CNN anchor Brianna Keilar questioned Rep. Dan Goldman, DY, over his past statements claiming President Biden would never pardon his son Hunter.
Biden granted a far-reaching pardon for Hunter on Sunday, after repeatedly promising not to. The first son was convicted in two separate federal cases earlier this year. He pleaded guilty to federal tax charges in September and was convicted in June of three gun crimes after lying on a mandatory gun purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs.
The the president argued in a statement that Hunter “was only picked because he’s my son” and that there was an attempt “to break Hunter” to “break me.”
Keilar interviewed Goldman on Monday and recalled: “You came out to support Biden when he said there would be no pardon in July 2023, right after that plea deal fell through.”
Rep. Dan Goldman was questioned over his past claim that President Joe Biden would not pardon his son Hunter Biden.
The news presenter then played a recording of Goldman arguing in 2023. Biden would never pardon his son.
“I don’t think there’s any chance that President Biden is going to do that, unlike his predecessor, who pardoned all his friends and everyone who had any access to him. And I think you see that in this case where he kept going and Merrick Garland kept bringing in a Trump-appointed U.S. attorney to investigate the president’s son. If there is no further indication of the independence of the Department of Justice, I don’t know what to look for,” the congressman said. the time.
“How does that feel?” Keilar asked Goldman. “You saw yourself then reassuring people that Biden would not pardon his son.”
“Yes, and I think if that plea deal and that plea deal had gone through, there wouldn’t have been a pardon, that was a satisfactory outcome…” Goldman began.
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 10: Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, and his lawyer Abbe Lowell (L) leave a House Oversight Committee meeting on Capitol Hill on January 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
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“He had already fallen,” Keilar interjected, correcting her guest. “When you responded, this is when the deal fell through.”
She further argued that while she can understand his concerns about the nomination of President-elect Donald Trump Kash Patel as FBI Directorthat doesn’t change the fact that he misread Biden’s game plan.
“You know, you took him at his word, so how does that feel, knowing he’s gone back on it?” she asked.
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“Well, as I said, I’m disappointed that after the plea deal fell through, and it became clear why that was, including intervention by the Republican Congress in this case, which made this case very unique and very different from any other case ,” he argued.
He further argued that Hunter was specifically targeted because he is the president’s son, and that he may be at risk of “retaliatory prosecution for political reasons” under Trump’s new Justice Department.
Fox News’ Kristine Parks contributed to this report.
