During NBC's coverage of the failure to reach a plea deal in the Hunter Biden case on Wednesday, NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Ryan Nobles stated that Republicans "are trying to find a way to seize on this court hearing today as evidence that Hunter Biden has bigger problems. Whether or not they will be successful on that aim and whether or not they're going to be able to cut through the nuance of what happened here today, this was a legal proceeding, not a political one. But that doesn't necessarily mean that's how politicians in Washington are going to use it."