Former Congressman Joe Walsh, a frequent critic of President-elect Donald Trump, appeared on MSNBC on Sunday evening to criticize President Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden.
“This pardon is just deflating,” Walsh said when asked about the measure.
“For those of us who have been screaming for a few years now about what a unique threat Donald Trump is, for Joe Biden to do something like this, no one is above the law, we have been screaming,” Walsh said.
“Well, Joe Biden just made it clear that his son Hunter is above the law,” he added.
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Former Congressman Joe Walsh on Sunday criticized President Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden. (MSNBC)
Walsh further told the media channel, “Donald Trump lies every time he opens his mouth, we screamed. Joe Biden has lied about this repeatedly. The politicization of the justice system, Donald Trump and his people have cried out. That’s exactly what Biden said here.”
The announcement that Biden would pardon his son was made by the White House on Sunday evening. The pardon applies to crimes against the US that Hunter Biden “committed or may have committed” between January 1, 2014 and December 1, 2024.
Hunter Biden previously pleaded guilty to all nine federal texting charges brought against him by special counsel David Weiss in September.
Before entering the pleas in a Los Angeles court, U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi told Hunter he could face a prison sentence of up to 17 years, along with a $1 million fine.
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President Joe Biden’s son Hunter pleaded guilty to all nine tax charges he faced on September 5, 2024, without reaching an agreement with prosecutors. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump previously predicted that Biden would pardon his son, but responded immediately to the president’s announcement on Sunday.
“Does Joe’s pardon for Hunter include the J-6 hostages, who have been held captive for years now?” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “What an abuse and miscarriage of justice!”
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Fox News’ Emma Colton, Andrea Margolis, Brooke Singman, Brianna Herlihy, David Spunt, Alec Schemmel and Alexis McAdams contributed to this report.
