House GOP chair says Hunter verdict a 'first step' for accountability for Biden family

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., during a House hearing on Capitol Hill, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., said Tuesday that the verdict reached by the jury in Hunter Biden's gun trial is the "first step" for accountability for the "Biden Crime Family."

"Remember this was Joe Biden’s corrupt DOJ that tried to negotiate outside immunity unrelated to this case," Stefanik said in a statement. "Today is the first step in delivering accountability for the Biden Crime Family."

"We must and will continue to investigate the Biden Crime Family for their corrupt influence peddling schemes that generated over $18 million in foreign payments for the Biden Crime Family," she added.

Hunter Biden was found guilty of making a false statement in the purchase of a gun, making a false statement related to information required to be kept by a federally licensed gun dealer, and possession of a gun by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance.