CNN commentator and New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman recently reported that her sources told her that former President Donald Trump is ready to bring up Hunter Biden if President Joe Biden hits him over his felony convictions via Mediaite.
It has been noted that President Biden and Trump are set to debate on June 27 in the earliest general election presidential matchup ever. With just a week away, coverage of the debate prep and commentary on the event are dominating the news.
Biden touched off speculation that he might go hard at Trump during the debate with a new campaign attacking Trump, not just over his 34 felony convictions, but also his sexual abuse judgment and bombshell fraud verdict.
Haberman was a guest on Thursday night’s edition of CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, during which she provided insight and analysis on the debate based on her unrivaled expertise and sourcing on Trump.
Those sources made Haberman “quite confident” in predicting Trump will lash out about Hunter when Biden brings up the criminal convictions:
COOPER: It is interesting that he’s, you know, having all these people come and talk policy, because policy is obviously not something that’s front and center when you think of Donald Trump or even in his long rambling rallies.
HABERMAN: He has a series of agenda items that he can point to from when he was president, and that’s what they’re trying to focus his mind on, to your point. A lot of what he has talked about over the last two years has been grievances, his court cases. I think he has been so singular and was during the Manhattan trial so singularly focused on what was taking place there that they’re trying to get his mind back to what he can talk about, about what he did.
There are things that I think he can speak to about policy, but there’s also a lot of stuff that is going to be a problem for him. You know, the January 6th-related questions, I think, are going to be a problem. The pardons question is going to be a problem. His promises of retribution are going to be a problem when those come up. And I anticipate President Biden will reference his criminal conviction.
Now, I’m quite confident, based on my reporting, that Donald Trump will then point to Hunter Biden’s criminal conviction. And this could be an uglier debate than we have seen in a very long time.
