Gavin Newsom defends Hunter Biden, says using family to 'get a little influence' is 'hardly unique'

Gavin Newsom by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
During an interview with CNN on Monday, Gavin Newsom defended Hunter Biden against allegations he took advantage of his last name to secure business deals with foreign associates, suggesting that using family to "get a little influence" is "hardly unique."

The California governor claimed that such practices were common not only in politics, but throughout the business world, though he did not state whether he believed the first family was guilty of having engaged in influence peddling.
 

"One of the things that Republicans are relentless on, of course, is Hunter Biden," CNN's Dana Bash said. "There is no evidence that Joe Biden benefited from anything that Hunter was doing, but Republicans have shown that Hunter Biden tried to leverage his father's name, and that the president allegedly before he was president joined phone calls that Hunter Biden's business associates were on. Do you see anything inappropriate there?"

Gavin Newsom by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

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