Hunter Bidens Legal Problems Keep Getting Worse

Published: Aug. 17, 2023, 9:45 a.m.

A plea deal struck between the Department of Justice and Hunter Biden was supposed to bring his years of legal troubles to an end. Instead, that deal has unraveled and a special counsel has been named to take over the case.\n\nMichael Schmidt, a Washington correspondent for The Times, explains why that turn of events is increasingly pitting the interests of Hunter Biden against those of President Biden.