Lawmakers then responded with harsh criticism on Sunday President Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden, who was convicted in two separate federal cases earlier this year.
The pardon comes after Biden and his communications team continued to insist that the president’s son would not be pardoned.
Hunter pleaded guilty to federal tax charges in September, sparing him from public trial for failing to pay taxes while spending lavishly on drugs, escorts, luxury hotel stays, clothing and other personal items.
The first son was also convicted of three weapons offenses in June after lying on a mandatory gun purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs.
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President Biden and his son Hunter Biden embrace. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
After Jager was convictedPresident Biden indicated he had no intention of pardoning his son. That all changed Sunday night.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., quickly responded to Biden’s decision to pardon his son, saying the president “lied from start to finish about his family’s corrupt influence.”
“Not only has he falsely claimed that he never met his son’s foreign business associates and that his son did nothing wrong, but he also lied when he said he would not pardon Hunter Biden,” Comer said. “The charges Hunter faced were just the tip of the iceberg in the blatant corruption that President Biden and the Biden Crime Family have lied to the American people about. It is unfortunate that President Biden and his family continue to do everything they can to avoid responsibility.”
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Hunter Biden has been accused in the past of using his father’s political influence to advance his business interests. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Another federal lawmaker who weighed in on the matter Sunday was House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.
“The Democrats said there was nothing wrong with our impeachment investigation,” Jordan said. “If that’s the case, why did Joe Biden just pardon Hunter Biden for the things we asked about?”
Jordan was one of the key figures pushing for the exposure of the Biden family’s dealings and an investigation into alleged corruption that Republicans suggest could have led to an impeachment of President Biden.
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In September 2023, Hunter filed a lawsuit against former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, alleging that the former Trump attorney violated his privacy rights by illegally distributing content from a laptop that the first son dropped off at a computer store in Delaware.
The complaint alleged that Giuliani was “primarily responsible” for the “total destruction” of Hunter’s digital privacy, while also naming Robert Costello, a former federal prosecutor who previously represented the former mayor of New York City, as a defendant .
“Biden, who won’t even meet his granddaughter Navy, didn’t pardon his son because he’s a good father,” Giuliani wrote on X after learning about the pardon. “He did this because, as his son admits on record, Hunter spent 30 years giving half of the millions he raised to the Crime family boss-Joe Biden.”
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, also responded to the pardon on X.
“I am shocked that President Biden pardoned his son Hunter (because) he said many times he would not and I believed him,” Grassley wrote. “Shame on me.”
President-elect Trump was previously asked if Biden would pardon his son, and he said, “I bet the father will probably pardon him.” Let’s see what happens.’
On Sunday, the president-elect took to Truth Social to share his response.
“Does Joe’s pardon for Hunter include the J-6 hostages, who have been held captive for years now?” Trump asked. What an abuse and miscarriage of justice!”
Trump’s transition team also responded to the news in a statement to Fox News.
“The failed witch hunts against President Trump have proven that the Democratic-controlled DOJ and other radical prosecutors are guilty of weaponizing the justice system,” said Steven Cheung, who was Trump’s campaign communications director and has since been appointed his director of the justice system. communications at the White House, said. “That justice system must be restored and due process for all Americans must be restored, and that is exactly what President Trump will do when he returns to the White House with an overwhelming mandate from the American people.”
IRS investigators Gary Shapley and Joe Ziegler, who blew the whistle on political interference in Hunter’s tax crimes, released a statement after learning of the pardon.
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“No amount of lies or fabrication can hide the simple truth that the Justice Department nearly acquitted the president’s son of multiple crimes. We did our duty, told the truth and followed the law,” they said. “Anyone reading the president’s apology right now should remember that Hunter Biden has admitted to his tax crimes in federal court, that Hunter Biden’s lawyers have attacked us for our legal whistleblower disclosures, and that we are suing one of those lawyers because he has smeared us with false accusations.
“President Biden has the power to put his thumb on the scale of justice for his son, but at least he had to do it with a grace that was explicitly visible for the world to see, rather than his political appointees putting it in the spotlight.” secret behind the scenes did’ they continued. “Regardless, it is a sad day for law-abiding taxpayers to witness this special privilege for the powerful.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment but has not yet heard back.
