The GOP's narrative of Hunter Biden just got crushed — by a Trump nominee

On Monday, President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden reached a plea agreement with federal authorities in which he will plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of failing to pay his taxes. Prosecutors have agreed to recommend probation, while a separate gun charge will probably be dismissed if he meets conditions in a pretrial diversion program.

Time and time again, Republicans have tried to take one piece of salacious or intriguing material related to Hunter Biden and manufacture a narrative of deep criminality by the first son or, worse, public corruption by the 46th president. But they have always spectacularly and embarrassingly failed. This charging agreement provides the capstone to that failure.