President Joe Biden is putting a week filled with high-pressure legal drama behind him, as he prepares to spend an extended stay at his Rehoboth beach house days after his son went before a federal judge in his hometown of Wilmington.
The vacation will put Biden out of Washington at a time a friend of Hunter Biden’s is set to testify before House Republicans to speak about times Hunter put his father on speakerphone to impress a stable of international clients.
He’ll be gone for a full business week bookended by two weekends for a 10-day trip.
It may well provide respite following a stunning week when Hunter had to plead not guilty in court after a plea deal apart, while rival Donald Trump faced a superseding indictment for alleged conspiracy and obstruction while longtime Biden friend Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell had a health scare when he was speechless before a bank of microphones.
Biden has spent hundreds of days outside of Washington during his presidency, but often at his Wilmington home. If he sees it through, the trip will have him in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware for 10-days straights.
President Joe Biden is set to say goodbye to his troubles for an extended stay at his Delaware beach house
That will give him the chance to bike in a state park and walk on the beach with first lady Jill Biden at a heat wave was smashing global and national records, to the extent that Biden held a climate event Thursday and urged people to carry water, visit cooling centers, and visit malls and movie theaters.
Biden’s staff notes that the presidency follows him wherever he goes, so the president will continue to get security briefings and have access to aides who join him on the trip.
It was not immediately clear who might accompany him, although family members usually join him in his home state. Biden managed to avoid making any new comments about his son’s predicament, after a plea deal that would have had him avoid jail time fell apart under withering questioning by a federal judge.
Prosecutors said they wanted about two weeks to try to work through problems, which would put the president back in D.C. for developments.
First son Hunter Biden had his plea del collapse in federal court in Wilmington Wednesday
Hunter friend Devon Archer (r) is set to testify to House Republican committee staff Monday after delaying earlier dates
Former President Donald Trump faces possible indictment related to his election overturn effort. Prosecutors on Thursday filed a superseding indictment in his classified documents case
Biden traveled to Maine for the day, then flew to Dover Friday en route to his beach house
He may miss out on one of the biggest stories of the summer, with his rival former Trump facing a possible indictment in D.C. Trump said he has received a target letter, and posted on social media this week that his team met with prosecutors and bashed the case against him.
White House Press Secretary Karine-Jean Pierre only briefly mentioned the getaway while briefing reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Maine. The trip brought to 38 the number of states he visited as president.
Biden was there to attend an event to promote manufacturing, followed by a fundraiser and an early evening flight to Delaware, with the press, Secret Service agents, and his staff in tow.
‘This evening, the President will depart Maine en route to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where he will remain over the next week. And, certainly, we’ll have more to share over the next couple of days,’ she said.
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