening to trump and that is not the reality. i think republicans will still try to say that even though it has been demonstrated that they have nothing to g