PRCG CEO James F. Haggerty was quoted this week in Newsweek, speaking about the proposed settlement of the criminal investigations into Hunter Biden, casting a cynical eye on the deal that appeared to be designed to eliminate a major distraction Hunter Biden’s father, President Joe Biden, during the 2024 presidential campaign.

Haggerty’s comments, as reported by Newsweek:

“You have to assume the Hunter Biden plea deal was at least partially designed to avoid a distraction for his father as the campaign heats up,” James Haggerty, a leading communications consultant and a onetime aide to former U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, told Newsweek in an email. “Even in a criminal case, litigants have a certain amount of control over timing, and it would be a smart move to flush the news out in a quiet week before the Fourth of July holiday, with all the public events around that time.”

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