Sen. Cruz: Hunter Biden Probe a 'Prelude' for Indicting Trump

The Department of Justice's leaks about investigating Hunter Biden for drug and tax offenses, and the potential for him facing criminal charges are a "prelude" to President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland doing what they want to do, indicting former President Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz said Sunday. 

"They want to say, 'look how even-handed we are,'" the Texas Republican said on Fox News's "Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo." "That is politics, not law enforcement."

In the last month, Biden's DOJ leaked that it planned to indict the president's son, Hunter, and those leaks are troubling, as the department should not be leaking anything, and the substance of what was leaked means little, the senator said. 

"By any measure, Hunter Biden is a deeply troubled soul, a soul who has struggled with addiction all his life," said Cruz. "What is concerning about their focus on the drug and tax issues is that it is very carefully walling off why this is a matter of public concern. If Hunter Biden was just a regular guy who struggled with addiction, it wouldn't be a matter of public interest."