'He's not running for office': Trump blasted for mentioning Biden's son Hunter’s guilty verdict when called ‘convicted felon’ by POTUS

ATLANTA, GEORGIA: Former president Donald Trump dismissed President Joe Biden's accusation that he was a "convicted felon" and subsequently targeted the sitting Commander-in-Chief’s son, Hunter Biden, after his conviction earlier this month in the 2018 federal gun case, according to the New York Post.

The 78-year-old MAGA strongman and the 81-year-old incumbent President of the United States engaged in a verbal spar in the key battleground state of Georgia for their first presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle, moderated by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, on Thursday, June 27.

Joe Biden calls Donald Trump 'convicted felon' at first presidential debate

During the heated exchange in the network’s Atlanta studios, President Joe Biden criticized his predecessor Donald Trump by stating, “The only person on this stage who is a convicted felon is the man I’m looking at tonight.”

In May, a 12-person Manhattan jury bench convicted the former president on all 34 charges of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments made to Stormy Daniels in the lead-up to the 2016 general election.

“When he talks about a convicted felon, his son is a convicted felon,” the 2024 presumptive Republican presidential nominee retaliated, adding. “Should have been before, but his Justice Department let the statute of limitations lapse.”

In June, Hunter Biden became the first child of a sitting United States President to be convicted of a crime.

The First Son was found guilty of three counts related to lying on a federal firearm application in 2018 about his prior drug use in order to purchase a gun.

At one point during Thursday’s debate, Trump suggested, “Joe could be a convicted felon with all the things that he’s done.”

The real estate magnate brought up Joe Biden's “quid pro quo” pressuring Ukraine to dismiss prosecutor Viktor Shokin while his son Hunter Biden served on the board of Burisma Holdings.

Furthermore, Trump repeated that the Democrat statesman is a “criminal” multiple times during the 90-minute debate.

“This man is a criminal,” he reiterated.

Donald Trump slammed for citing Hunter Biden’s guilty verdict when cornered by Joe Biden

One X user remarked, "Hunter isn’t running for president, you lying sucker!!! Let’s get that straight! Trump the pathological LIAR, RAPIST, RACIST, FELON! Get off the stage, crawl into a hole!!!"

Another user said, "Except that Hunter Biden is not running for office!"

One person wrote, "WHO CARES ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN!! HE’S NOT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT!"

Another claimed, "Technically he's not a felon until sentencing."

One X user quipped, "Then I won’t vote for Hunter."

Another tweeted, "Trump missed the opportunity to say that FJB's own DOJ said Biden committed crimes and should be prosecuted but they didn't think he has the cognitive ability to stand trial."

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