First son Hunter Biden got an early Christmas gift from Special Council David Weiss in the form of a brand new federal indictment on felony tax charges. That didn’t sit well with MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell, who opened her eponymous show on Friday by lamenting that Weiss “quoted gritty details from Hunter’s own memoir to build his case,” how it was bad “optics” for White House, and that it could hurt President Biden’s 2024 chances.

“Good day, everyone. I’m Andrea Mitchell in Washington. The President’s son Hunter now facing a second federal indictment and not the misdemeanor tax charge he thought he was being handed with the plea deal that collapsed in June,” she announced at the top of her show. “This time, nine charges with three felony counts on an alleged criminal scheme to avoid paying taxes on millions of dollars in income.”

Her initial concern was that House Republicans would “weaponize” the indictment as part of their efforts to impeach Hunter’s father and that it could hurt President Biden’s reelection chances: