Hunter Biden ‘broke the law,’ Democrat Rep. Jim Himes says

The Democratic wall of silence surrounding Hunter Biden is beginning to crumble — with a prominent congressman admitting that President Biden’s troubled son is a crook who should be “held accountable.”

“Let me say something that you never heard a Republican member of Congress say in the four years of the Trump administration, which is that if Hunter Biden broke the law, he should be prosecuted,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-Connecticut) said on MSNBC in a Friday interview.

“And it is clear that he broke the law with respect to taxes and possibly the ownership of a handgun. He should be held accountable for that.”

Himes rapped Republicans for not calling out former President Trump, 77, when he was indicted, but said Hunter Biden should be prosecuted and convicted if he used his father’s influence to commit crimes.

“If he traded on his father’s influence, he should be held accountable for that. And I’m emphasizing this because you never, ever heard a Republican say the same thing about Donald Trump or his family,” Himes said.

Still, the Democratic congressman — serving his eighth term — insisted there was no evidence that President Biden, 80, colluded with his son on any crimes. 

“Now, to the question about impeachment, there is today zero evidence, zero evidence that Joe Biden, the president of the United States, knew about what his son was doing. If, if he did know about it, if he participated in that, then that is a very different conversation,” Himes said.

But House Republicans — including Speaker Kevin McCarthy — are talking about initiating an  impeachment inquiry over the Biden family’s allegedly corrupt business dealings with foreign entities after The Post revealed a key witness saying Hunter Biden frequently put his father on the phone with foreign business associates.

Himes said any evidence that surfaces involving the president should be investigated.

Hunter Biden’s “sweetheart” plea deal collapsed last week after Delaware federal Judge Maryellen Noreika questioned the terms that immunized 53-year-old first son from being prosecuted for potential crimes relating to his business dealing beyond pleading guilty to tax and gun charges with no jail time.

Hunter Biden, who is still under federal investigation, pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor tax counts of willful failure to pay federal income tax after the plea deal fell through.

His attorneys and prosecutors are negotiating a revised agreement.

The stunning turn of events forced White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre last week to claim that the president wouldn’t pardon his son if the plea deal is not reworked and he’s convicted.